Please Touch Museum

Please Touch Museum

Since 1976, Please Touch Museum has been the children’s museum of Philadelphia. It was the first in the nation to target families with children ages seven and younger. Please Touch Museum has grown into one of the best children’s museums in the nation, as experts in play – and nationally recognized programs for underserved families.

The mission of Please Touch Museum is to enrich the lives of children by creating learning opportunities through play. This enables the museum to lay a foundation for a lifetime of learning and cultural awareness.

City Capers

Calling all little architects, city planners, shopkeepers, and medical professionals!

In City Capers kids get a realistic peek onto an urban streetscape and discover the people, businesses and neighborhoods that make city life so dynamic.

Flight Fantasy

Use your body to make things go. In Flight Fantasy kids experiment with balance, speed and coordination as they simulate flying, rowing or playing hopscotch on a cloud.

Experimentation will propel children’s imaginations and inspire future pilots, astronauts, engineers and artists.

Roadside Attractions

Explore transportation in Roadside Attractions, a fanciful look at all things mobile.

Roadside Attractions features include a genuine SEPTA Bus, City Park, Please Touch Garage and Road Construction.

River Adventures

Wanted: Adventure explorers. Take a journey down the river to explore science, nature and weather in River Adventures.

Race sailboats in water currents, play with bubbles, and rainbows while discovering animals nestled in the high grass and lily ponds.

Wonderland

Leave the real world behind and explore the wonder of your imagination. Descend down the Rabbit Hole to enter the topsy-turvy world of Wonderland.

Features include: Hall of Doors & Mirrors, Dutchess’ Kitchen, Pool of Tears, Mad Hatter's Tea Party and Fairy Tale Garden (toddler area).

Please Touch Playhouse

Please Touch Playhouse features original shows are specially designed for our young audience and feature music, movement, folklore, and puppetry.

Each show runs 20 minutes and encourages audiences to be a part of the performance. All shows are free with CityPASS admission.

Please note: Admission to the theater is not guaranteed, as seating is limited. There are several theater shows per day, please consult our daily schedule to plan your visit accordingly.

Centennial Exploration

History comes alive when you step inside Please Touch Museum’s bustling 1876 train station, part of Centennial Exploration. As one of the last remaining pieces of the 1876 Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia, Memorial Hall is a historical and architectural wonder! Families will love the personal accounts of everyday life at the Fair and the famous Centennial Exhibition visitors. Kids will be amazed at the inventions revealed at the fair including the first telephone, typewriter, root beer and more!

Don’t miss the highlight of Centennial Exploration, a 20’ X 30’ model of the 1876 Exhibition grounds. The model, a gift to the city in 1889, offers a miniature view of the buildings where the banana was first introduced in the US where the most modern farming equipment was unveiled and much more! Families will love this living history lesson and stroll back in time!