Visit Independence Seaport Museum Philadelphia

The Independence Seaport Museum is devoted Philadelphia's marine history. J. W. Henderson founded this museum in the year 1961. Situated by the side of Delaware River, Independence Seaport Museum is within the complex of the Penn's Landing.

What are the timings of Independence Seaport Museum?

Between 10 am to 5 pm the Independence Seaport Museum is open everyday except New Year's Day, Christmas Day and Thanksgiving Day.

What kinds of exhibits will be found at the Museum? - The permanent as well as the interactive exhibitions at the Independence Seaport Museum consist of several boats of full size, ship models and various maritime artifacts.-These exhibits concentrate on things like shipbuilding, the Port of Philadelphia, colonization, trade and also submersibles of deep sea.-The 2 very historic ships which are displayed close to the museum are

i. USS Olympia: This is among the first of the United State's warships made of steel.

ii. USS Becuna: This is a submarine from Second World War

What all things do the tickets include?

Ticket is inclusive of-entry to the galleries of the Independence Seaport Museum-Workshop on the Water, which is workshop for building the wooden boats-Olympia and Becuna.

Special offers - Entry is free of cost for the members of Seaport as well as for children below 2 years of age. From 10am to 12pm each Sunday admission is on the Pay-What-You-Wish system.-There are special rates for groups of students, families, adults and other parties consisting of at least 10 or more persons.

The Philadelphia hotel rooms in the proximity of the Independence Seaport Museum can be booked at Hyatt Regency Philadelphia at Penn's Landing

http://www.pennslanding.hyatt.com/hyatt/hotels/index.jsp-Omni Hotel Independence Park

http://www.omnihotels.com/FindAHotel/PhiladelphiaIndepEndencePark.aspx-Penn's View Inn

http://www.omnihotels.com/FindAHotel/PhiladelphiaIndepEndencePark.aspx-The Comfort Inn at Penn's Landing

http://www.comfortinn.com/hotel-philadelphia-pennsylvania-PA405

The access to historic ships is not available at times of severe weather and these ships are not accessible to the physically challenged. For any other information about this museum do log onto http://www.phillyseaport.org/.