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Please Touch Museum

4231 Avenue of the Republic Ave
Philadelphia, PA 19131
(215) 581-3181
pleasetouchmuseum.org
4.5 star rating based on 48 reviews

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July 1-Labor Day: daily 9am-5:30pm Sept 1-June 30: daily 9am-4:30pm  
Status: Closed  
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tel: (215) 581-3181

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gocitykids

This Please Touch Museum provides a fun-filled, quality experience that everyone in the family will enjoy. The kids will flip over The River area, which explores travel through a massive water table complete with a boats, moats, and the ability to create a rainshower! A special area for children three and under, called Barnyard Babies , provides loads of soft mats, manipulatives, and climbing... more
Posted by gocitykids on May 06, 2008

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Judging by Jill Platner’s tribal-inspired jewelry, it’s easy to imagine this Manhattan-based designer was an anthropologist in her past life. Easy, but not quite true: Platner’s a surfer and avid traveler in the Americas North and South. Her clean white loft space contrasts starkly with the hand-made, exotic necklaces, earrings, and bracelets, crafted in shapes that mimic the contours of the... more
Posted by nymag on April 05, 2007

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Most exhibits are geared toward children ages 1 to 7, so teens and 'tweens might get a bit bored.
Posted by Citysearch on September 12, 2009

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The Please Taste Cafe serves healthy foods and no allergy-inflaming nuts.
Posted by Citysearch on September 12, 2009

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The museum is busiest on rainy days and in the morning; plan accordingly.
Posted by Citysearch on September 12, 2009
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The Please Touch Museum has gone world-class with a move to Memorial Hall in Fairmount Park.

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In Short After years of negotiation, Please Touch Museum has found a home that allows it to mount more than half a dozen life-size themed exhibit zones like "Roadside Attractions" and "City Capers" that teach kids of all ages about the world around them in a playful, hands-on way. The experience is enhanced with accompanying reading materials, a theater for riginal kid-friendly... more
Posted by Tara Nurin on April 21, 2009, (Edited November 11, 2008)

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Sells jewelry in silver, gold and platinum; includes rings, bracelets, necklaces strung on leather or Tenara and earrings.
Posted by Contributor on April 21, 2009, (Edited February 28, 2005)

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This is one of the best indoor activities in town for a family with young kids, and the location is great -- just off the Parkway, 2 blocks south of the Franklin Institute (though the museum hopes to expand and move to Penn's Landing in the next decade). Dedicated to a unique fun-filled educational, cultural, hands-on experience, the converted factories help bring out the creative, exuberant,... more
Posted by frommers on September 11, 2007

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Please Touch Museum by Lynne Y. at InsiderPages

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This museum has recently moved from a cramped building to a huge one in Fairmount Park. It was not difficult to find and parking was so easy. I took my grandson and what was so wonderful was that I just had to follow him around and let him do basically whatever he wanted. It was great.
Posted by Citysearch User on April 21, 2009, (Edited January 23, 2009)

Rude Management and biased staff

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WHYY (channel 12) staff were there and they were nicer to the white customers. The Please Touch Museum staff was rude and did not seem interested in assisting me at all, however was very nice and enthusiastic to the white customers. I will never go back. My child was not happy and felt as though we were treated differently and does not want to go back. We are African American. We left and... more
Posted by Chinesedragon on April 21, 2009, (Edited May 17, 2008)

Great for smaller children by Safiyyah C. at InsiderPages

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My girls loved the market. I love any museum or place that is child friendly. There are not many as friendly as the Please Touch Museum. They offer membership packages that seem very good.
Posted by Citysearch User on April 21, 2009, (Edited December 09, 2007)
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