ERIC MENCHER / Staff Photographer
A Fairmount Park location in Memorial Hall may not bring the built-in visitorship that Please Touch would have had on Penn's Landing, but it does bring character.
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A grand new Please Touch ready to open in the park
A Museum Move Adds Up
The Please Touch funding campaign stands at $72.04 million, including $5.5 million anticipated from sale of the 21st Street property. Following are costs and funding, including donations of $500,000 or more.
Project costs
Construction $44.6 million
Consultant fees (legal, historic, marketing and business) $11.4 million
Penn's Landing project $10 million
Moving, fund-raising, marketing and opening festivities $9.8 million
Visitor experience (including exhibits and carousel) $9.8 million
Furniture, fixtures and equipment $2 million
Permits and remediation $400,000
TOTAL: $88 million
Funding sources
Government funds
State: $19,750,000
Federal: $7,084,723
Local: $5,500,000
Major donations
Dorrance H. Hamilton: $5 million
William Penn Foundation: $2.8 million
Hamilton Family Foundation: $2 million
