Eastern State Penitentiary

Opened in 1829 as part of a controversial movement to change the behavior of inmates through confinement in solitude with labor, Eastern State Penitentiary quickly became one of the most expensive and most copied buildings in the young United States.

• History Museums
• Historic Sites

Independence Visitor Center

The Independence Visitor Center is the official visitor center for Philadelphia and the Countryside. Start your visit by speaking to the highly trained concierge staff who can provide reservations, recommendations, and tickets to all of the area's major sights and attractions.

• Tourist Information Centers
• History Museums

National Museum of American Jewish History

• History Museums
• Cultural Centers

Institute of Contemporary Art

• Art Galleries
• Art Museums

Fairmount Water Works

Come downstairs to visit Fairmount Water Works, one of Philadelphia's hidden gems. Best of all, we are free and open to the public six days a week. The nation's first public water supply system and global tourist attraction, we show the public how to be better water resource stewards.

• Event Spaces
• History Museums

Simeone Foundation Automotive Museum

• Museums
• History Museums

Athenaeum of Philadelphia

National Historic Landmark building and museum

• Historic Sites
• Museums

Second Bank of the United States

• Art Museums
• Historic Sites

Declaration House

• Historic Sites
• History Museums

Cedar Grove

• Museums
• Historic Sites