Fairmount Water Works

Mommies & Minnows, Fathers & Fry: "What Goes Up, Must Come Down"
2016-01-13 10:30 - 11:30 (America/New_York) | Fairmount Water Works, 640 Water Works Drive, Philadelphia, PA, 19130, United States
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, a one-time $5 donation is suggested.
January 13: What Goes Up, Must Come Down: Learn how gravity and water stay grounded.

Sunday Cinema: "Happy Feet"
2016-01-10 15:00 - 17:00, 2016-01-10 13:00 - 15:00 | Fairmount Water Works, 640 Water Works Drive, Philadelphia, PA, 19130, United States
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.)
Happy Feet: Into the world of the Emperor Penguins, who find their soul mates through song, a penguin is born who cannot sing. But he can tap dance something fierce!

Science Saturday: Fish - Playing it Cool in Winter
2016-01-09 14:00 - 16:00 | Fairmount Water Works, 640 Water Works Drive, Philadelphia, PA, 19130, United States
Do you wonder what happens in the Schuylkill River in the Winter? What do the fish and other animals do when the water gets cold? Learn about the cold-blooded residents of the Schuylkill River and how they survive the Winter. You will also discover a physical difference between hot and cold water and how that can affect fish in the Winter. You can even make a fish to take home!

Mommies & Minnows, Fathers & Fry: "Get on Our Wavelength!"
2016-01-06 10:30 - 11:30 | Fairmount Water Works, 640 Water Works Drive, Philadelphia, PA, 19130, United States
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, a one-time $5 donation is suggested.
January 6: Get on Our Wavelength! Discover the science behind waves.

Snow Globes: Exploring Water's States of Matter
2015-12-30 10:00 - 12:00, 2015-12-29 14:00 - 16:00, 2015-12-26 14:00 - 16:00 | Fairmount Water Works, 640 Water Works Drive, Philadelphia, PA, 19130, United States
Curious about water’s many properties? Come to the Fairmount Water Works to learn more about water’s different states of matter throughout the winter. Admire stunning photographs of unique snowflake formations through our hands-on pop-up activity.
Visitors will be able to make their own winter wonderland snow globes to take home!

Science Saturday: "Cold Case: H2O"
2015-12-26 14:00 - 16:00, 2015-12-19 14:00 - 16:00, 2015-12-05 14:00 - 16:00 | Fairmount Water Works, 640 Water Works Drive, Philadelphia, PA, 19130, United States
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 local river. We’ll give you some “snow” to take home — just add water!
(Sessions run every 30 minutes.)

Mommies & Minnows, Fathers & Fry: "A Matter of Fact"
2015-12-16 10:30 - 11:30 | PA
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, a one-time $5 donation is suggested.
December 16: A Matter of Fact: Water’s disappearing act.
Be sure to register below.

Science Saturday: "Cold Case H2O"
2015-12-12 14:00 - 16:00 | Fairmount Water Works, 640 Water Works Drive, Philadelphia, PA, 19130, United States

CLOSED EARLY - PRIVATE EVENT
2015-12-10 14:30 - 17:00 | PA

Mommies & Minnows, Fathers & Fry: "Take Matters in Your Own Hands"
2015-12-09 10:30 - 11:30 | Fairmount Water Works, 640 Water Works Drive, Philadelphia, PA, 19130, United States
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, a one-time $5 donation is suggested.
December 9: Take Matters in Your Own Hands! Go with the flow.
Be sure to register below.

Mommies & Minnows, Fathers & Fry: "It Matters!"
2015-12-02 10:30 - 11:30 | Fairmount Water Works, 640 Water Works Drive, Philadelphia, PA, 19130, United States
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, a one-time $5 donation is suggested.
December 2: It Matters! Explore how winter water turns to ice. Be sure to register below!

Sunday Cinema: "Free Birds"
2015-11-29 15:00 - 17:00, 2015-11-29 13:00 - 15:00, 2015-11-22 15:00 - 17:00, 2015-11-22 13:00 - 15:00, 2015-11-15 15:00 - 17:00, 2015-11-15 13:00 - 15:00 | Fairmount Water Works, 640 Water Works Drive, Philadelphia, PA, 19130, United States
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 up to travel back in time to change the course of history – and get turkey off the holiday menu for good.

Science Saturday: "Harvesting History: Philadelphia before the Europeans Arrived"
2015-11-28 14:00 - 16:00 | Fairmount Water Works, 640 Water Works Drive, Philadelphia, PA, 19130, United States
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 the Lenni Lenape did!
(Sessions run every 30 minutes.)

Fall Open House
2015-11-28 13:00 - 15:00, 2015-11-27 13:00 - 15:00 | Fairmount Water Works, 640 Water Works Drive, Philadelphia, PA, 19130, United States
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 during our “Setting the Thanksgiving Water Table” activity. Discover the many ways that water is a part of everything you eat, drink, and use throughout your Thanksgiving feast – from the mashed potatoes to the tablecloth – even the main attraction: the turkey!
We’ll even serve up some tasty seasonal treats, including apple cider.
(Note: The latter portion of the tour requires a hard hat, and may not be accessible for all of our visitors. Sturdy closed-toe shoes are strongly recommended.)

CLOSED - Thanksgiving Holiday
2015-11-26 10:00 - 17:00 | PA

3pm Closing
2015-11-25 15:00 - 17:00 | PA

2pm Closing
2015-11-25 14:00 - 17:00 | PA

Science Saturday: "Harvesting History: Philadelphia before the Europeans Arrived”
2015-11-21 14:00 - 16:00 | Fairmount Water Works, 640 Water Works Drive, Philadelphia, PA, 19130, United States

Schuylkill Soundings: City in a Park
2015-11-20 18:00 - 20:00 | Fairmount Water Works, 640 Water Works Drive, Philadelphia, PA, 19130, United States
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 the municipal park system of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It consists of more than one hundred parks, squares, and green spaces totaling approximately 11,000 acres, and is one of the largest landscaped urban park systems in the world. In City in a Park, James McClelland and Lynn Miller provide an affectionate and comprehensive history of this 200-year-old network of parks.
Filled with nearly 150 gorgeous full-color photographs, City in a Park chronicles the continuing efforts to create a twenty-first century version of what founder William Penn desired, a “greene countrie town.”
Copies of City in a Park will be available for sale ($39.50).
Light refreshments will be served.
Admission is free, but registration is required.
