page_title: Memorial Hall (Philadelphia)
section_title: Please Touch Museum
hierarchical_section_title: Memorial Hall (Philadelphia) / Key Events and Usage / Please Touch Museum
caption_attribution_description: Memorial Hall, 4231 Avenue of the Republic, Philadelphia, PA 19131, Centennial Exposition, 1876, now home to the Please Touch Museum. View from south of the Avenue of the Republic, looking north
context_page_description: Memorial Hall is a Beaux-Arts style building in the Centennial District of West Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Built as the art gallery for the 1876 Centennial Exposition, it is the only major structure from that exhibition to survive. It subsequently housed the Pennsylvania Museum of Industrial Art. Since October 18, 2008, the Hall has served as home to the Please Touch Museum. It was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1976.
  The building is located west of the Schuylkill River, at the corner of East Memorial Hall Drive and the Avenue of the Republic.
context_section_description: In 2005, the Please Touch Museum began an $85-million renovation to convert it into its new home.  The museum opened its doors to the public on October 18, 2008. Memorial Hall's eastern lawn serves as the home field for Athletic Base Ball Club of Philadelphia, a vintage base ball team which plays by 1864 rules.
caption: Renovated Memorial Hall (March 2010)
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