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Fluency: The Language of Water and Who We Are (Pop-Up Event in the Historic Kelly Pool)

Location: Fairmount Water Works

Free

Frae-Frae: Daughter of Drexciya presents Fluency: The Language of Water and Who We Are    An immersive sonic experience wading through memories, dreams, and reflections regarding how water can divide and unite, while never being defeated. LaFrae Sci a.k.a Frae-Frae: Daughter of Drexciya, is an award-winning and internationally acclaimed multi-instrumentalist, educator, composer, and electro-acoustic adventurer. Bedrock […]

Brass in the Grass

Location: Fairmount Water Works

Free

Join the Fairmount Park Conservancy and the Fairmount Water Works Interpretive Center for "Brass in the Grass", a special performance in honor of Jazz Appreciation Month. Limited seating will be provided so we encourage you to bring your own lawn chair or picnic blanket and bring your own food and refreshments. Performances from 1–2 pm […]

It Flowed from Fairmount: Brewing History Tour

Location: Fairmount Water Works

$25

Sure, people have loved drinking beer in the park for years, but did you know that beer was also made on these lands? Before the city created the park, the banks of the Schuylkill River were valuable to emerging breweries for the harvesting and storage of ice, and the cold storage of lager beer in […]

Brass in the Grass

Location: Fairmount Water Works

Free

EVENT UPDATE: Due to the ongoing rain and wet outdoor conditions, Brass in the Grass will be held under the Water Works Pavilion today. Join the Fairmount Park Conservancy and the Fairmount Water Works Interpretive Center for "Brass in the Grass", a special performance in honor of Jazz Appreciation Month. Limited seating will be provided […]

Setting the Thanksgiving Water Table

Water is part of everything we eat, drink, and use. Your traditional Thanksgiving recipes, like one for pumpkin pie, calls for little to no cups of water, but from the time the pumpkin starts growing in the pumpkin patch to the moment it reaches your dinner table the pie you consumed uses almost  234 gallons […]

Setting the Thanksgiving Water Table

Water is part of everything we eat, drink, and use. Your traditional Thanksgiving recipes, like one for pumpkin pie, calls for little to no cups of water, but from the time the pumpkin starts growing in the pumpkin patch to the moment it reaches your dinner table the pie you consumed uses almost  234 gallons […]

FREE MUSEUM DAY during the PHILLY HOLIDAY EXPERIENCE

Come visit on Free Museum Day during the Philly Holiday Experience! We will be offering tours on the hour from 11 am to 2 pm and we will have a fun, hands-on, pop-up activity from 11 am - 3 pm in our LAB: Fish: Playing it Cool around the Holidays! Do you wonder what happens […]

WORLD FISH MIGRATION DAY POP-UP

Location: Fairmount Water Works

Free

Come Celebrate World Fish Migration Day with us! Join us to learn about the fish that travel our rivers in order to complete their life cycle! Using the "Gyotaku" method, a traditional form of Japanese art that allowed fisherman to record their catches, we will supply fabric paint for you to print a fish on […]

POP-UP: WATERWAY WONDERS ORIGAMI

Location: Fairmount Water Works

DROP IN! Help us create a riverine wonderland of aquatic creatures in origami to display at the center. Origami is the Japanese art of folding paper into shapes and figures. […]