Independence Seaport Museum

Independence Seaport Museum 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 real shad skiff. Enter the museum by passing under the three-story replica of the Benjamin Franklin Bridge, and be sure to check out the Workshop on the Water, where people build and restore traditional wooden boats.