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Museums: Architectural Interest

Philadelphia is home to some of the oldest and most beautiful buildings our country has to offer. Besides the amazing history that these building hold inside, architectural buffs will agree that the holding of these museums is only part of the attraction. Beautifully crafted and standing strong after hundreds of years, admiring some of the great architecture is sure to be a highlight of your experience.

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Fonthill Museum

Henry Mercer’s concrete castle, an American treasure

National Constitution Center

The world’s only museum dedicated to the U.S. Constitution

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American Swedish Historical Museum

Paying tribute to the Delaware Valley’s first settlers

Architectural Archives of the University of Pennsylvania

Preserving and presenting architecture - in a National Historic Landmark

Chester County Historical Society

Focusing a spotlight on local history and handicrafts

Fairmount Water Works Interpretive Center

The nation’s first municipal water treatment center

Glencairn Museum

Centuries of religious artifacts in a modern castle

A castle filled with pre industrial tools and artifacts

Moravian Pottery and Tile Works

A living history museum where tiles are still handmade

Museum of the American Philosophical Society

Views of science and humanistic thought at Ben Franklin’s intellectual club

Medical wonders in an architectural gem

New Hall Military Museum

A history of America’s early aversion to, but respect for, military entanglements

Newlin Grist Mill

Fish for dinner while you see how industry started in America’s early Colonial years

Ryerss Library and Museum

A family’s fanciful collection of souvenirs and heirlooms

Stephen Girard Collection

The treasures of a man of good taste and good deeds

The Academy of Natural Sciences

One of the world’s foremost natural history museums

The Atwater Kent Museum

Philadelphia’s history museum, and Norman Rockwell, too

The Franklin Institute Science Museum

A dazzling playground for the mind

The Philadelphia Contributionship

A compelling collection of firefighting and fire insurance memorabilia

The Rosenbach Museum and Library

The personal library of famed twentieth-century book dealer A.S.W. Rosenbach

The University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology

Unearthing the riches of the world’s cultural heritage

The Wagner Free Institute of Science

An unusual natural science and history museum in its original Victorian setting

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