Founded in 1812, the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University is a leading natural history museum dedicated to understanding the natural …
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Mar 19, 2025
Staff treat patrons like garbage. They are rude, mean, and nasty, horrible people who traumatize innocent people for fun. They do not honor agreements that they made and they lie through their teet…Full review by Meredith M
Feb 23, 2025
This museum has a great location. But the experience did not live up to what we read or what we were told on entry. The Dig was clearly only for very young children/toddlers. And the hands-on area ha…Full review by Julie M
Nov 27, 2024
Don’t waste your money unless you have children. Was expecting something along the lines of the natural history museum in London, but this is nowhere close – a few moth-eaten exhibitions, some dinosa…Full review by Burtonesque
Best deal is go on the parking websites for philadelphia, I think it's SP+, and you can get a discount voucher for their garages. I always park at the JFK house on 19th and JFK it's about a …
Best deal is go on the parking websites for philadelphia, I think it's SP+, and you can get a discount voucher for their garages. I always park at the JFK house on 19th and JFK it's about a two block walk up 19th to the side entrance to the academy and on the weekends if you pay online it's $12.
I will be walking alone with 3 kids. Where is the closest parking?
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There is a surface lot directly behind the Academy of Natural Sciences. The address is: 114 N 19th St, Philadelphia, PA 19103 We have used it several times. It costs a few bucks …
There is a surface lot directly behind the Academy of Natural Sciences. The address is: 114 N 19th St, Philadelphia, PA 19103 We have used it several times. It costs a few bucks but is worth it for the convenience. Cheers!
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