Fairmount Water Works

Family Tour with Let's Go Outdoors
2018-09-22 10:00 - 23:00, 2018-09-08 12:30 - 13:30, 2018-09-08 10:00 - 11:00, 2018-08-18 12:30 - 13:30, 2018-08-18 10:00 - 11:00, 2018-08-12 13:00 - 14:00, 2018-08-04 12:30 - 13:30, 2018-08-04 10:00 - 11:00 (America/New_York) | Fairmount Water Works, 640 Water Works Drive, Philadelphia, PA, 19130, United States
Join our partners at Let’s Go Outdoors for a family-friendly tour of the Fairmount Water Works!
Let’s Go Outdoors aims to bring families together for environmental education tours and/or outdoor learning activities.
Attendees will learn about the amazing grounds outside of the historic site, including the Fishway Dam, then head inside for a guided orientation of “Water in Our World” and watch a 15-minute film about the buildings important role in Philadelphia’s history.
Please keep in mind:

This tour is geared for adults bringing one or more children, though all are welcome.
The session is about 60 minutes, with 20 minutes outdoors, and attendees are encouraged to dress accordingly.
The tour involves walking/traveling along grassy, slightly inclined, and/or paved surfaces.

The tour is FREE, but registration is required.

Science Saturday - "Mighty Mussel Mania"
2018-09-15 10:00 - 16:00 | Penn’s Landing
Come join us for Mighty Mussel Mania at the Delaware River Festival at Penn’s Landing! Drop by our mussel cart to learn the importance of these mini-water filters through up-close-and-personal hands-on lessons.

Delaware River Festival
2018-09-15 10:00 - 16:00
Come celebrate the mighty Delaware River with the Partnership for the Delaware Estuary (PDE) and the Alliance for Watershed Education (AWE)! For the first time ever, PDE’s Pennsylvania Coast Day and AWE’s River Days are coming together for a “coast to coast” experience that you don’t want to miss!
Cross the Delaware River FOR FREE over the Ben Franklin Bridge on foot or bike, OR take advantage of free ferry rides* from one event to the other.
What to expect: Educational fun for families, on-the-water activities, games and crafts for kids, music, beer garden, fishing opportunities, and much more!
Join us on September 15th to kick off the month-long River Days events at the Camden Waterfront AND the 16th year of Pennsylvania’s Coast Day!
(*Restrictions apply)

River Reimagined: A Land & Water Tour
2018-09-06 14:00 - 16:30, 2018-08-16 14:00 - 16:30, 2018-08-09 14:00 - 16:30, 2018-07-26 14:00 - 16:30, 2018-07-12 14:00 - 16:30, 2018-06-21 14:00 - 16:30, 2018-06-07 14:00 - 16:30 | Fairmount Water Works, 640 Water Works Drive, Philadelphia, PA, 19130, United States
Learn about the Fairmount Water Works, one of Philadelphia’s first tourist attractions, and cruise the Schuylkill for a new perspective on sites along this historic river. After a brief tour of the Fairmount Water Works, stroll through the beautifully landscaped South Garden, and along the Schuylkill Banks for a 1.5 mile walk to the Walnut Street dock to board a boat for a 1-hour narrated cruise.
PLEASE NOTE: Comfortable and sturdy shoes are strongly recommended for the 1.5-mile walk. Transportation from the Walnut Street dock back to the Fairmount Water Works is available. In the event of inclement weather, we may have to cancel the tour. You will be notified by email if the tour must be cancelled.
Tickets must be purchased in advance. No at-the-door sales.
Register here.

CLOSED
2018-08-31 15:00 - 17:00 | Fairmount Water Works, 640 Water Works Drive, Philadelphia, PA, 19130, United States

Science Saturday - "Mighty Mussel Mania"
2018-08-25 11:00 - 13:00, 2018-08-18 11:00 - 13:00, 2018-08-11 11:00 - 13:00, 2018-08-04 11:00 - 13:00, 2018-07-28 11:00 - 13:00, 2018-07-21 11:00 - 13:00, 2018-07-14 11:00 - 13:00, 2018-06-09 11:00 - 13:00 | Fairmount Water Works, 640 Water Works Drive, Philadelphia, PA, 19130, United States
Come join us for Mighty Mussel Mania! Drop in anytime between 11am and 1pm to learn the importance of these mini-water filters through up-close-and-personal hands-on lessons.

CLOSED
2018-07-03 15:00 - 2018-07-04 17:00

Play Day
2018-06-21 11:00 - 13:00 | Fairmount Water Works, 640 Water Works Drive, Philadelphia, PA, 19130, United States
Need something to do with the kids before summer camp starts? Celebrate the summer solstice at the Fairmount Water Works Interpretive Center! Join us for a morning of hands-on kid-friendly activities. Show off your architectural skills by creating replicas of our historic site with our staff, or bring water creatures to life through paper mache painting with Mural Arts Philadelphia. You can even enjoy a special summer treat – water ice – before you leave! This event is free and open to the public.

"Philadelphia's Breweries on the Schuylkill" (Rich Wagner, Beer Historian)
2018-06-09 14:00 - 15:00 | Fairmount Water Works, 640 Water Works Drive, Philadelphia, PA, 19130, United States
The Schuylkill River is known as one of the nation’s oldest industrial rivers and one of the industries that thrived along its banks has been brewing. And nowhere along the course of the river were there more breweries than in Philadelphia: from Robert Smith’s India Pale Ale Brewery near the Girard Avenue Bridge to Hohenadel in East Falls and Liebert & Obert in Manayunk, the Schuylkill River has been home to some of the city’s most memorable breweries. Rich will feature views from early maps and photographs the breweries and their advertising to bring to life the rich brewing heritage of “Philadelphia’s Breweries on the Schuylkill.”
About Rich Wagner (Beer Historian):
Rich’s interest in brewing began in 1980 with a summer vacation camping and visiting Pennsylvania breweries for tours and hospitality. The landscape between stops was littered with the industrial skeletons of long-closed brewing plants. Over the next seven years he visited approximately four hundred brewery sites throughout Pennsylvania and found something to photograph at about half of them: everything from complete factory complexes to foundation walls and lagering cellars dug into the sides of hills.
He began researching the state’s brewing history and self-published guidebooks and conducted tours in Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Luzerne and Lackawanna counties, the Lehigh Valley and the central region from Reading to York.
In addition to his guidebooks Rich is the author of Philadelphia Beer: A Heady History of Brewing in the Cradle of Liberty (The History Press 2012) and a frequent contributor to a number of publications aimed at the craft brewing industry and breweriana collectors.
This is a free event, space is limited! Register today.

We Drink the River
2018-05-19 13:00 - 17:00 | Fairmount Water Works, 640 Water Works Drive, Philadelphia, PA, 19130, United States
The Fairmount Water Works Interpretive Center is offering a special bus tour of the Philadelphia Water Department’s drinking water system. Learn how it’s connected to our rivers, including past and present-day infrastructure that brings us clean and safe drinking water every day. Enjoy a special tasting afterwards!
Register here.
