Museums

Eastern State Penitentiary

Eastern State Penitentiary to offer sports pop-up with themed talks, wiffle ball

Lewis and Clark's 200-year-old botanical treasures are preserved in Philadelphia

Lewis Clark plants

Model boats, Beards on Ice and an art museum party: Your weekend guide to things to do

Weekend guide

Museum of American Revolution plans major renovations to its discovery center

American Revolution museum renovations

Rowan University's dinosaur museum to open March 29 and feature quarry to dig for fossils

Edelman Fossil Museum

Mütter Museum to display work of Philly photographer who followed local nurses during the COVID-19 pandemic

covid-19 mutter museum kyle cassidy

Mo'ne Davis becomes first non-MLB player to be honored with sculpture at Louisville Slugger Museum

mo'ne davis louisville slugger museum

Mütter Museum to host Radiant Ball honoring Marie Curie, the first person to win 2 Nobel Prizes

Mütter Museum ball

How the Philadelphia Museum of Art unearthed forgotten anti-Nazi posters

TASS Soviet posters

Museum of the American Revolution to host after-hours event exploring artifacts found under museum site

museum of the american revolution archaeology

Independence Seaport Museum to exhibit intricate toy, model boats from the early 19th to late 20th centuries

Model ship exhibit

Super Bowl parade and a Gritty crawl: Your weekend guide to things to do

Weekend guide

Family-Friendly

Museum of the American Revolution to explore George Washington's legacy with President's Day events

museum american revolution president's day

Please Touch Museum exhibit inspired by classic Jules Verne story will take kids under the sea

Please Touch Museum

Birmingham jail bench where MLK wrote famous letter to be displayed in Philly

MLK Birmingham bench

Sculptor who was the first Black woman to receive a national art commission was 'a voice of her time'

African American Museum

Calder Gardens, Philly's newest art museum, to open on Ben Franklin Parkway in September

Calder Gardens Main

Mütter Museum taps former Temple Health president as its new leader

Mutter Museum Larry Kaiser

Museums and cultural institutions are offering discounts on tickets and memberships during winter

Museum of Illusions discount

MLK weekend in Philadelphia includes volunteer opportunities, concerts and discounted museum admissions

mlk museum american revolution

A century ago, Mummers had costumes weighing up to 300 pounds that needed an escort to help with the wind

Mummers Museum

Please Touch Museum to host 'snowed in' night for adults with a DJ, themed cocktails and trivia

Please Touch Museum

Tamales market, one-man 'Nutcracker' and last-minute holiday shopping: Your weekend guide to things to do

Weekend guide

At FDR Park, you can take a private sauna this winter outside the American Swedish museum

Sauna FDR Park

Family-Friendly

Museum of the American Revolution to offer family-friendly activities throughout winter break

museum american revolution winter break

Exhibit showcases experimental fashion, including 'Mama Space Suit' and poncho by Isaiah Zagar

Fabric Workshop exhibit

Science History Institute closing in December to add new exhibit, studio

Science History Institute renovations

Philadelphia Museum of Art to offer free guided tours of new exhibition to local schools

art museum free tours students

Franklin Institute debuts $8.5 million exhibit on human body, featuring the return of the Giant Heart

Giant Heart Franklin

A Philadelphia socialite survived the Titanic. Take a look inside her souvenir program from the ship.

Titanic artifact

Fashion exhibit showcases thrift shop leftovers with Grace Kelly gown

Grace Kelly coral

Rowan University's fossil museum, with life-sized dinosaur depictions, is set to open in March

rowan university fossil museum

Museum of the American Revolution to host 'National Treasure' themed event

museum american revolution national treasure

Family-Friendly

Kids can meet a baby cow and learn about agriculture at Please Touch Museum's Farm Day

please touch museum farm day

Universal exhibit on the science behind theme park design coming to Franklin Institute in 2026

Franklin Institute Universal

Family-Friendly

Museum of Illusions to host trick-or-treating throughout Halloween week

museum of illusions halloween

Trick-or-treating at the zoo and a National Coming Out Day parade: Your weekend guide to things to do

Weekend guide zoo

Family-Friendly

Museum of the American Revolution to celebrate Indigenous Peoples Weekend with performances, crafts

museum american revolution indigenous peoples weekend

This early movie projector started a dispute between the Franklin Institute and Thomas Edison

Phantoscope

The Franklin Institute's Giant Heart returns Nov. 23 as part of the new 'Body Odyssey' exhibit

Franklin Institute Heart

Family-Friendly

'Ice Dinosaurs' exhibit at Academy of Natural Sciences gives a glimpse into the world of Arctic predators

Ice Dinosaurs Academy Drexel

PSLs return and Usher performs: Your weekend guide to things to do

Lego Scream

How eye drops used to prevent blindness in newborns funded the Barnes Foundation's art collection

barnes eye drops

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