Museum · Philadelphia, Philadelphia County

Independence Seaport Museum

Tall ships and the cruiser Olympia moored along the riverside walkway at Penn's Landing
Photo: Bohao Zhao, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Philadelphia's maritime museum on Penn's Landing, with the cruiser Olympia and the World War II submarine Becuna to explore.

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