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National Constitution Center
525 Arch Street
Philadelphia , PA 19106
(215) 409-6600
Neighborhood: Old City - Society Hill
The Experience

It’s only four pages long, but the U.S. Constitution is among the most influential and important documents in the history of the world. The 160,000-square-foot National Constitution Center explores and explains this amazing document through high-tech exhibits, artifacts, and interactive displays.

In the star-shaped Kimmel Theater, powerful music, a live actor and 360 degrees multi-media images tell the story of We the People. Don judicial robes to render your opinion on key Supreme Court cases. Take the Presidential oath of the office.

E-mail your congressperson from the Citizens Café. In Signers’ Hall, where life-size bronze figures of the Constitution’s signers and dissenters are displayed, visitors can choose to sign or dissent. One of the original public copies of the Constitution is on display.


This annual celebration has become one of Philadelphia's premier summer events, attracting thousands of visitors to the massive shadow of Eastern State Penitentiary's wall along Fairmount Avenue.
Saturday, July 11 • 2:00 PM •
Eastern State Penitentiary • 22nd St. & Fairmount Ave., Philadelphia, PA
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Whenever I was allowed to sleep in on the Saturday mornings of my youth, I'd listen for the peddler with the sharpening stone. "Knives and scissors," he'd sing-song his way through the alley behind our rowhouse. Unfortunately, my mother was deaf to his calls. To her, cheap knives were good enough. And to my knowledge, she never had hers sharpened. Thus, I came to cooking inadequately armed. » Read more