Philadelphia for Kids

Philadelphia boasts one of the most distinctive, historic children's museums in the United States. The Please Touch Museum is in Memorial Hall, which was the art gallery for the Centennial Exhibition of 1876, the first major world's fair to take place in the United States. Stop by the exhibit where kids can see a huge model of the exhibition's 200 buildings and learn about what it was like to visit (among many fun facts: It's where bananas were introduced to the United States). Nearby, a re-created railroad station shows what it was like to arrive at the fair via train. Kids can build their own trains, climb in a passenger car or take tickets.