The art museum at the top of the Benjamin Franklin Parkway, with free sensory kits and noise-reducing headphones at coat check, and Sensory Friendly Mornings on the first Sunday of each month (next: Sunday, Dec 6 2026, 9 to 10 am), free with advance registration. Visitors 18 and under are always free.
Sensory supports. Sensory kits, headphones, sensory morning Dec 6.
Hours
Monday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday, 10 am to 5 pm; Friday, 10 am to 8:45 pm; closed Tuesday and Wednesday. Holidays: closed Thanksgiving and Christmas Day; Christmas Eve, 10 am to 3 pm; open 10 am to 5 pm Dec 29 2026 and Dec 30 2026.
Main Building, 2600 Benjamin Franklin Parkway, Philadelphia, PA 19130
“There are free to use sensory kits available at our coat check, these kits include tools to help manage sensory overload including a variety of fidgets, sunglasses, and noise-reducing headphones.”
“Free to use noise-reducing headphones are available at coat check, first come availability.”
“Families with members on the autism spectrum or with other sensory sensitivities are invited to join us every first Sunday of the month for Sensory Friendly Mornings.”
At Sensory Friendly Mornings, select galleries open before public hours, with activities and art-making for all ages and developmental levels. They are free but need advance registration: email AccessProg@philamuseum.org for more information or to register. The next one is Sunday, Dec 6 2026, 9 to 10 am, in the Eli Kirk Price Room, before that day's Alter Ego: Family Festival (free with museum admission).
The museum's tips for families with young children: stay together throughout your visit, and hold very young children by the hand. You can nurse anywhere in the museum, or ask at any Visitor Services Desk for a nursing room. Every restroom is accessible and has a baby-changing station.
Food: the Café is open weekdays 11 am to 2:30 pm and Saturdays and Sundays 11 am to 3 pm; the Balcony Café (2nd floor) is open Fridays to Sundays 11 am to 4 pm, until 8 pm on Friday nights.
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Quieter, in the museum's words
Sensory-Friendly Quiet Zone, Eli Kirk Price Room (Main Building)quiet zone
Admission: adults $30, seniors 65 and over $28, students with valid ID $14, youths free, members free; member guests $15 ($14 for seniors 65 and over). A full-price ticket covers two consecutive days at the museum and the Rodin Museum.
Discounts are redeemable in person at any Visitor Services Desk, do not include ticketed exhibitions or programs, and cannot be combined with other offers. PA ACCESS and EBT cardholders get free general admission for 4 adults at any Admissions Desk. Pay What You Wish Friday Nights continue through June 2027: every Friday, 5 to 8:45 pm, with a suggested donation of $15. Admission is Pay What You Wish on the first Sunday of the month. Active-duty military and their families are free from Armed Forces Day through Labor Day (Blue Star Museums); all other times of the year, active duty military get $4 off up to two tickets: bring your military ID to the admissions desk.
Personal attendants for visitors with disabilities get free admission (one per visitor).
Parking: the garage at 1 Anne d'Harnoncourt Drive (entrances on Anne d'Harnoncourt Drive and Water Works Drive) and a few spots on the West Terrace, near the West Entrance. Visitors pay $9 an hour, or $10 total on Fridays from 5 to 9 pm; members pay $4 an hour, first hour free. Accessible parking is on each garage level nearest the elevators and on the southwest side of the West Terrace, closest to the Schuylkill River. Drop-off is by the ramps at the West Entrance and at the curb cut just before the North Entrance.
The West and North Entrances, the Café and the Store are barrier free. Single strollers are available at coat check; kids' wagons pulled behind you are not allowed in the galleries. Flash photography is not allowed.
Service animals required for disabilities are allowed; emotional support animals are not.
Accessible program questions: AccessProg@philamuseum.org. Questions about your visit: VisitorServices@philamuseum.org.
