Events for October 16 - August 17
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 […]
Science Saturday: “Harvesting History: Philadelphia before the Europeans Arrived”
Native Americans are an important part of our Thanksgiving celebrations. Learn about the original residents of Philadelphia and their reliance on local rivers and streams. We will learn about their culture, lifestyle and diet and about the local environment thousands of years before European settlers arrived. You can weave a mat of natural materials like […]
Sunday Cinema: “Free Birds”
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.) Free Birds: Two turkeys from opposite sides of the tracks must put aside their differences and team […]
Sunday Cinema: “Free Birds”
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.) Free Birds: Two turkeys from opposite sides of the tracks must put aside their differences and team […]
Mommies & Minnows, Fathers & Fry: “It Matters!”
Head down to the Fairmount Water Works with your preschoolers (ages 3-5), and learn all about water! Starting August 26, join us Wednesday mornings from 10:30am - 11:30am to splash around and discover new things about water through interactive story telling, movement activities, arts and crafts and hands-on experiments. To support theses fun, hands-on activities, […]
Science Saturday: “Cold Case: H2O”
Is it a fact that no two snowflakes are the same? How do they form? How many different forms of ice and snow are there? Head to the FWWIC to investigate the properties of ice and snow. Learn about the special shape of snowflakes and about a special type of ice that forms on our […]
Mommies & Minnows, Fathers & Fry: “Take Matters in Your Own Hands”
Head down to the Fairmount Water Works with your preschoolers (ages 3-5), and learn all about water! Starting August 26, join us Wednesday mornings from 10:30am - 11:30am to splash around and discover new things about water through interactive story telling, movement activities, arts and crafts and hands-on experiments. To support theses fun, hands-on activities, […]