200th Anniversary Celebration
Individuals and entities who have been an integral part of the history and expansion of the Fairmount Water Works will join together to celebrate the site's bicentennial! For 200 years, […]
Events for July 15 - September 29 › Arts & Culture
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Schuylkill Soundings: City in a Park
Meet the authors of City in a Park, James McClelland and Lynn Miller for a special book signing and lecture at the Fairmount Water Works.About City in a ParkFairmount Park is […]
Sunday Cinema: “The Lorax”
Join us every Sunday afternoon for Sunday Cinema – a free series featuring movies and documentaries that surround a water theme. It’s a great family-friendly event, and we’ll show a different movie every month. (Film selection subject to change.) The Loraz: A 12-year-old boy searches for the one thing that will enable him to win […]
Invisible River 2016
Spend the weekend of Friday, July 15th and Saturday, July 16th with INVISIBLE RIVER on the Schuylkill in East Fairmount Park! Take out a kayak or canoe as dancers twirl, […]
Parks on Tap (Pop-Up Beer Garden)
The Fairmount Water Works is proud to be one of the sites of “Parks on Tap”, a mobile beer garden sponsored by Fairmount Park Conservancy and Philadelphia Parks & Recreation. Come enjoy […]
Coast Day 2016
Discover all that Pennsylvania’s coast has to boast at Pennsylvania Coast Day. This free festival will take place at Walnut Plaza (Columbus Avenue at Walnut Street) on Penn's Landing on […]
Parks on Tap (Pop-Up Beer Garden)
The Fairmount Water Works is proud to be one of the sites of “Parks on Tap”, a mobile beer garden sponsored by Fairmount Park Conservancy and Philadelphia Parks & Recreation. Come enjoy […]
Parks on Tap (Pop-Up Beer Garden)
The Fairmount Water Works is proud to be one of the sites of “Parks on Tap”, a mobile beer garden sponsored by Fairmount Park Conservancy and Philadelphia Parks & Recreation. Come enjoy […]
“Falling Waters: The Legacy of the Schuylkill Navigation”
Falling Waters: The Legacy of the Schuylkill Navigation A Culture & Conversation Exhibit by Sandy Sorlien On exhibit in our Media Room and stairwell until December 30, 2016, during regular hours. […]
Urban Sea Exhibit by Melissa D’Agostino
URBAN SEA, a site-specific textile installation and interactive experience byMelissa D’Agostino, inspires conversation about the river’s historic role as a water mass and its future evolution based on the health of our watershed systems. Engineered to unfurl alongside the river between six of the historic pavilion columns, URBAN SEA will showcase 60 yards of silk […]