Best places: Historical place museums in Willistown Township

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Winterthur Galleries
Historical place museum
šŸ‘šŸ‘ Very pretty grounds and lots of interesting exhibits.
4.80 (683 reviews) (~19.48 km from centre)
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Hagley Museum
Historical place museum
Riverfront site featuring regional industrial history, including gunpowder mills & the du Pont home.
4.80 (673 reviews) (~21.86 km from centre)
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Eastern State Penitentiary
History museum
Gothic-style prison-turned-attraction with tours of Al Capone's cell, exhibits & a haunted house.
4.70 (1.8K reviews) (~27.57 km from centre)
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Mt. Cuba Center
Botanical garden
Parkland at a Colonial Revival mansion, planted with native species & open in summer for tours.
4.80 (449 reviews) (~23.29 km from centre)
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Newlin Grist Mill Park
Park
šŸ‘šŸ‘ Nice park for walking, jogging, dog walk also to watch awesome little water falls. Nice benches on the riverside to sit and relax. If you ever want to be close to nature then this is a wonderful place for that. Decent amount of parking lots.
4.70 (442 reviews) (~7.91 km from centre)
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Fireman's Hall Museum
Historical place museum
1902 restored firehouse displaying local firefighting tools & machines, plus photographs & prints.
4.70 (305 reviews) (~30.13 km from centre)
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Edgar Allan PŠ¾e National Historic Site
Historical landmark
Historical site featuring Edgar Allan Poeā€™s former home, plus exhibits & a reading room.
4.50 (1K reviews) (~29.5 km from centre)
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Graeme Park
Park
Sprawling acreage with picnic areas, pond & tours of a landmark 18th-century governor's mansion.
4.70 (251 reviews) (~40.96 km from centre)
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Fort Mifflin
Historical place museum
Fort rebuilt in 1794 & historical landmark with educational programs & events.
4.50 (757 reviews) (~25.95 km from centre)
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Cruiser Olympia and Submarine Becuna at Independence Seaport Museum
Museum
šŸ‘šŸ‘ Had the opportunity to re-enlist on the USS Olympia back in 1991. Was a splendid affair for all who attended. The staff was great and the tour was one of the best I have ever had. Thank you for a great memory.
4.70 (213 reviews) (~30.32 km from centre)
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Winterthur Enchanted Woods
Historical place museum
šŸ‘šŸ‘ Nice if you are up for some walking.
4.80 (161 reviews) (~19.31 km from centre)
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The Rosenbach
Historical place museum
Set in a 19th-century townhouse, this library & museum holds nearly 400,000 rare books & documents.
4.70 (197 reviews) (~27.41 km from centre)
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Second Bank of the United States Portrait Gallery
Historical place museum
Charles Willson Peale portraits of notable 18th- & 19th-century leaders in a historic bank building.
4.60 (147 reviews) (~29.66 km from centre)
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Arch Street Meeting House
Historical place museum
šŸ‘šŸ‘ Visiting other Churches is a hobby of mines. I enjoy meeting other people and listening to their stories. God Bless! šŸ˜ ā¤
4.70 (114 reviews) (~29.84 km from centre)
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Peter Wentz Farmstead
Museum
šŸ‘šŸ‘ Beautiful, well preserved and restored farmstead of Peter and Rosanna Wentz. They settled here in 1744 and moved into the new house in 1758. The interior of the home has decor and character in keeping with wealthier farmsteads. The home and barn are very large and there are many other smaller buildi...
4.60 (135 reviews) (~29.83 km from centre)
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Anthony Wayne House
Event venue
Major General Anthony Wayne used to own this Georgian-style mansion, now a museum to his legacy.
4.60 (128 reviews) (~8.12 km from centre)
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Andalusia Historic House, Gardens & Arboretum
Historical place museum
Historic country home featuring a columnated Greek Revival facade, period furnishings & gardens.
4.70 (91 reviews) (~46.92 km from centre)
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Powel House
Museum
Colonial-era Philadelphia mayor Samuel Powel's Georgian brick townhouse is now a historic landmark.
4.70 (86 reviews) (~29.81 km from centre)
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Pennhurst State School
Historical landmark
šŸ‘šŸ‘ We visited Pennhurst this past Saturday during Paracon. Every single employee we encountered was kind and helpful. Bernie and Donna were fantastic and shared their insights with us regarding their employment at Pennhurst. We checked out the museum and soaked in all the information we possibly could...
4.30 (202 reviews) (~26.49 km from centre)
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Grange Estate
Historical place museum
šŸ‘šŸ‘ This hidden gem shouldn't be so hidden. The grounds offer an oasis of calm in our hectic lives. Keep an eye on the calendar for the great events they have here including a top notch train set up in the barn.
4.60 (92 reviews) (~18.09 km from centre)
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