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Celebrating Shad!

Name: Celebrating Shad!
Start: 2018-04-22T13:00:00-04:00
End: 2018-04-22T17:00:00-04:00
Location: Fairmount Water Works

Sunday, April 22, 2018

1:00pm—5:00pm

Fairmount Water Works 640 Water Works Drive Philadelphia, PA 19130

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Family Friendly, Young Children (5 & under)

Arts & Culture, Hands-On Science

Join us as we partner with Heart to Hearth Cookery in celebrating one of the Schuylkill River’s finest fish – American shad! Learn about catching shad in traditional Native American culture.

While you’re here, get the insider experience in our Freshwater Mussel Hatchery! See how environmental scientists grow freshwater mussels by re-introducing these “mighty mussels” into our local waterways (2pm – 4pm).