Celebrate Pennsylvania's coast with FREE marine-themed activities and family fun! Get your face painted, win prizes, make recycled crafts. Watch the Tug Boat Festival, meet Coastie the robot, and tour fire boats and oil spill cleanup boats. Want to dive deeper? Take a free boat ride or take a free spin around the marina in […]
Learn what species have made the Schuylkill River their home and how the East Park Reservoir became the travel destination of choice for many birds. Find out about the history the East Park Reservoir and what has made both of these sites an ideal home or hangout for winged friends. Join in our activity […]
Travel below street level and into the Kelly Pool venue. This space is being reinvigorated as an arts and performance space; it was part of the "Hidden City" arts festival and is where “Tributaries” was performed to a sold-out crowd. Eye-level with the Schuylkill, you’ll walk the same underground paths as a royal family and […]
Join us every Sunday afternoon starting in September for Sunday Cinema - a free series featuring movies and documentaries with an environmental theme. It's a great family-friendly event, and we'll show a different movie every month.
Join us every Sunday afternoon starting in September 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.
Put on your walking shoes and discover the magnificent buildings along Philadelphia’s own Champs-Élysées – and what lies beneath them. Start at the Fairmount Water Works, where wheels once pumped the city’s drinking water, then embark on a mile-long stroll down the picturesque path from Fairmount Park to Logan Square, and back again. Tickets
Learn what species have made the Schuylkill River their home and how the East Park Reservoir became the travel destination of choice for many birds. Find out about the history the East Park Reservoir and what has made both of these sites an ideal home or hangout for winged friends. Join in our activity […]
Join us every Sunday afternoon starting in September 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.
Join us every Sunday afternoon starting in September 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.
Plunge into fun! Head on down to the Fairmount Water Works, where parents and preschoolers ages 3-5 can learn all about water. Join us Wednesday mornings, 10:30am- 11:30am from September 17th – October 22nd to splash around and discover new things about water through interactive story telling, movement activities, arts and crafts and hands-on experiments. […]