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Philadelphia Brewing Company
Located in the original 1885 building of Weisbrod & Hess Oriental Brewing Company in the Kensington section of Philadelphia, the 40,000-square-foot Philadelphia Brewing Company offers free tours each Saturday. Since the staff members focus all their efforts on brewing the sudsy treats, these are BYOF (bring-your-own-food) tours....
Credit: Photo by R. Kennedy for GPTMC
Lights of Liberty Show
During the Lights of Liberty Show, some of the nation’s most important historic sites take center stage—literally—during a moonlight journey through the past. As larger-than-life images flash onto landmarks like Independence Hall, visitors don high-tech headsets to hear top Hollywood stars narrate key events from the nation’s history....
Credit: Photo by G. Widman for GPTMC
Lights of Liberty Show
During the Lights of Liberty Show, some of the nation’s most important historic sites take center stage—literally—during a moonlight journey through the past. As larger-than-life images flash onto landmarks like Independence Hall, visitors don high-tech headsets to hear top Hollywood stars narrate key events from the nation’s history....
Credit: Photo by G. Widman for GPTMC
PECO Energy Liberty Center
Visitors can purchase tickets for the stunning, high-tech Lights of Liberty Show inside the PECO Energy Liberty Center. While they’re waiting for the tour to begin, kids and adults can ask Founding Father Benjamin Franklin questions at the free Ben Franklin’s Ghost exhibition and browse the stocked gift shop....
Credit: Photo by G. Widman for GPTMC
Eastern State Penitentiary
True thrill-seekers celebrate the Halloween season in Philadelphia at Eastern State Penitentiary with Terror Behind the Walls, a spooky haunted house inside an abandoned prison that once held notorious criminals like Al Capone. AOL calls it the “Best Haunted House in America.” September 18-November 1, 2009. 22nd Street & Fairmount...
Credit: Photo by R. Wise Courtesy of Eastern State Penitentiary
I Glide Tours
This uwishunu.com video shows visitors how they can tour the city in style thanks to I Glide Tours. Participants use a Segway® Personal Transporter, a self-propelled, two-wheeled vehicle, to take a two-and-a-half-hour tour of the area around the Philadelphia Museum of Art and Fairmount Park. Reservations are recommended. Tours depart...
Mural Arts Program, “Philadelphia Muses”
Meg Saligman’s “Philadelphia Muses” at 13th and Locust Streets is one of more than 2,800 works commissioned by the Philadelphia Mural Arts Program, which began in 1984 as a component of the city’s Anti-Graffiti Network....
Credit: Photo by K. Ciappa for GPTMC
I Glide Tours
On I Glide Tours, participants use a Segway Human Transporter to take a three-hour tour of the area around the Philadelphia Museum of Art....
Credit: Photo by G. Widman for GPTMC
New Hope & Ivyland Railroad
New Hope’s Ivyland Railroad takes passengers on a nine-mile, 50-minute scenic journey aboard one of the nation’s few remaining steam-powered engines....
Credit: Photo by B. Krist for GPTMC
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