Please Touch Museum

Please Touch Museum is a nonprofit children’s museum in Philadelphia’s Centennial District devoted to hands-on learning for young children, especially those seven and under. Founded in 1976, it moved several times before settling in Memorial Hall in Fairmount Park, the last major building from the 1876 Centennial Exposition, where it reopened in 2008 after renovation. Its interactive exhibits and programs combine play, art, storytelling, movement, and problem-solving, while also connecting children to the site’s history. After financial troubles led to bankruptcy in 2015, the museum recovered, emerged in 2016, and later became debt-free, preserving a prominent center for early-childhood learning and family culture in Philadelphia.

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania · United States