Please Touch Museum

The Please Touch Museum is a children’s museum in Philadelphia focused on hands-on, interactive learning for young children. It occupies a prominent, historic building within Fairmount Park and emphasizes tactile, play-based exhibits.

Exhibit galleries are organized as immersive play environments with scaled spaces and tactile installations designed for early learners. Exhibits include role-play settings, simple mechanical interactives, and sensory areas arranged to encourage exploration and motor skills rather than passive viewing.

The museum began as a nonprofit children’s museum and later relocated into the large park-side hall to expand its public galleries and services. Over time it has concentrated on early-childhood education through play and special programs for families and schools.

It sits within Fairmount Park in Philadelphia, on the parkland near the Benjamin Franklin Parkway and other cultural institutions, making it accessible from central Philadelphia by car and public transit.

• Location and building: Housed in the historic Memorial Hall in Fairmount Park, the museum's layout is designed for hands-on, child-directed play and learning.
• Audience: Recommended for children up to around early elementary age; exhibits are interactive and intended for supervised, tactile exploration.