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Independence Seaport Museum

Address: 211 S. Columbus Blvd., at Walnut St., Penn's Landing, Philadelphia, PA | Map It
Phone: 215/925-5439
www.phillyseaport.org

Category: Museums/Galleries
Location: Penn's Landing

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Fodor's Review:

Philadelphia's maritime museum houses many nautical artifacts, figureheads, and ship models as well as interactive exhibits that convey just what the Delaware and Schuylkill rivers have meant to the city's fortunes over the years. You can climb in the gray, cold wooden bunks used in steerage, unload cargo from giant container ships with a miniature crane, weld and rivet a ship's hull, or even hop in a scull and row along the Schuylkill. Enter the museum by passing under the three-story replica of the Benjamin Franklin Bridge.

Cost: $9, includes admission to USS Becuna and USS Olympia; free Sun. 10-noon
Open: Daily 10-5

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