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Operating Hours & Seasons

Download the July 2017 building hours (pdf)

 

Independence Visitor Center

Through September 4, 2017: Open daily 8:30am - 7pm
Check back for fall hours

 

Liberty Bell Center
Through September 4, 2017: Open daily 9am - 7pm
Security screening closes 5 minutes before the building closes
Check back for fall hours

 

National Constitution Center
Monday - Saturday: 9:30am - 5pm
Sunday: 12noon - 5pm
Fee charged

 

President's House Site
Open daily: 7am - 10pm

 

Independence Square Buildings
The buildings in the Independence Square security area include Independence Hall, Congress Hall, and the Great Essentials Exhibit in the West Wing. Access to the Square is through a security entrance located at 5th and Chestnut Streets. Security screening closes 15 minutes prior to the building closing times. *Note: Old City Hall and the Independence Square Museum Store are not within the security area.

• Independence Hall
  Through September 4, 2017: Open daily 9am - 7pm
  Tickets are required March - December; no tickets are required in January - February, or after 5pm during summer hours. No tickets are required on Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Eve (December 24), or Independence Day (July 4).
  Check back for fall hours

• Congress Hall
  Open daily: 9am - 5pm
  April - October: Tours every 20 minutes
  November, December and March: Tours every 30 minutes
  January - February: Self-guided

• Great Essentials Exhibit in the West Wing
  Open daily: 9am - 5pm

• Supreme Court chamber in Old City Hall
  Open daily: 9am - 5pm

• Independence Square Museum Store in Old City Hall
  Open daily: 9am - 5pm

 

Portrait Gallery in the Second Bank of the United States
Through September 4, 2017: Open daily 11am - 5pm
Check back for fall hours

 

Franklin Court Buildings
The Franklin Court complex includes the Benjamin Franklin Museum, the Franklin Court Printing Office & Bindery, the Fragments of Franklin Court Archeological Exhibit, the B. Free Franklin branch of the U.S. Post Office, and the Benjamin Franklin Museum Store.

• Benjamin Franklin Museum
  Open daily 9am - 5pm
  Fee charged

• Franklin Court Printing Office & Bindery
  Through September 30, 2017: Open daily 10am - 5pm (last printing demonstration at 4:30pm)
  Check back for fall hours

• Fragments of Franklin Court Archeological Exhibit
  Through September 4, 2017: Open daily Noon - 5pm
  Check back for fall hours

• B. Free Franklin branch of the U.S. Post Office
  Open Monday - Saturday: 9am - 5pm

• Benjamin Franklin Museum Store
  Open daily 9am - 5pm

 

Carpenters' Court
The buildings in Carpenters' Court include Carpenters' Hall and the New Hall Military Museum.

• Carpenters' Hall
  March - December: Open Tuesday - Sunday 10am - 4pm
  January - February: Open Wednesday - Sunday 10am - 4pm

• New Hall Military Museum
  Through September 4, 2017: Open daily Noon - 5pm
  Check back for fall hours
  

 

Other Park Sites

• City Tavern
  Opens at 11:30am for dining

• Free Quaker Meeting House
  Through September 4, 2017: Open daily 11am - 4pm
  Check back for fall hours

• Independence Archeology Lab
  Weekdays by appointment only, please call 215-861-4956
  Must be at least 16 years old; no more than 4 people in a group

• Bishop White House
  Through September 4, 2017: Open daily by tour only. Pick up free, timed tickets on the morning of your visit at the Independence Visitor Center information desk. Due to small spaces within the house, tours are restricted to 10 people.

• Todd House
  Through September 4, 2017: Open daily by tour only, weather permitting. Not open in extreme heat or humidity. Pick up free, timed tickets on the morning of your visit at the Independence Visitor Center information desk. Due to small spaces within the house, tours are restricted to 10 people.
  
• Declaration House
  Through September 4, 2017: Open daily Noon - 5pm
  Check back for fall hours
  
• Germantown White House (Deshler-Morris House)
  Through September 9, 2017: Open Saturdays only, 10am - 5pm
  Check back for fall hours

 

Nearby National Park Service Sites

• Edgar Allan Poe National Historic Site
  Open Friday - Sunday: 9am - 5pm, closed from Noon to 1pm

• Thaddeus Kosciuszko National Memorial
  April - October: Open Saturday - Sunday, Noon to 4pm
  

• Gloria Dei (Old Swedes') National Historic Site
  Open Tuesday - Sunday 9am - 4pm
  Services on Sundays at 10am, Evensong on Tuesdays at 6:30pm