WALK to Places of Interest
Things to Do Within Walking Distance of CCMA Hotel Marriot (12th & Market)
[Listed by distance from hotel.]
City Hall and Tower (5 minutes) Broad & Market Street; 215.686.2840
City Hall is the world’s tallest masonry structure and the country’s largest municipal building. See the City from the top of the tower.
Fabric Workshop and Museum (5 minutes) 1214 Arch St; 215.561.888
The Fabric Workshop and Museum is the only museum of its kind in the world, and the permanent collections document its unique history of artistic activity with contemporary artists.
Friendship Gate, entrance to Chinatown (5 minutes) 10th & Arch St
African American Museum in Philadelphia (10 minutes) 701 Arch St; 215.574.0380
Founded in 1976 in celebration of the nation's Bicentennial, the African American Museum in Philadelphia (AAMP) is the first institution funded and built by a major municipality to preserve, interpret and exhibit the heritage of African Americans.
Independence Visitor Center (10 minutes) 6th & Market Streets; 800.537.7676
Start here to plan your visit to historic sites such as Independence Hall, Liberty Bell, Congress Hall and Old City Hall. All sites are within 1-2 blocks of each other. Admission is free but must get timed tickets for Independence Hall.
National Constitution Center (10 minutes) 525 Arch St; 215.409.6700
This dynamic and modern museum tells the story of the US Constitution through interactive and multimedia exhibits. Special Exhibit - From Asbury Park to the Promised Land; The Life and Music of Bruce Springsteen. The first major exhibition about the American songwriter offers an in-depth and personal look at the musician and the man.
National Museum of American Jewish History (10 minutes) 101 S. Independence Mall East, 5th & Market; 215.923.381
Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts (10 minutes) 118-128 N. Broad St; 215.972.7600
This National Historic Landmark houses America’s first art museum and art school as well as one of the world’s largest collections of American art.
Academy of Natural Sciences (15 minutes) 19th & Benjamin Franklin Parkway; 215.299.1000
Founded in 1812, the oldest natural history museum in the Americas. Special exhibits on dinosaurs and butterflies.
Barnes Foundation (15 minutes) 2025 Benjamin Franklin Parkway; 215.640.0171
One of the world’s finest holdings of impressionist, post-impressionist, and early modern paintings, African sculpture, metalwork, and more. The grand opening of the center city Philadelphia location was in May 2012.
Franklin Institute (20 minutes) 222 N. 20th St; 215.448.1200
City’s celebrated, family-friendly science museum explores the history and future of science through hands-on exhibits.
Independence Seaport Museum (20 minutes) Penn's Landing, 211 South Columbus Blvd. & Walnut St. 215.413.8655
Home of the WWII submarine, the USS Becuna and the turn of the century battleship the USS Olympia.
Rodin Museum (20 minutes) 22nd ST & Benjamin Franklin Parkway
One of the largest collections of the works of Auguste Rodin in the world and some of his greatest sculptures including The Thinker and Eternal Springtime.
Mutter Museum at the College of Physicians of Philadelphia (25 minutes) 19 S. 22nd St; 215.563.3737
Fascinating museum full of anatomical and pathological artifacts and anomalies.
Boathouse Row (30 minutes) Kelly Drive on the East bank of the Schuylkill River, behind the Art Museum
A nice early evening walk. These Victorian-style buildings are a dazzling landmark and house crew teams. Walk up Benjamin Franklin Parkway past many museums & sculptures.
Edgar Allan Poe National Historic Site (30 minute walk) Seventh & Spring Garden; 215.597.8780
Poe spent several years as a Philadelphia in this house preserved by the National Park Service. Admission Free.
Philadelphia Museum of Art (30 minutes) 2600 Benjamin Franklin Parkway; 215.763.8100
World-famous museum with major works of fine and decorative art from all over the globe.
Eastern State Penitentiary Historic Site (35 minutes) 22nd & Fairmount Ave; 215.236.3300
Once the most famous and expensive prisons in the world, it is now a haunting world of crumbling cellblocks and empty guard towers. Tours include cellblocks, solitary cells, Al Capone’s cell and death row.
Fairmount Water Works Interpretive Center (35 minute walk) 640 Waterworks Drive (behind the Art Museum); 215.685.0723
Learn about the nation’s first municipal water-delivery system. Admission Free.
