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Your Guide to the 2019 Philadelphia Science Festival!

Published on April 16, 2019

Your Guide to the 2019 Philadelphia Science Festival!

Franklin Institute’s Philadelphia Science Festival takes pace from April 26th through May 4th and is a week of promoting fun and engaging activities to promote science in the region. Through STEAM projects (science, technology, engineering, ART, and math) dozens of cool and innovative activations will take place. The end of the 2019 Philadelphia Science Festival culminates in a super-charged, super-fun celebration of science! This FREE finale event promises to be the ultimate daylong science extravaganza!

From stargazing to science crawls to science in the park and so much more, there is literally a cool thing to learn and do every day of the week. So to help you find the best activities to fit you, we are sharing the itinerary and interactive map!

FRIDAY, APRIL 26

Citywide Star Party
Various times
Various Locations
Star Party After Party
10:00 pm–1:00 am
The Franklin Institute

SATURDAY, APRIL 27

Science in the Park
12:00–4:00 pm
Clark Park & Hunting Park

Science Saturday at Rutgers
11:00 am–1:00 pm
Rutgers University

SUNDAY, APRIL 28

Be a Scientist!
Various Times
Various Locations
Science Sunday at Rowan
1:00–4:00 pm
Rowan University
Pop in the Park
11:00 am–1:00 pm
Rail Park
Fishtown Science Crawl
2:00–5:00 pm
Various locations in Fishtown
Murder at the Mütter®: Workplace Woes
2:00–6:00 pm
Mütter Museum of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia