Visiting Tips:
Please Touch Museum tends to be busier on rainy days. You may want to schedule your visit on fair weather days. Mornings are also a busy time with most school groups visiting during this time. Afternoons are a great time to visit the museum as well as Mondays when groups are not scheduled.
To ensure that your family or group have an enjoyable visit, we suggest you take a few minutes to read our general information.
*Please note that beginning January 1st, 2011, ALL coupons, vouchers and passes from our 21st Street location will not be accepted for admission. No exceptions.
Admission
- Members: Free
- Under the age of one: Free
- Children and Adults: $15
- Groups of 15 or more: please call (215) 581-3168 for reservations and discount group rates
Museum Location
Memorial Hall in Fairmount Park
4231 Avenue of the Republic
Philadelphia, PA 19131
Phone: (215) 581-3181
Attention GPS users: use 4231 North Concourse Drive for directions
Hours of Operation
General Hours:
Monday - Saturday: 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Sunday: 11 a.m. - 5 p.m.
CLOSED: Thanksgiving and Christmas Days
Open New Year's Day 11 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Best Time to Visit
Please Touch Museum tends to be busier on rainy days. You may want to schedule your visit on fair weather days. Mornings are also a busy time with most school groups visiting during this time. Afternoons are a great time to visit the museum as well as Mondays when groups are not scheduled.
Museum Photography and Video Policy
Please Touch Museum (PTM) routinely takes images and video for use by news media as well as in marketing and promotional materials and on PTM's web and social media platforms. Please be advised that promotional images, video and audio may be captured during your visit to Please Touch Museum. Entrance to the museum constitutes acceptance of this policy. If your likeness cannot be used for Please Touch Museum promotional purposes, please alert the admissions desk staff upon arrival.
Centennial Tours for Grown-Ups
Tour Memorial Hall, the only major structure remaining from Philadelphia's 1876 Centennial Exhibition. Centennial Tours explore history, art, and architecture of Memorial Hall, first home of the Philadelphia Museum of Art and the 1876 World's Fair. Visitors will enjoy: restored architecture of Memorial Hall, a behind the scenes tour filled with fun facts from the buildings 20th Century history as a multi-use recreation center, a fully restored 1908 Dentzel Carousel, and much more! Click for more
Coupons & Discount Admission
Families are invited to enjoy the special disounted admission price of $2 per person (ages 1 and older) from 5:00-7:00 p.m. every first Wednesday of the month. Target First Wednesday's are made possible through the generous support of Target.
AAA discount gives active card holders 10% off of up to 6 tickets
Military discount gives 2 free admission to every active military ID
If you are in possession of Please Touch Museum at Memorial Hall in Fairmount Park coupons or vouchers that are valid on the date of your arrival, please present these at our admissions desk for redemption.
*Please note that beginning January 1st, 2011, ALL coupons, vouchers and passes from our 21st Street location will not be accepted for admission. No exceptions.
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Do you have a reciprocal ACM Membership?
If you have an 
on your membership card from another children's museum you will receive 4 free admissions to Please Touch Museum. For more information on the ACM reciprocal program visit. http://www.childrensmuseums.org/visit/reciprocal.htm#acmreciprocalprogramparticipants
* Free parking is not included as part of this program.
**Reciprocal benefits for Please Touch Museum Members do NOT extend to Delaware Children's Museum (Wilmington) or Bucks County Children's Museum (Opening in November of 2011). Please Touch Museum reciprocal members receive two free admissions (including cardholder) to Garden State Discovery Museum per visit. Additional visitors must pay current admission price.
Museum Map and Accessibility
Please Touch Museum offers 2 levels of interactive exhibits as well as amenities that are important to families with young children; plenty of on-site parking, a cafe, family restrooms and various areas for stroller parking. Please Touch Museum is fully wheelchair accessible. Click to view the museum map.
Refreshments
Please Taste Cafe is located on the first floor of the museum and provides various healthy menu items. For more information, please visit Please Taste Cafe. Please note: our prepared foods are nut free.
Philadelphia CityPASS
Discover Philadelphia's must-see attractions with a deep-discount ticket booklet that delivers wonderful weekends and foolproof vacations. With CityPASS, visitors skip lines and save nearly half off regular admission prices. Valid for nine days, starting with the first day of use, Philadelphia CityPASS costs $59 for adults (a value of $110.99); $39 for kids, ages 2-12. Look or book online at citypass.com.