It is the oldest continuously operating institution of its kind in America. You might visit the home of Betsy Ross at 239 Arch Street, where the woman rumored to have designed and made the first U.S. flag lived. The house is located at 532 N. 7th Street. The Philadelphia Museum of Art, located at 26th Street and the Benjamin Franklin Parkway, is one of the five best in the world and displays decorative art from Europe, Asia, and North America from the past 2000 years. And if you have a hankering to examine sculpture up close, visit the Rodin Museum at 22nd Street and the Benjamin Franklin Parkway, which contains the largest exhibition of Rodin's work outside Paris.
Admission is free.
Included are the Fels Planetarium, a large IMAX theater, and a laser show. It is located at 20th and the Benjamin Franklin Parkway. An extensive food court is on the lower level as well as access to Philadelphia's subway and regional rail system. Just a short trip south of the hotel on 9th Street between Wharton and Christian Streets, you can visit the Italian Market, the area made famous in those Rocky movies. Shops and pushcart merchants line the street.