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Fall Open House

Continue your holiday festivities at the Fairmount Water Works!Enjoy a special tour of the historic landmark, including a behind-the-scenes look at Kelly Pool. Eye-level with the Schuylkill, you'll walk the same underground paths as a royal family and Olympic swimmers.Visitors of all ages will be able to calculate the “water footprint” of their holiday meal […]

Fall Open House

Continue your holiday festivities at the Fairmount Water Works!Enjoy a special tour of the historic landmark, including a behind-the-scenes look at Kelly Pool. Eye-level with the Schuylkill, you'll walk the same underground paths as a royal family and Olympic swimmers.Visitors of all ages will be able to calculate the “water footprint” of their holiday meal […]

The Global Water Alliance 9th Annual Conference

Join the Global Water Alliance (GWA) for the 9th Annual Conference, WASH & The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals 2015-2030. Learn from world-changing thinkers and innovators from the United Nations, World Bank, USEPA, International Water and Sanitation Leaders, and Major NGOs. Conference Objectives: To learn about the new UN Sustainable Development Goals for WASH and what major […]

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 beer samplings, games, live music, and more. Park Events 9/7 Indego Bike Share 5 to 9 pm | Indego will be providing unlimited bike […]

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 beer samplings, games, live music, and more. Park Events 9/7 Indego Bike Share 5 to 9 pm | Indego will be providing unlimited […]

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 beer samplings, games, live music, and more. Park Events 9/7 Indego Bike Share 5 to 9 pm | Indego will be providing unlimited bike parking […]

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 beer samplings, games, live music, and more. Park Events 9/7 Indego Bike Share 5 to 9 pm | Indego will be providing unlimited bike parking […]

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 beer samplings, games, live music, and more. Park Events 9/7 Indego Bike Share 5 to 9 pm | Indego will be providing unlimited bike parking […]

“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. Closing Reception: Thursday December 29, 5:30-7 PM, Gallery Talk 6:15 About the Exhibit No human endeavor has had a greater influence on the Schuylkill River […]

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 […]