Children's museum · Philadelphia, Philadelphia County
Please Touch Museum
A children's museum built for play, inside Memorial Hall from the 1876 Centennial Exposition, with hands-on exhibits, a Wonderland maze and a restored antique carousel.
What you will find
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Shofuso Japanese Cultural Center
A Japanese house and garden in 17th-century style, built in Japan for display at the Museum of Modern Art in the 1950s, now set beside a koi pond in Fairmount Park.
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Philadelphia Zoo
America's first zoo, opened in 1874, with big cats, primates and Zoo360 trails that let animals roam over visitors' heads.
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Philadelphia Museum of Art
Climb the famous Rocky Steps to a vast temple of art, with masterpieces from Van Gogh's Sunflowers to Duchamp, a medieval cloister and a Japanese teahouse inside.
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Fairmount Water Works
Classical temples on the Schuylkill below the art museum that once pumped the city's water, now an interpretive center about the river and its watershed, beside Boathouse Row.
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Barnes Arboretum at Saint Joseph's University
The estate arboretum planted by Laura Barnes, wife of collector Albert Barnes, now cared for by Saint Joseph's University, with rare trees, flowering shrubs and perennial borders.
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Laurel Hill Cemetery
A Victorian garden cemetery founded in 1836 on bluffs above the Schuylkill, with elaborate monuments, fine sculpture and river views, explored on guided tours and events.
