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Philadelphia, PA · Natural History
The oldest natural science research institution and museum in the Americas.
Philadelphia, PA · History
The first museum built by a major U.S. city to preserve and interpret African American heritage.
Allentown, PA · Art
Regional art museum with a Kress Foundation core collection and Frank Lloyd Wright–designed library.
West Chester, PA · Aviation
Museum of vertical flight with 40+ civilian and military helicopters.
Scranton, PA · Industrial Heritage
State museum interpreting the story of hard coal mining and its immigrant communities.
Philadelphia, PA · History
Explores the character and life of Benjamin Franklin, on the site of his Philadelphia home.
Chadds Ford, PA · Art
American art in a converted grist mill, with the finest collection of works by three generations of Wyeths.
Pittsburgh, PA · Art
Among the first modern art museums in the U.S., known for the Carnegie International since 1896.
Pittsburgh, PA · Science
One of the top natural history museums in the U.S., renowned for its dinosaurs in their real environments.
Pittsburgh, PA · Science
Pittsburgh's science center with a planetarium, USS Requin submarine and SportsWorks.
Pittsburgh, PA · Childrens
Innovative children's museum on the North Side with the MuseumLab expansion.
Allentown, PA · Science
Hands-on science center focused on inspiring the next generation of STEM innovators.
Birdsboro, PA · Historic House
Historic site preserving the birthplace of frontiersman Daniel Boone.
Philadelphia, PA · History
Once the most famous and expensive prison in the world, now a preserved ruin and museum.
Gettysburg, PA · Historic Site
Farm and home of President Dwight D. and Mamie Eisenhower adjacent to the Gettysburg battlefield.
Scranton, PA · Railroad
Museum of the streetcar era with restored trolleys and rides through the historic Crown Ave. Shops.
Erie, PA · Art
Regional art museum with 8,000+ works occupying a Greek Revival former bank.
Erie, PA · Maritime
Museum interpreting Great Lakes maritime history and home port of the U.S. Brig Niagara.
Scranton, PA · Art
Natural history, science and art museum in Scranton's Nay Aug Park since 1908.
Erie, PA · Childrens
Interactive children's museum in downtown Erie.
Stoystown, PA · Historic Site
National park unit honoring the passengers and crew of United Flight 93 on September 11, 2001.
Doylestown, PA · History
Henry Chapman Mercer's handmade concrete home, tiled throughout by the Moravian Pottery and Tile Works.
Pittsburgh, PA · History
Museum inside Point State Park interpreting Western Pennsylvania's role in the French & Indian War and American Revolution.
Gettysburg, PA · History
Downtown museum focused on civilian and eyewitness experience of the Battle of Gettysburg.
Gettysburg, PA · Military
Museum, Gettysburg Cyclorama and visitor center for the site of the 1863 battle.
Bethlehem, PA · History
Cluster of 18th- and 19th-century Moravian industrial and domestic sites, a National Historic Landmark District.
Philadelphia, PA · Maritime
Delaware River maritime history on Penn's Landing, with the cruiser Olympia and submarine Becuna.
Philadelphia, PA · Art
A non-collecting contemporary art museum at the University of Pennsylvania, free to all.
Doylestown, PA · Art
Pennsylvania Impressionism and Bucks County art, housed in a former county jail.
Johnstown, PA · History
The story of the 1889 Johnstown Flood, told by the Johnstown Area Heritage Association.
Lancaster, PA · History
Regional history museum and library including President James Buchanan's Wheatland.
Lancaster, PA · History
Living history village interpreting Pennsylvania German rural life and material culture.
Pittsburgh, PA · Art
Museum of contemporary art specializing in site-specific installations by artists in residence.
Doylestown, PA · History
Henry Chapman Mercer's concrete castle filled with tens of thousands of pre-industrial American tools.
Nazareth, PA · History
Museum of the American Moravian settlement in the 1740 Whitefield House.
Philadelphia, PA · History
Uncovers and shares compelling stories about the diverse people and complex events that sparked America's ongoing experiment in liberty.
Philadelphia, PA · Medical
America's finest museum of medical history, part of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia.
Harrisburg, PA · History
Museum devoted to a balanced presentation of the American Civil War overlooking Harrisburg.
Philadelphia, PA · History
The only museum in America devoted to the U.S. Constitution and the story of We the People.
Bethlehem, PA · Industrial Heritage
Smithsonian affiliate on the Bethlehem Steel campus telling the story of American industrial innovation.
Strasburg, PA · Railroad
Home of the Train Collectors Association with five massive operating layouts of toy trains.
Columbia, PA · Specialized
World-class collection of horology from the National Association of Watch and Clock Collectors.
State College, PA · Art
Penn State's art museum, with encyclopedic collections in a building beside the Arboretum.
Philadelphia, PA · Archaeology
The University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, home to nearly a million objects.
Morrisville, PA · History
A reconstruction of William Penn's country estate on the Delaware, operated on the PA Trails of History.
Philadelphia, PA · Art
The nation's first art museum and school of fine art, founded in 1805.
Philadelphia, PA · Art
One of the largest art museums in the United States, with more than 240,000 objects spanning 2,000 years.
Philadelphia, PA · Art
An immersive mixed media art environment by mosaic artist Isaiah Zagar.
Philadelphia, PA · Children's
The children's museum of Philadelphia, located in historic Memorial Hall in Fairmount Park.
Strasburg, PA · Railroad
Official state railroad museum with more than 100 historic locomotives and rail cars.
Reading, PA · Art
Combined art, science and civilization museum with a planetarium and arboretum.
Philadelphia, PA · Art
The largest public collection of Auguste Rodin's work outside Paris.
Philadelphia, PA · History
Rare books and manuscripts including Ulysses drafts and Maurice Sendak works, in a Rittenhouse townhouse.
Pittsburgh, PA · History
Smithsonian-affiliated museum interpreting 250 years of Western Pennsylvania history and sports.
Scranton, PA · Railroad
National park unit preserving the history of steam railroading in America.
Pittsburgh, PA · Art
Largest museum in North America dedicated to a single artist — Andy Warhol.
Philadelphia, PA · Art
One of the world's greatest collections of Impressionist, Post-Impressionist, and early Modern paintings.
Philadelphia, PA · Art
A contemporary art museum and artist residency devoted to new work in fabric and other materials.
Philadelphia, PA · Science
One of the oldest and premier centers of science education and development in the country.
Pittsburgh, PA · Art
Art museum, historic Clayton house, car and carriage museum on the estate of Henry Clay Frick.
Hershey, PA · History
The life of Milton Hershey and the company town he built, with hands-on chocolate programs.
Harrisburg, PA · History
Pennsylvania's official state museum, spanning geology, archaeology, art and industrial history.
Greensburg, PA · Art
American art from the 18th century to the present, with strength in southwestern Pennsylvania artists.
King of Prussia, PA · Historic Site
Site of the 1777–78 Continental Army winter encampment with museum, monuments and reconstructed cabins.
Philadelphia, PA · Natural History
A Victorian natural history museum and free science school, largely unchanged since the 1890s.
Philadelphia, PA · History
The only museum in the nation dedicated exclusively to exploring and interpreting the American Jewish experience.
Malvern, PA · Art
The studio home of the father of the American studio furniture movement, a National Historic Landmark.
Harrisburg, PA · Science
Downtown Harrisburg center with a hands-on science museum, IMAX and performing arts theater.
Philadelphia, PA · Art
Celebrates the art and artists of Philadelphia, past and present.
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