Alerts & Conditions

Alerts

Access to Independence National Historical Park is as follows:

Open

• Indoor spaces:
  • Independence Visitor Center
    • Open 9 am–5 pm
  • Independence Hall
    • Open 9 am–5 pm
    • From 9 am–5 pm, entrance is by timed, ticketed tour only. Learn how to obtain tickets.
  • Liberty Bell Center
    • Open 9 am–5 pm
  • Congress Hall
    • Open daily 9 am–5 pm by tour only, first-come, first-served. Explore at your own pace in January and February.
  • Old City Hall
    • Open daily 10 am–4:30 pm
  • America's National Parks Store in Old City Hall
    • Open daily 10 am–4:30 pm
  • Benjamin Franklin Museum and Store
    • Open daily 9 am–5 pm
  • Franklin Court Printing Office
    • Open Friday and Saturday, 10 am–5 pm; last printing demonstration at 4:30 pm
  • Edgar Allan Poe National Historic Site
    • Open Friday thru Sunday from 9 am–12 pm, and 1 pm–5 pm
• Outdoor spaces, including:
  • Independence Mall
  • South Side of Independence Square
  • Franklin Court Courtyard
  • Washington Square at Walnut Street between 6th and 7th Streets
  • Rose Garden between Walnut and Locust Streets and 4th and 5th Streets
  • Magnolia Garden on Locust Street between 4th and 5th Streets
  • The 18th Century Garden on Walnut Street between 3rd and 4th Streets

Closed

• Fragments of Franklin Court archeological exhibit
• Great Essentials Exhibit in the West Wing of Independence Hall
• Second Bank of the U.S.
• Declaration House
• New Hall Military Museum
• Todd and White Houses
• Germantown White House
• City Tavern
• Free Quaker Meeting House
• Thaddeus Kosciuszko National Memorial
• Benjamin Rush Garden