Top Pennsylvania Attractions & Museums

Step into the captivating realm of illusions, where reality is never exactly as it appears. Museum of Illusions is a one-of-a-kind, visual, sensory, and educational experience designed to engage your sense of wonder and challenge perceptions through the science behind optical illusions. We offer over 50 immersive, hands-on exhibits to explore. Our illusion rooms, installations and holograms let you defy gravity, grow and shrink your body, walk into a life-size kaleidoscope, and play tricks on your senses at every turn. It’s a mind-bending journey that deceives the senses and reveals how the brain interprets reality.

Beat the rush with pre-booked admission tickets to the Penn Museum and enjoy guaranteed entry into the largest university museum in the United States. Spend as long or as little as you'd like visiting the collections during a self-paced, do-it-yourself tour, including findings from archaeological excavations in Africa, Asia, and the Americas.

Step into the captivating realm of illusions, where reality is never exactly as it appears. Museum of Illusions is a one-of-a-kind, visual, sensory, and educational experience designed to engage your sense of wonder and challenge perceptions through the science behind optical illusions. We offer over 50 immersive, hands-on exhibits to explore. Our illusion rooms, installations and holograms let you defy gravity, grow and shrink your body, walk into a life-size kaleidoscope, and play tricks on your senses at every turn. It’s a mind-bending journey that deceives the senses and reveals how the brain interprets reality.

Choose from one, two, three, or five days of unlimited sightseeing with the Philadelphia Pass, and cover top attractions like the Eastern State Penitentiary with a single package ticket. The pass is easily downloaded to your mobile device, so you can ditch the complicated vouchers. Explore the city of brotherly love at your own leisure—ideal for tourists and residents alike.

No trip to Lancaster County is complete without learning about the Amish communities that call this part of Pennsylvania home. This tour provides incredible value by combining three top Amish experiences into a single booking: tour Amish farmlands in a 14-passenger shuttle, watch a theater performance that tells the story of an Amish family, and take a guided walking tour of a replica Amish house and school.

Discover what life is like for Pennsylvania’s Amish community on this immersive, small-group tour. Step off the typical tourist trail when you venture to a working Amish farm, where you’ll see how cows are milked and will discover other aspects of farm life. Then, visit the studio of an Amish craftsman. Finally, drop by an Amish family home, where you can have the chance to relax and converse with members of the local community.

Discover the Battle of Gettysburg from the perspective of the people who lived there during the war at the Gettysburg Heritage Center. See artifacts and historical documents, plus interactive and 3-D displays to learn about the events that took place in this historic town before, during, and after the battle.

Visit the oldest museum in Gettysburg! Learn the story of the only civilian to be killed during the Battle of Gettysburg. Authentically furnished from cellar to attic, the Jennie Wade House is a shrine to Jennie and to life during the American Civil War. Beyond the battlefield's thunder, this quiet home whispers the poignant, personal tragedy of Gettysburg's only civilian casualty—a life extinguished mid-morning by a stray bullet. Just 20 years old at the time of the Battle, Jennie was kneading dough in the kitchen when a rifle bullet pierced two doors and claimed her life. Artifacts from that fatal day in 1863 are on display as well, including the artillery shell that punctured the roof of the house and a floorboard with Jennie’s blood still on it.

See some of Philadelphia's top attractions at a discount with The Philadelphia Pass. Select your choice of three, four, five, or seven activities from a list of options and get direct entrance after you save your pass on your mobile device. Use your pass for touring options such as the Hop-On Hop-Off Big Bus Philadelphia Tour, or for entrance tickets to venues such as the African American Museum or Betsy Ross House. Pass is valid for 30 days after the first use.

Celebrate the maritime history of Philadelphia and major urban ports along the Delaware River at the Independence Seaport Museum. Located at the Penn's Landing complex in Philadelphia, the museum houses Cruiser *Olympia*, Admiral Dewey's flagship at the Battle of Manila Bay, plus Submarine *Becuna*, and much more.

Sesame Place® is the only theme park where Sesame Street comes to life. Located 30 minutes north of Philadelphia and 90 minutes south of New York City, Sesame Place has a variety of rides, slides, shows, parades and events that the whole family will love! Join the fun - visit Sesame Place today!

Plan a fun and creative day out for the whole family when you spend a day at LEGOLAND® Discovery Center Philadelphia. Book your tickets in advance for a seamless visiting experience, arrive at a time that works best for you, and explore the exhibitions independently. Kids can build their own LEGO® creations, enjoy rides and a 4D movie theater, view miniature Philadelphia attractions in Miniland, and much more.