All Historic Attractions
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The Annual Center City House Tour
A delight for the architecturally inclined
A delight for the architecturally inclined
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American Helicopter Museum
The history of rotorcraft flight from the ground up
The 20,000-square-foot hangar full of 70 years’ worth of vintage helicopters is a rotorwing historian’s dream; here, vintage and modern aircraft demonstrate the copter’s roles in war and rescue missions, agriculture and police surveillance. You’ll see the only V-22 tilt-rotor Osprey in the world that’s on public display, and have the chance to climb into some of the helicopters to fiddle with the dials, switches and pedals.
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Arch Street Friends Meeting House
1804 Quaker meeting house is the largest of its kind in the world
William Penn himself would have likely felt at home in this large symmetrical meeting house, which hasn’t changed much since 1804.
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Architectural Archives of the University of Pennsylvania
Preserving and presenting architecture – in a National Historic Landmark
How bombastic-yet logical! In the bowels of architect Frank Furness’s most outrageous work-a structure that looks more like a steamboat than a library-resides an archive celebrating the dynamism of architecture. University of Pennsylvania’s Architectural Archives preserves drawings, sketchbooks, models and manuscripts of more than 400 designers who worked over three centuries.
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AudioWalk and Tour of Historic Philadelphia
A digital stroll back in time
Journey back to the 1700s… stroll cobblestone streets, linger in an 18th-century garden, see the home of a First Lady and mail postcards from a Colonial Post Office.
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Awbury Arboretum
A wee bit of England transplanted to Germantown
A wee bit of England transplanted to Germantown
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Bastille Day Festival at Eastern State Penitentiary
Eastern State Penitentiary celebrates with a day-long party
Grab a pitchfork and storm the walls! Whether you’re a revolutionary or a royalist, there’s something for you in this celebration of all things French at Bastille Day at the Eastern State Penitentiary.
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Battleship New Jersey
Admiral “Bull” Halsey’s flagship and the nation’s most decorated battleship
At 887 feet of armor-plated steel, the 45,000-ton Battleship New Jersey dominates not only the New Jersey waterfront, but also American naval history.
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Brandywine Battlefield Park
The peacefully preserved remains of one of Washington’s few defeats
Most preserved battlefield sites memorialize winning fights, but the Revolutionary Army actually lost ground at Brandywine. Still, the rolling hills of Brandywine Battlefield Park serve as a memorable addition to any Revolutionary War tour of the Philadelphia area. George Washington used the Benjamin Ring House for his headquarters before the battle, and though the house burned in the 1930s, it is now preserved to be what it looked like in 1777.
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Bulletin Building
George Howe’s last major commission
Designed with Louis McAllister Jr., this simple modern structure was built as the offices and production plant for the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin newspaper.
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