Visit Independence

For information on last minute closures and delayed openings of the park, please call 215-597-8787.


TICKETS REQUIRED TO VISIT INDEPENDENCE HALL

Pick up free tickets at the Independence Visitor Center (6th & Market Sts.)

First come, first served!
Center opens at 8:30am every day.

Visit the Independence Visitor Center for more information on area attractions and other places to visit throughout the Philadelphia region.

Advance Ticket Information - Online and by phone

School/Group Ticket Information 

Accessibility Information for Park Visitors

Thaddeus Kosciuszko National Monument is open.The operating hours are Wednesday-Sunday from 12.00pm-4.00pm. No tickets are needed. Location 3rd and Pine Streets

Historic Sites

The underground museum in Franklin Court will be closed for an 18 month project to create the new Benjamin Franklin Museum.The courtyard and other buildings will remain open. Access to the courtyard will only be from Market Street. There will be no access from the Chestnut Street side.

Liberty Bell Center

Complete list of our Historical Places

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TOURS AROUND THE PARK

Stories from the Past
Starts at the Signers' Garden, 5th & Chestnut Streets
Daily 10:30-11:30 a.m.
This walking tour highlights the diverse people and stories of the period. On Tuesdays and Thursdays the tour will focus on George Washington and his time spent in Philadelphia

Dr. Franklin's Philadelphia
Join a Park Ranger to hear about the many contributions of Benjamin Franklin to his city, his country and the world. Tour begins at the entrance of the Franklin Court Underground Museum.
Franklin Court Courtyard. Daily 2:30 p.m.

George Washington and Slavery; the Private Thoughts of a Public Man" The President's House site 6th and Market Sts.

Join a Park Ranger for short talk about the President's House. Throughout his life, George Washington never took a public stand against slavery. By the time of the Revolutionary War Washington's position toward slavery changed. In his private writings/conversations an anti-slavery message emerged. If his opposition to slavery is genuine, then why did he not take a more public stand?

daily at 10:00, 11:00, 12:00, 1:00, 2:00, 3:00 (10 min)

Independence First Bloom program
First Bloom is a National Park Foundation program that connects kids between 4th and 6th grades to nature and national parks

Independence Library and Archives information

History Documents download the source documents that shaped the United States, read Washington, Adams, Jefferson, Paine, Franklin, and others.