Events for June 19, 2016 - May 8, 2016

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Science Saturday – “Minerals Rock!”

Drop in every Saturday between 2-4 pm, and together, we’ll explore different aspects of our environment during fun and interactive sessions in our water lab. There are some very old and special rocks that are found in Fairmount Park. Head to the Fairmount Water Works and learn about the minerals that make up these rocks […]

Sunday Cinema: “The Chronicles of Narnia”

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.) The Chronicles of Narnia: Four kids travel through a wardrobe to the land of Narnia and learn […]

Sunday Cinema: “The Chronicles of Narnia”

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.) The Chronicles of Narnia: Four kids travel through a wardrobe to the land of Narnia and learn […]

2016 Walk for Water

The Walk for Water was started by Dr. Elijah Korich, Founder of Keiyo Soy Ministries, an organization dedicated to combating the urgent need for clean water in the Kerio Valley in the Rift Valley Province of northern Kenya. This is the seventh consecutive year the walk has been held at the historic Fairmount Water Works (Saturday, […]

Saturday Family Tour

Join Let's Go Outdoors for a general family-friendly tour of the Fairmount Water Works! Learn about amazing grounds outside of the historic site, including the Fishway Dam, then head inside for a guided orientation to “Water in our World” and watch a 15-minute film about the building’s important role in Philadelphia’s history.  Let's Go Outdoors […]

Science Saturday – “Minerals Rock!”

Drop in every Saturday between 2-4 pm, and together, we’ll explore different aspects of our environment during fun and interactive sessions in our water lab. There are some very old and special rocks that are found in Fairmount Park. Head to the Fairmount Water Works and learn about the minerals that make up these rocks […]

Sunday Cinema: “The Chronicles of Narnia”

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.) The Chronicles of Narnia: Four kids travel through a wardrobe to the land of Narnia and learn […]

Sunday Cinema: “The Chronicles of Narnia”

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.) The Chronicles of Narnia: Four kids travel through a wardrobe to the land of Narnia and learn […]

Mommies and Minnows, Fathers and Fry

Head on down to the Fairmount Water Works, where parents and preschoolers ages 3-5 can learn all about water. Starting March 23, 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. March 23 – Down Comes […]