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.

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

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...

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

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

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

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

1902 restored firehouse displaying local firefighting tools & machines, plus photographs & prints.

Exhibits of artifacts & documents detailing the region's maritime history, plus tours of 2 vessels.

Historical site featuring Edgar Allan Poe’s former home, plus exhibits & a reading room.

Historic Victorian museum offers 19th- & 20th-century American works, plus a fine art school & cafe.