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Focuses on Swedish contributions to history, art, architecture, music, science and technology. Arthur Ross Gallery. West Philadelphia. Art. Gallery of the University of Pennsylvania. Athenaeum of Philadelphia. Center City. Art. Museum of American fine and decorative arts, exhibits about architecture and design history.
Elfreth's Alley is a historic street in the Old City neighborhood of Philadelphia, dating back to 1703. [ 2] The street has 32 houses, built between 1703 and 1836. The Elfreth's Alley Museum is located at #124 and 126. [ 2][ 3] The alley, a National Historic Landmark, runs from North Front to North 2nd streets, paralleling Arch and Quarry streets.
Fairmount Park is the largest municipal park in Philadelphia and the historic name for a group of parks located throughout the city. [ 4][ 5] Fairmount Park consists of two park sections named East Park and West Park, divided by the Schuylkill River, with the two sections together totalling 2,052 acres (830 ha). [ 3]
SEPTA bus: 38, 40. Philly PHLASH. Website. www.pleasetouchmuseum.org. The Please Touch Museum is a children's museum located in the Centennial District of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. The museum focuses on teaching children through interactive exhibits and special events, [1] mostly aimed at children seven years old and younger.
Website. https://airandspace.si.edu. The National Air and Space Museum ( NASM) of the Smithsonian Institution, is a museum in Washington, D.C., in the United States, dedicated to human flight and space exploration . Established in 1946 as the National Air Museum, its main building opened on the National Mall near L'Enfant Plaza in 1976.
The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, America's first natural history museum. There are natural history museums in all 50 of the United States and the District of Columbia. The oldest such museum, the Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was founded in 1812. [1]
Carpenters' Hall. / 39.9481; -75.1472. Carpenters' Hall, in Independence National Historical Park in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, is the official birthplace of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and a key meeting place in the early history of the United States. Completed in 1775, [4] the two-story brick meeting hall was built for and still ...
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