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Fireman's Hall Museum

Location: 147 N. Second St., Philadelphia

Time: Tue-Sat 9am-4:30pm

Cost: FREE

 

The Fireman’s Hall in Philadelphia honors the firefighting trade and its participants who so bravely put their lives on the line to save those of others. This museum located in the historic district presents rooms with artifacts and presentations depicting the trade and its equipment.

 

Kids can learn how firefighters fight fires and control them.

 

They also can inspect all sorts of badges, helmets, parade hats, and fire marks, which people affixed to their homes to indicate which insurance company was protecting them.

 

Kids favorites, without a doubt, are the fire engines in different areas of the museum.

 

Some of them are the old, horse-drawn engines that will open the curious eyes of people.

 

The Fireman's Hall Museum has been a very popular attraction. As many as 25,000 people have come to see the entire history of firefighting in the US.

 

Fireman's Hall is recognized as one of the city's most popular landmarks.


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