Exhibits & Programs
Please Touch Museum is home to unique exhibits & programs designed to encourage learning through play. Once inside let your child be your guide!
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland
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Pop down the rabbit hole and discover the world of wonderland. Sip tea with the Mad Hatter, play croquet with the Queen of Hearts, join the Dodo for a wild caucus race and see what you find in the Hall of Doors and Mirrors.
Barnyard Babies
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Visit this captivating farm for Please Touch’s youngest visitors, children 3 and younger. All activities in this exhibit are designed and developmentally appropriate for our youngest visitors. Drive a tractor, dress a scarecrow, feed the chickens or just play in the vegetable garden!
Move It!
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When kids are in charge, a tune-up is free and the trolley is always on time! Take the wheel of a real SEPTA Bus, sail a boat on our river, or climb aboard the John Wanamaker “Rocket Express” and blast off into fun!
Story Garden
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Sendak
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Romp with a “Wild Thing” and Max or whip up a cake with Mikey and the Bakers. Venture into an imaginative world recreated from the pages of Maurice Sendak’s contemporary children’s classics: Where the Wild Things Are and In the Night Kitchen.
The SuperMarket
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Grab a shopping cart and shop ‘til you drop. Pay a visit to our bakery or check out the produce section. The fun is not only in choosing your items but helping to re-stock the shelves. This kid friendly supermarket is the best thing since sliced bread!
Theater
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Join us for an original theater performance by our own Please Touch Playhouse
performers. Our original shows are specially designed for our young audience
and feature music, movement, folklore, and puppetry. Each show runs 20 minutes
and encourages audiences to be a part of the performance! You can also check
our line-up of musicians, dancers, magicians and more. All shows are free
with museum admission. Check out our calendar
of events for more information. Funding for our theater program is made
possible by PNC Financial Services Group. Click here
for more information on our theater program.
Click below to watch a preview of our current Please Touch Playhouse
production, From the Sea to the Sky
Kids Store
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The Kids Store has specially selected books, games and toys that represent Please Touch Museum’s educational philosophy. Museum admission is not required to enter our Kids Store.
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