swissarmy_wife

My family and I might be in Philadelphia for the weekend of March 14,
15, 16. My boys are 9 and 3. My husband will be tied up with a
tournament most of the day on Saturday. Any suggestions for us?
Places to visit? We've never been to Philly!

Danielle Conger

swissarmy_wife wrote:
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> My family and I might be in Philadelphia for the weekend of March 14,
> 15, 16. My boys are 9 and 3. My husband will be tied up with a
> tournament most of the day on Saturday. Any suggestions for us?
> Places to visit? We've never been to Philly!
>

Oooh, The Franklin Institute, hands down. It's 3 stories of hands-on,
interactive, many high-energy science oriented exhibits. Plus a
planetarium and an I-Max. I *highly* recommend it.

http://www2.fi.edu/

Also if you have the time and the $ to splurge, 1/2 block away is The
Academy of Natural Sciences, which is kinda lame as a museum, but has an
*amazing* butterfly room. The other stuff is okay.

And be sure to have a cheese steak for lunch while you're there!

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Lesley Cross

There's also the Please Touch Museum, though more geared towards your
younger child. We enjoyed Please Touch a lot when my kids were smaller. I
second the recommendation of the Franklin Institute.



Lesley (formerly of PA)

In SC w. Logan (ds13), Ayden (dd7) and Alethia (dd3)





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Ooo....I don't know about the 3 yo, but the 9 yo would LOVE The Mütter
Museum at the College of Physicians -- also known as the Museum of Medical
Oddities (anyone Daria fans?)

It's REALLY cool... we expected to have a very brief visit, but we LOVED it.
I suppose we might be weird.

Kathryn

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Danielle Conger

KathrynJB@... wrote:
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> Ooo....I don't know about the 3 yo, but the 9 yo would LOVE The Mütter
> Museum at the College of Physicians -- also known as the Museum of
> Medical
> Oddities (anyone Daria fans?)
>

I did some research there for my PhD on a grant from the College, and
while there, I got a behind the scenes tour of some of their
collections. Some very weird stuff indeed. One of the cool things I saw
there was a mummified bound-foot from a Chinese woman.

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~~Danielle
Emily (10), Julia (9), Sam (7)
http://www.organiclearning.blogspot.com

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Connections: ezine of unschooling and mindful parenting
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