Museums

Directory of
Museums/Historic
/Scientific/Educational Sites

in and around Philadelphia, PA

Academy Fine Arts 972-7600 118 N.Broad (broad & cherry)
Academy Of Natural Sciences 299 1000 19th & Ben Franklin Pkwy
African-American Museum in Philadelphia  Phila 215-574-0380
American Helicopter Museum & Education Center West Chester, PA        610-436-9600
American Swedish Historical MuseumPhila 215-389-1776
Barnes Foundation Merion Station, PA 610-667-0290
Berman Museum of Art at Ursinus CollegeCollegeville, PA       610-409-3500
Boyertown Museum of Historic Vehicles Boyertown, PA 610-367-2090
Brandywine Battlefield 459-3342
Brandywine River Museum Chadds Ford, PA  610-388-2700
Bryn Athyn Cathed. 947-0266
Camden Aquarium 609-365-3300 9:30-5:30
Chadds Ford Winery 388-6221
Chester County Historical Society West Chester, PA  610-692-4800
Childventure Museum Fort Washington, PA 215-643-3233
The Civil War Library  Phila 215-735-81
Civil War Museum 4278 Griscom 289-6484 First Continental Regiment of Foot Kurt Haguee96
Colonial Penna Plantation Ridley Creek St Pk Box 385 Edgemont Pa 19028
The  Crayola Factory 
Crystal Cave RD #3 Kutztown Pa 683-6765
Dewees Tavern Museum
& Historical Society of Trappe Collegeville, PA 610-489-7560
Doylestown Museum on Americana (is this same as Mercer or other?)      
Ebenezer Maxwell Mansion
  Phila 215-438-1861
Fonthill Museum Doylestown, PA 215-348-9461
Fort Mifflin 492-3395 (near Intn’l Airport) 492-1881??
The Franklin Institute Science Museum 215-448-1221 Futures Center 448 1200 20th & Ben Fr.Pkwy
Goschenhoppen Historians Green Lane, PA 18054 215-234-8953
Glencairn 947-9919 2nd Sun every mo 2-5 res. req sometimes
Grundy Museum Bristol, PA 19007 215-788-9432
Hagley Museum       Wilmington, DE  302-658-2400
Heritage Hall Museum 362-0976
Historic LaMott
  LaMott, PA 215-635-7168
Hopewell Village 5828773
Hope Lodge 553 Bethlehem Pk. Ft. Washington 646-1595 Restored 18th cent.       mansionIndependence  Seaport Museum  Penn’s Landing Phila
Insectarium (Steve’s Bug Off)215-338-3000 8046 Frankford
Intrepid Aircraft Carrier & Museum – NY      
James A.  Michener Art Museum
Doylestown, PA  215-340-9800
Japanese House & Garden West Fairmount Park Phila 215-878-5097
Lackawanna Coal Mines 1-800-238- 7245
Lenape Indian Museum – 584-6761 Elwood Brunt- Weber Rd Worcester Twp
Longwood Gardens Kennett Square, PA 610-388-1000 
Lynnewood Hall -Cheltenham
Mary Merritt Doll Museum
The Meetinghouse 565 Yoder Rd.Harleysville 256-3020 Mennonite life,       archives avail. for geneological study      
Merritt Museum of Childhood
Douglassville, PA 19518 610-385-3809
Mennonite Heritage Center       Harleysville, PA 19438 215-256-3020
The Mercer Museum       Doylestown, PA 215-345-0210
Mill Grove (Audubon’s House 666-5593
Moland House       Hartsville, PA 215-345-6439
Moravian Pottery Works Swamp Rd. (Rt. 313) Doylestown 345-6722
Mummers Museum       Phila 215-336-3050
Mutter Museum  Phila  fluid-preserved anatomical and pathological       specimens, etc
National Liberty Museum Phila 215-925-2800
New Hope Canal Rides
New Jersey State Aquarium
Northlandz Trains 8 mi of track near Flemington NJ One mile tour       North Penn High Planetarium 368-9800
Pearl Buck Home Hilltown 249-0100
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Phila215-972-7600
Penna Dutch Country/ The Amish/VISITOR       INFO 267-7482 )
Pennsbury Manor 946-0400 Morrisville PaPeter Wentz Homestead 584-5104 Worcester Pa
Phila Museum Art 215 763-8100 26th & Pkwy
Phila Maritime Museum 925-5439 321 Chestnut st
Please Touch Museum 215-963 0667 1910 Cherry St
Polish American Cultural Center Museum Walnut Street Phila 215-922-1700
Port of History Museum 925-3804 Penns Landing
Railside America Rt22 Hamburg Strasburg RR Co 717-687-7522
Rodin Museum 763-8100 22nd & Pkwy
Russian Museum above Enstein Toys Locust St between 16th & 17th
Scranton Steamtown 717-340-5200 Nat’l park to honor railroad
Valley Forge Historical Society Museum Valley Forge, PA 610-783-0535
Washington D.C. by train from 30th St.
Wharton Esherick Studio       Paoli, PA 610-644-5822
Winterthur Garden & Museum  Winterthur, Delaware 800- 448-3883
Woodmere Art Museum    9201 Germantown Avenue, Phila 215-247-0476
World of Scouting Museum Valley Forge 610-783-5311
Univ. Museum of Archeology & Anthropology 898-4000 33rd & Spruce
University of Pennsylvania Museum Of Archaeology and Anthropology       Phila 215-898-4000
U.S. Mint ( Franklin Mint ????)
US Naval Air Station 672 7070