Events for August 23 - October 12

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Sunday Cinema: FernGully

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. FernGully: Crysta (Samantha Mathis) is a fairy who lives in FernGully, a rainforest in Australia, and has never seen a human […]

Milling Around (Hard Hat Tour)

Eye-level with the Schuylkill, you’ll walk the same underground paths as a royal family and Olympic swimmers during a behind-the-scenes look at Philadelphia’s first tourist destination. Hear about the future […]

Sunday Cinema: FernGully

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. FernGully: Crysta (Samantha Mathis) is a fairy who lives in FernGully, a rainforest in Australia, and has never seen a human […]

Turbine 2015

TURBINE with Leah Stein Dance Company Byron Au Yong, Composer Alan Harler, Conductor In celebration of the Water Works' 200th anniversary, Mendelssohn Club joins forces with the Leah Stein Dance Company and composer Byron Au Yong to present the world premiere of TURBINE, an immersive work for singers, dancers, and instruments, featuring choreography and music […]

Sunday Cinema: Hoot

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. Hoot: A young man (Lerman) moves from Montana to Florida with his family, where he's compelled to engage in a fight […]

Sunday Cinema: Hoot

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. Hoot: A young man (Lerman) moves from Montana to Florida with his family, where he's compelled to engage in a fight […]

River Reimagined: A Land & Water Tour

Learn about Philadelphia’s first tourist attraction, and cruise the Schuylkill for a new perspective on sites along this historic river. After passing through FWW’s beautifully landscaped South Garden, stroll along the ‘Schuylkill Banks’ for a 1.5 mile walk to the Walnut Street dock to board a boat for a one-hour narrated cruise. PLEASE NOTE: in […]

Hot Yoga at the Fairmount Water Works

Our yoga series continues with a "hot yoga" session with Priya Hot Yoga. Priya Hot Yoga will guide students through a unique sequence of yoga poses linked together by breath. This vinyasa style class will be 60 minutes. Appropriate for those looking to cultivate cardio-vascular endurance and flexibility, clear the mind, and invigorate the body. […]

On Tap: Fresh & Locally Sourced (Pop-Up Activity)

What goes into a simple glass of water? How much does it really cost? Where does it come from? Discover for yourself at this pop-up activity just outside our doors. Simply look […]

Fairmount Water Works: Inside & Out

Learn about the Water Works’ architecture, and then head inside for a guided orientation to the “Water in our World” exhibit. Watch a 15-minute film about the building’s important role in Philadelphia’s history. Purchase tickets here.