Student Field Trips and Educational Tours to Philadelphia
Take a trip to Philadelphia and experience the City of Brotherly love from the literal meaning of the city's name in Greek, philos "love" and adelphos "brother". Philadelphia is home to many national historical sites that relate to the founding of the United States. Independence National Historical Park is the center of these historical landmarks. Independence Hall, where the Declaration of Independence was signed, and the Liberty Bell are the city's most famous attractions.
Philadelphia's major science museums include the Franklin Institute, which contains the Benjamin Franklin National Memorial, the Academy of Natural Sciences and the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. History museums include the National Constitution Center, the Atwater Kent Museum of Philadelphia History, the National Museum of American Jewish History, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, and the African American Museum in Philadelphia just to name a few.
Philadelphia also supports non-traditional art and has more murals than any other U.S. city, thanks in part to the 1984 creation of the Department of Recreation's Mural Arts Program, which seeks to beautify neighborhoods and provide an outlet for graffiti artists.
