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Wednesday 9am - 4:30pm Thursday 9am - 4:30pm Friday 9am - 4:30pm Saturday 9am - 4:30pm Sunday 11am - 4:30pm

Please Touch Museum

Name: Please Touch Museum
Address: 4231 Avenue of the Republic, Philadelphia, PA, 19131, US
Telephone: +12155813181
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Rating: 4.6

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The Children's Museum of Philadelphia. Fostering a world where all children are creative, compassionate, confident & curious.
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10/16/2026

We’re celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month throughout October in our studios! 🎨⚙️ Create your very own piñata in the Creative Arts Studio. Or you can learn coding and robotics in the Albert M. Greenfield Makerspace Studio (ages 4+). Studios happen daily at 1:00, 1:45, 2:30, and 3:15. You can sign up for the workshop 15 minutes before the workshop begins on the sheet outside of the studio doors.

10/12/2026

👻 Still looking for the perfect family-friendly Halloween event in Philly? We’ve got you covered!

The best part? All of the Halloween fun is included with Museum admission! So grab your costumes and get ready for a day full of (not-too-spooky!) fun:

🎃 Go trick-or-treating at stations around the Museum
🧪 Get creative and make spooky slime
🥁 Dance along to live music from The Plants
🦎 Meet and learn about some creepy crawlies and other animals with Critter Connections
✨ Strut your stuff on the red carpet at our Monster Mash Fashion Show
📚 Enjoy not-so-spooky storytimes

Tap the link to reserve your Halloween tickets now! https://ptm.ticketapp.org/portal/product/55/event/f1629255-631e-4f51-a1b7-ba71e915deac?link_back=https%3A%2F%2Fptm.ticketapp.org%2Fportal%2Fpages%2Fcalendar&_gl=1*z3k31t*_ga*MzUwMTQwNjE5LjE3MDk0OTEyMzE.*_ga_QCM6R9F0G7*czE3OTE4MzA0MjYkbzI3MCRnMSR0MTc5MTgzMDQyOSRqNTckbDAkaDA.

10/09/2026

PAW Patrol: Adventure Play is now open at Please Touch Museum! 🐾

Step into the world of Adventure Bay, where kids can explore familiar locations from the show, take on rescue missions, and become part of the PAW Patrol team through pretend play.

From rebuilding a giant cake with Marshall to rescuing a snowboarder with Rubble, children can enjoy hands-on activities that encourage creativity, teamwork, and problem-solving.

📅 Now open through January 3, 2027
📍 Please Touch Museum | Philadelphia

Plan your visit and explore Adventure Bay with us! Get tickets at the link in bio.

10/06/2026

Becoming a Please Touch Museum member means more opportunities to play, explore, and make memories together —including Members-Only Mornings every month! 🎉 On the second Sunday of the month, members get early access from 9–11 AM before we open to the public.

That means more carousel rides, more hands-on learning, and more time to PLAY! 🎠✨

And that’s just one of the perks of membership! Family membership benefits include:
🎟️ 12 months of Museum admission for your household
🎠 Unlimited carousel rides
🚗 Free parking in our gated lot
☕ 10% off at the Café
🎁 Discounts on guest tickets
🤝 Discounted admission to more than 200 children’s museums nationwide through the Association of Children’s Museums (ACM) Reciprocal Network

If your family loves Philadelphia family activities, hands-on learning, and imaginative play, a Please Touch Museum membership makes it easy to get more of all of it. 💜 Tap the link now to sign up!

https://www.pleasetouchmuseum.org/join-renew/

10/05/2026

50 years of learning through play calls for a BIG celebration — and this weekend, you helped us make it one to remember! 🎉💜

Thank you to everyone who joined us for Please Touch Museum’s 50th Birthday Weekend. From live performances, special activities and cupcakes to our giant interactive birthday cake, it was a joyful way to celebrate five decades of Museum memories.

A big thank you to all of the performers and friends who helped make the weekend so special: Give and Take Jugglers, Guachinangos, Miss Margaret and Mr. Matt, Judy Tudy, and ShopRite – Brown’s Super Stores, who donated the cupcakes that made the celebration even sweeter. 🧁🎶🤹‍♀️✨

Special thanks to the Philadelphia City Fund’s 2026 Milestone Grant Fund, supported by PECO, for presenting our 50th Birthday Weekend.

And the celebration isn’t over yet! Our Exhibits team’s interactive birthday cake will be up throughout October, and we’ll be celebrating our 50th birthday all year long.

Here’s to 50 years of play — and 50 more! 🥳

10/02/2026

PAW Patrol is on its way! 🚨🐾 We’re less than one week away from the opening of PAW Patrol: Adventure Play!

Go behind the scenes with our Exhibits team as they build, install and put the finishing touches on Adventure Bay before little heroes arrive to play, explore and save the day.

🐾 Open October 7, 2026–January 3, 2027
🚒 Adventure is almost here!

09/30/2026

Some Museum memories stay with you for a lifetime.💜
Sixteen years ago, Tyler Gallashaw and Tiana Scott met at a Sweet 16 party at Please Touch Museum. This weekend, they came back for a very different kind of celebration. 💍
Tyler proposed to Tiana in the same place where their story began — and even wore the same jacket he had on the night they first met in 2010.
“I thought it would be a great idea asking her to marry me at the place that we first met as a nice full-circle moment,” Tyler shared. “She loved everything about it and remembered the jacket as well.”
Congratulations, Tyler and Tiana! We’re so happy Please Touch Museum could be part of another special chapter in your story.

09/28/2026

Looking for things to do with kids in Philadelphia this October? Please Touch Museum’s got you covered!

🎂 Oct. 3–4 | FREE 50th Birthday Weekend - SOLD OUT
Celebrate 50 years of Please Touch Museum with a FREE weekend filled with special performances, activities, and playful fun! Advance registration is required and tickets are now sold out! A limited number of day-of walk-up tickets may be available, subject to capacity. Walk-up admission is not guaranteed.

🐾 Oct. 7 | PAW Patrol: Adventure Play Exhibit Opening
Calling all little heroes! Our brand-new PAW Patrol exhibit opens October 7 for even more hands-on, imaginative play. This limited-time exhibit will be open through Jan. 3.

🎠 Oct. 11 | Members-Only Morning
Members can enjoy special early access from 9–11 AM and start the day with some extra playtime! Non-members may explore the Museum beginning at 11 AM.

🚀 Oct. 12 | Open for Indigenous Peoples’ Day from 9 AM - 4:30 PM.

👻 Oct. 31 | Halloween at PTM
Get into the not-so-spooky spirit with a day of family-friendly Halloween fun and trick-or-treating around the Museum! 🎃

📅 Save the dates and make Please Touch Museum part of your Philadelphia family activities this October!

09/25/2026

SUPERHERO SATURDAY WAS SUPER! 💥 From training with the Philly Avengers to creating brand-new superhero alter egos with ArtWell, we had a day full of creativity, building and imagination! ⭐ A huge thank you to Five Below for sponsoring this event, and everyone who came out and helped us unleash their superpowers through play! 💜

Address

4231 Avenue Of The Republic
Philadelphia, PA
19131

Opening Hours

Wednesday	9am - 4:30pm
Thursday	9am - 4:30pm
Friday	9am - 4:30pm
Saturday	9am - 4:30pm
Sunday	11am - 4:30pm

Telephone

+12155813181

Website

https://www.pleasetouchmuseum.org/

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