Wawa Welcome America Free Museum Day at Laurel Hill Mansion and other historic East Park houses.
At Laurel Hill Mansion there will be lots of family fun! We will be playing lawn games including Quiots and Bean Bag Toss. There will be creative activities and tours of this historic that will appeal to all ages too.
Other East Park Houses participating in the June 28th Free Museum Day include Lemon Hill Mansion, Ormiston Mansion, Historic Strawberry Mansion, and Woodford Mansion.
Don’t miss this opportunity to see five historic East Fairmount Park House all free of charge on this special Free Museum day. It was Philadelphia's gradual acquisition of these historic houses to protect the city’s water supply beginning with the city's initial purchase of Lemon Hill in 1844 that resulted in the creation of Fairmount Park, one of the largest municipal parks in the country. The development of Fairmount Park in turn led to the preservation of what is now considered to be the most significant group of 18th and early 19th century domestic architectural examples in the United States and one of the few remaining period villa districts in the world.
Parking is always free.