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Uncover History, Art & Wonder in Pennsylvania’s Best Museums
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items Discover Pennsylvania’s top museums—where history, art, and curiosity come alive through unforgettable exhibits and inspiring experiences for all ages. I hope you find this and more on my favorite museums list!
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Creative play, art-making, water play, and innovation labs. It also has a fun outdoor garden! My kids loved making art, taking part in the different labs, and playing in the garden. This is the best museum for children hands-down!
Children's Museum of Pittsburgh
28 creative, colorful attractions centered around Crayola crayons and markers. This was right up my kids’ alley when they were very young! They loved seeing how crayons were made and then using their own crayons to color! They had so much fun!
Crayola Experience
Designed for children, this museum encourages learning through play with interactive exhibits on art, science, and imagination. My kids had a ball here!
Please Touch Museum
This museum offers a rich blend of art, science, and cultural history, making it a standout destination for visitors of all ages. It also has a planetarium and an arboretum. My kids loved the planetarium! They were mesmerized by the stars!
Reading Public Museum
Explore the life of Milton S. Hershey and the history of chocolate through engaging exhibits and hands-on experiences. We live about an hour from Hershey and the whole family enjoyed learning about the Hershey chocolates came to be made!
The Hershey Story Museum
This interactive science museum is perfect for families and curious minds. It features hands-on exhibits that explore topics like physics, biology, and technology. My kids had lots of fun interacting with the science exhibits here!
Da Vinci Science Center
A leading science museum featuring interactive exhibits on physics, astronomy, and technology, including the famous Giant Heart exhibit. My whole family (including me) were very impressed with heart exhibit!
The Franklin Institute
Home to one of the world’s most extensive collections of dinosaur fossils, this museum offers exhibits on geology, anthropology, and biodiversity. My kids always loved dinosaurs and they thought this was so cool!
Carnegie Museum of Natural History
Renowned for its iconic “Rocky Steps,” this museum houses over 240,000 objects spanning 2,000 years, including masterpieces from Europe, Asia, and America. We spent 3 hours in this museum and we were only half way through the entire museum!
Philadelphia Museum of Art
Dedicated to the life and work of pop art icon Andy Warhol, it’s the largest museum in North America devoted to a single artist. I’m an Andy Warhol fan and I really enjoyed seeing his collections. My kids even enjoyed this one!
The Andy Warhol Museum
As the nation’s first art museum and school, PAFA showcases a premier collection of American art from the 18th to the 21st century. From very old to new, anything you want to see you’ll see it here!
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
This living history museum interprets Pennsylvania German rural life from 1740 to 1940 through historic buildings, artifacts, and demonstrations. My husband comes from a farming family and we collect antique John Deere tractors. We love anything that...
Landis Valley Village & Farm Museum
The only museum in Western Pennsylvania dedicated to Asian art and Meissen porcelain, offering a unique cultural perspective. This museum was very unique because it was all dedicated to Asian art, which was beautiful!
The Maridon Museum
This museum offers a diverse collection of art, including European Renaissance and Baroque paintings, American art, and textiles. Notably, admission is free to all visitors, making it an accessible cultural destination. We live near Allentown and hav...
Allentown Art Museum
A hidden gem featuring a collection of Rolls-Royce and Bentley automobiles, along with extensive archives and memorabilia. Seeing all the luxury cars was so exciting! It made me want to start collecting antique cars and showing them. I took my dad to...
Rolls-Royce Foundation
An inclusive Civil War experience presenting perspectives from both the Union and Confederacy. I was always very interested in the Civil War and my kids learned a lot about it for school, too!
The National Civil War Museum
A fascinating (and sometimes eerie) collection of medical oddities and anatomical curiosities. I am in the health profession and this museum had my attention the entire time. I hated leaving because we were learning so much!
The Mütter Museum at The College of Physicians of Philadelphia
The State Museum of Pennsylvania in Harrisburg offers an immersive journey through the Commonwealth’s rich history, from prehistoric times to the present day. Located adjacent to the State Capitol, the museum features four floors of exhibits, a plane...
The State Museum of Pennsylvania
Fallingwater is one of the most iconic houses in the world, designed by the legendary architect Frank Lloyd Wright in 1935. Located in the Laurel Highlands of southwestern Pennsylvania, it was built over a waterfall on Bear Run for the Kaufmann famil...
Fallingwater