Philadelphia · US

Please Touch Museum

Housed inside Memorial Hall — a National Historic Landmark built for the 1876 Centennial Exhibition — the Please Touch Museum is Philadelphia's dedicated children's museum, where hands-on play is the curriculum across 157,000 square feet and two full floors. Founded in 1976 and celebrating its 50th anniversary, the museum has welcomed more than two million visitors and earned a reputation as one of the nation's premier children's museums. It serves children primarily ages 1 to 7, with four exhibit areas designed specifically for toddlers three and under, plus galleries that keep older siblings and grown-ups genuinely entertained.