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Experiment with building, different materials, and new techniques as you create during our open-ended free play time in the Makerspace Studio.

Take a spin on our glimmering carousel — a piece of history built over 100 years ago! Ride the intricately carved horses, rabbits, cats, pigs and goats or our stationary chariots. The carousel is wheelchair accessible, so everyone can enjoy. Full-day carousel passes are $5 for non-members; members ride free.

Drop in and experiment with materials and processes while creating a painting or drawing.

Improvisation empowers kids from a young age to make choices and trust their creative instincts! In this improv workshop we’ll practice creating our very own monster characters, and then introduce our creations to the world with a silly dance routine at the end!

Improvisation empowers kids from a young age to make choices and trust their creative instincts! In this improv workshop we’ll practice creating our very own monster characters, and then introduce our creations to the world with a silly dance routine at the end!

Come explore bugs! We’ll have both toy bugs and preserved real bugs to compare, to see how these creatures might not be as scary as we think.

Join us for Jump, Spin, Move! — an interactive performance brought to you by the Philly Children’s Theatre.

Come build your own magic wand that will light up at the flip of a switch!

Come build your own magic wand that will light up at the flip of a switch!

Come build your own magic wand that will light up at the flip of a switch!

Fall is here, but Winter is coming! Help woodland animals and trees prepare by burying acorns, taking leaves off of trees, and dancing like a gust of wind.

Drop in and experiment with materials and processes while creating a work of art!

Experiment with building, different materials, and new techniques as you create during our open-ended free play time in the Makerspace Studio.

With so many different dinosaurs how could we ever choose just one to be? But if dinosaurs are extinct, what’s the next best thing? Join us for a tyranner-ific storytime about one child’s dreams of being a paleontologist!

Improvisation empowers kids from a young age to make choices and trust their creative instincts! In this improv workshop we’ll practice creating our very own monster characters, and then introduce our creations to the world with a silly dance routine at the end!

Come explore bugs! We’ll have both toy bugs and preserved real bugs to compare, to see how these creatures might not be as scary as we think.

Create a beautiful, fall-themed watercolor painting! Trace fall shapes, then add color with a wet-on-wet watercolor technique.

Come build your own magic wand that will light up at the flip of a switch!

Fall is here, but Winter is coming! Help woodland animals and trees prepare by burying acorns, taking leaves off of trees, and dancing like a gust of wind.

Create a beautiful, fall-themed watercolor painting! Trace fall shapes, then add color with a wet-on-wet watercolor technique.

Come build your own magic wand that will light up at the flip of a switch!

With so many different dinosaurs how could we ever choose just one to be? But if dinosaurs are extinct, what’s the next best thing? Join us for a tyranner-ific storytime about one child’s dreams of being a paleontologist!

Create a beautiful, fall-themed watercolor painting! Trace fall shapes, then add color with a wet-on-wet watercolor technique.

Come build your own magic wand that will light up at the flip of a switch!

Please Touch Museum is closed on Tuesdays. PTM is open Mondays & Wednesdays through Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and Sundays 11 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Fall is here, but Winter is coming! Help woodland animals and trees prepare by burying acorns, taking leaves off of trees, and dancing like a gust of wind.

Drop in and experiment with materials and processes while creating a work of art!

Experiment with building, different materials, and new techniques as you create during our open-ended free play time in the Makerspace Studio.

With so many different dinosaurs how could we ever choose just one to be? But if dinosaurs are extinct, what’s the next best thing? Join us for a tyranner-ific storytime about one child’s dreams of being a paleontologist!

Improvisation empowers kids from a young age to make choices and trust their creative instincts! In this improv workshop we’ll practice creating our very own monster characters, and then introduce our creations to the world with a silly dance routine at the end!

Come explore bugs! We’ll have both toy bugs and preserved real bugs to compare, to see how these creatures might not be as scary as we think.

Create a beautiful, fall-themed watercolor painting! Trace fall shapes, then add color with a wet-on-wet watercolor technique.

Come build your own magic wand that will light up at the flip of a switch!

Fall is here, but Winter is coming! Help woodland animals and trees prepare by burying acorns, taking leaves off of trees, and dancing like a gust of wind.

Create a beautiful, fall-themed watercolor painting! Trace fall shapes, then add color with a wet-on-wet watercolor technique.

Come build your own magic wand that will light up at the flip of a switch!

With so many different dinosaurs how could we ever choose just one to be? But if dinosaurs are extinct, what’s the next best thing? Join us for a tyranner-ific storytime about one child’s dreams of being a paleontologist!

Create a beautiful, fall-themed watercolor painting! Trace fall shapes, then add color with a wet-on-wet watercolor technique.

Come build your own magic wand that will light up at the flip of a switch!

Drop in and experiment with materials and processes while creating a work of art!

Experiment with building, different materials, and new techniques as you create during our open-ended free play time in the Makerspace Studio.

With so many different dinosaurs how could we ever choose just one to be? But if dinosaurs are extinct, what’s the next best thing? Join us for a tyranner-ific storytime about one child’s dreams of being a paleontologist!

Improvisation empowers kids from a young age to make choices and trust their creative instincts! In this improv workshop we’ll practice creating our very own monster characters, and then introduce our creations to the world with a silly dance routine at the end!

Come explore bugs! We’ll have both toy bugs and preserved real bugs to compare, to see how these creatures might not be as scary as we think.

Create a beautiful, fall-themed watercolor painting! Trace fall shapes, then add color with a wet-on-wet watercolor technique.

Come build your own magic wand that will light up at the flip of a switch!

Create a beautiful, fall-themed watercolor painting! Trace fall shapes, then add color with a wet-on-wet watercolor technique.

Come build your own magic wand that will light up at the flip of a switch!

With so many different dinosaurs how could we ever choose just one to be? But if dinosaurs are extinct, what’s the next best thing? Join us for a tyranner-ific storytime about one child’s dreams of being a paleontologist!

Create a beautiful, fall-themed watercolor painting! Trace fall shapes, then add color with a wet-on-wet watercolor technique.

Come build your own magic wand that will light up at the flip of a switch!

Fall is here, but Winter is coming! Help woodland animals and trees prepare by burying acorns, taking leaves off of trees, and dancing like a gust of wind.

Drop in and experiment with materials and processes while creating a work of art!

Experiment with building, different materials, and new techniques as you create during our open-ended free play time in the Makerspace Studio.

With so many different dinosaurs how could we ever choose just one to be? But if dinosaurs are extinct, what’s the next best thing? Join us for a tyranner-ific storytime about one child’s dreams of being a paleontologist!

Improvisation empowers kids from a young age to make choices and trust their creative instincts! In this improv workshop we’ll practice creating our very own monster characters, and then introduce our creations to the world with a silly dance routine at the end!

Come explore bugs! We’ll have both toy bugs and preserved real bugs to compare, to see how these creatures might not be as scary as we think.

Create a beautiful, fall-themed watercolor painting! Trace fall shapes, then add color with a wet-on-wet watercolor technique.

Come build your own magic wand that will light up at the flip of a switch!

Fall is here, but Winter is coming! Help woodland animals and trees prepare by burying acorns, taking leaves off of trees, and dancing like a gust of wind.

Create a beautiful, fall-themed watercolor painting! Trace fall shapes, then add color with a wet-on-wet watercolor technique.

Come build your own magic wand that will light up at the flip of a switch!

With so many different dinosaurs how could we ever choose just one to be? But if dinosaurs are extinct, what’s the next best thing? Join us for a tyranner-ific storytime about one child’s dreams of being a paleontologist!

Create a beautiful, fall-themed watercolor painting! Trace fall shapes, then add color with a wet-on-wet watercolor technique.

Come build your own magic wand that will light up at the flip of a switch!

Join us for Pumpkinpalooza! Celebrate fall by scooping and carving your own pumpkin to bring home.

Today's special activity: carve a pumpkin to bring home! Pick and Scoop Your Pumpkin: Visit the Pumpkin Patch in Hamilton Hall from 9:30-2:30 to choose your perfect pumpkin! Pumpkins will be organized by carving timeslots, so pick one that suits your schedule. Scoop out your pumpkin – we’ll provide a bag for easy transport until…

Experiment with building, different materials, and new techniques as you create during our open-ended free play time in the Makerspace Studio.

Drop in and experiment with materials and process while creating a work of art! If you'd like to, you can draw a jack-o-lantern face. Will it be a silly face, or spooky face? Perhaps a sad face or an excited face?

Join us in the book nook for a special storytime. Today we are reading Big Pumpkin!

Join us in the Playhouse Theater for a special performance by our special guest Ms. Anna and Friends!

Join us in the Playhouse Theater for a special performance by our special guest Ms. Anna and Friends!