Events for July 16, 2016 - November 27, 2016

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Aqua Marooned!

Aqua Marooned! is a new game that explores nature using quick wit, physical activity & creative invention. Come play for yourself at the Fairmount Water Works Interpretive Center on August […]

Aqua Marooned!

Aqua Marooned! is a new game that explores nature using quick wit, physical activity & creative invention. Come play for yourself at the Fairmount Water Works Interpretive Center on August […]

Aqua Marooned!

Are you up for the challenge? On Saturday, September 17 from 2pm - 4pm, join our team at the Fairmount Water Works Boardwalk for Aqua Marooned!, a card game that […]

We Drink the River

Where does our tap water come from? Where does our water water go? Join the Fairmount Water Works Interpretive Center for a behind-the-scenes bus tour of the Philadelphia Water Department's […]

The Delaware River Festival

The Fairmount Water Works is excited to be a part the Delaware River Festival! Enjoy a ride on the RiverLink Ferry between Philadelphia and Camden... Visit the Independence Seaport Museum... Spend time on the water at Paddle Penn's Landing... Get your face painted... Learn from environmental exhibitors... Win prizes from the One River, Many Stories […]

Book Party & Exhibition Opening – “Inland: The Abandoned Canals of the Schuylkill Navigation”

Please join Sandy Sorlien and other contributors to celebrate the launch of Inland, a new book of photographs, maps, and essays about the historic Schuylkill Navigation system and its mostly-hidden ruins. Inland was published in hardcover by George F. Thompson Books, designed by Deborah Larkin in Philadelphia, and printed by Brilliant Graphics in Pennsylvania. Main Point Books will be on […]