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Location and Directions

How to get here!

It’s easy to get to Please Touch Museum by car, by bus and train, by ride-share or on foot!

Please Touch Museum at Memorial Hall

4231 Avenue of the Republic
Philadelphia, PA 19131

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Parking

Free on-street parking is available and all ride shares can be dropped off at the main entrance. Off-street parking available in the Museum’s gated lot for a fee.


Driving Directions

From Center City: Via Martin Luther King Drive

  • Take Benjamin Franklin Parkway west to Martin Luther King Drive
  • Take Martin Luther King Drive west and turn Left onto Sweetbriar Cutoff
  • Turn Right onto Lansdowne Drive
  • Turn Right to stay on Lansdowne Drive
  • At Traffic Circle take second exit onto Avenue of the Republic
  • Please Touch Museum will be on the Right

From Center City: Via I-76 West

  • Take John F. Kennedy Boulevard West towards 30th Street Station
  • Use the Right lane to take the Interstate-76 West ramp to Valley Forge
  • Keep Left and follow signs for I-76 W/Valley Forge and merge onto I-76 W
  • Take Exit 342 to merge onto US-13 N/US-30 W/N 34th Street towards Girard Avenue/Phila Zoo
  • Continue straight onto North 34th Street
  • Continue onto Lansdowne Drive

From Center City: Via I-76 West

  • Take Exit 341 (Montgomery Drive)
  • Turn right onto Montgomery Drive
  • Turn left onto Belmont Avenue
  • Turn left onto Avenue of the Republic

From Center City: Via I-76 West

  • If you are heading South on City Avenue: Turn left onto Belmont Avenue
  • If you are heading North on City Avenue: Turn right onto Belmont Avenue
  • Follow Belmont Avenue to Avenue of the Republic
  • Turn Left onto Avenue of the Republic
  • Please Touch Museum will be on the Left

Public Transportation

Bus

SEPTA Bus Route 38 stops at Please Touch Museum.

Bus Routes 40, 43, and 64 stop within walking distance of the Museum.

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Regional Rail

Take any Regional Rail train line to Suburban Station, and then take SEPTA Bus Route 38, which departs from 15th Street and JFK Boulevard

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Phlash Shuttle

Memorial Hall is Stop 13

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Ride-share

Uber, Lyft and taxis can drop-off visitors outside the main entrance or by the Carousel House.

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Memorial Hall
4231 Avenue of the Republic
Philadelphia, PA 19131
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215-581-3181
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