Best places: Museums in Philadelphia, United States

Majestic space with famed entry staircase featuring Renaissance classics & special exhibits.

Historic landmark captures different architecture styles, hosts museum with Masonic artifacts.

Iconic stairs from the movie "Rocky" providing tourists a popular photo-op & views of the city.

Paintings by artists including Picasso & Renoir, African sculpture, Native American textiles & more.

Spacious & modern history museum presenting interactive exhibits on the American Revolution.

Set in a building with a Chinese rotunda, this museum has abundant artifacts & antiquities.

Gothic-style prison-turned-attraction with tours of Al Capone's cell, exhibits & a haunted house.

Racing & sports car museum offers Demonstration Days when the cars are taken out to a 3-acre lot.

This site explores the history of Judaism in the United States, from the 1600s until modern day.

Lively, family-friendly science museum with many interactive exhibits & displays plus a planetarium.

A large environment with a focus on ages 3-12 contains hands-on attractions, plus an on-site cafe.

Collection of over 20,000 unusual, unique anatomical specimens in a museum of medical history.

Funky folk art venue provides mosaicked galleries, a sculpture garden maze & educational programs.

👍👍 Highly recommend visiting, and come with a group for the full experience. For some of the effects you need at least 3 (2 to pose, and 1 to take the photo). MOI has staff stationed around the exhibits to share tips on where to look/stand for maximum effect. They will also take your photos. We had a b...

This structure built in Japan in 1953 has a mural exhibit, plus tranquil, landscaped grounds.

Indoor/outdoor sculpture museum with the largest collection of Auguste Rodin's work outside Paris.

👍👍 A beautiful mansion along the Delaware River located on State Road and Grant Avenue. The grounds are well groomed and landscaped. There is a large rose🌹 garden with several varieties. Many large trees who weathered the test of time to tower upward towards the sunny blue sky on this day. Wonderful v...

Artifacts & exhibits detailing the life of the historic figure, including a steel "ghost house."

👍👍 Wow! This place was crazy cool! We got there at 1PM and left around 3:30/4PM. It’s definitely kid friendly but there is a mystery to solve that is not kid friendly (requires a lot of thinking and patience). The rooms were a mix between interactive art that had a theme that mixed with an overarching...

This landmark was the home of Betsy Ross, the seamstress who sewed the first American flag in 1776.