# Event Details - **Event Name**: Visit the Wagner Museum 2026 - **Event Start and End Date**: Fri, 02 Jan, 2026 at 09:30 am – Thu, 31 Dec, 2026 at 04:30 pm (-05:00) - **Event Description**: Welcome to the Wagner!About this EventVisit The Wagner!Come see our landmark building and historic museum collections, including rocks, minerals, fossils, taxidermy animals, mounted skeletons, and more! The exhibit hall holds more than 100,000 natural history specimens. It is self-guided, allowing visitors to explore and learn at their own pace. For first-time visitors and anyone preferring a little more direction, we have scavenger hunts to guide you and knowledgeable staff on hand to answer any questions.We are open: Tuesday through Friday, 9:30AM to 4:30PM, and on the First Saturday of the month from 12 to 4PM (September to May, except January). First Saturday programs have their own EventBrite listings and feature guest speakers and hands-on activities. Check our website for the schedule of First Saturdays, multi-week courses, evening programs and special events.The Wagner also offers lessons and tours for groups. For groups with 10 or more, please schedule an appointment on our website or email our museum educator: tobeyc@wagnerfreeinstitute.org.Things to Know Before Your Visit• Walk-in visitors are welcome. Advance registration is appreciated and will speed up your entry to the museum.• There is no coat check or place to stow personal items – please travel light.• The museum is located on the second floor of the Wagner's historic building. There are 5 steps at the entryway and a flight of stairs to the museum. It is not wheelchair accessible.• To protect the specimens and our historic interiors, photography is not allowed in the museum. Open containers of food and drink are not permitted in the building.•The Wagner does not have a parking lot. Free street parking is available on Montgomery Avenue and 17th Street, and on Bouvier and other nearby streets. Metered parking is available on Cecil B. Moore Avenue. The nearest parking garage is at the Liacouras Center on 15th Street and Montgomery Avenue. The Wagner is also accessible via public transit - it is near multiple bus and train lines.A dream that keeps growing…In 1855, William Wagner had a dream of providing free science education to anyone who wanted to learn, regardless of background or ability to pay. Today, the Wagner offers more programs to more people than ever before! Your support helps us provide free education, not only through the museum, but through a wide range of courses, lectures, field trips, and children’s science programs. Donations also assist us in caring for the museum and library collections and in preserving our wonderful building, which was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1990. To learn more about what we do please visit our website.Registration InformationIn keeping with its original charter, admission is free—donations are suggested to ensure the future and quality of Wagner's free education programs and to preserve its National Landmark building and collections.Suggested Donations$25/Family$10/adult$5/student$0 - Wagner membersFor any questions, please email communications@wagnerfreeinstitute.org or call 215-763-6529 x17.If you would like to check your membership status or become a member, please email AbigailC@wagnerfreeinstitute.org or call 215-763-6529 x24. - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/philadelphia/visit-the-wagner-museum-2026/100001978411533153 - **Event Categories**: nonprofit, workshops - **Interested Audience**: - total_interested_count: 0 ## Ticket Details - **Ticket URL**: https://consumer.pxf.io/c/1339408/3151484/39691?partnerpropertyid=1191892&MediaPartnerPropertyId=1191892&svlink=14105511&level=1&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.eventbrite.com%2Fe%2Fvisit-the-wagner-museum-2026-tickets-1978411533153 - **Ticket Price Range**: min: 0, max: 27.72, currency: USD ## Event venue details - **city**: Philadelphia - **state**: PA - **country**: United States - **location**: Wagner Free Institute of Science - **lat**: 39.9805618 - **long**: -75.1628177 - **full address**: Wagner Free Institute of Science, 1700 West Montgomery Avenue, Philadelphia, United States ## Event Organizer details - **affiliate_id**: 10 - **organizer**: Wagner Free Institute of Science (https://allevents.in/org/wagner-free-institute-of-science/22507777) ## Event gallery - **Alt text**: banner - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events1/banners/a3869a44544c8be73ca004e1ea60dcccfb6b36768ebcd22732be3a460291afe3-rimg-w1200-h801-dca9a78d-gmir.jpg?v=1767381379 - **Alt text**: thumbnail - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events1/banners/bb485a614f3dba9b6d9a4132cb8ac6ebbe2d286bb475164a3c05a21458758b9e-rimg-w400-h400-dcc2bea7-gmir.jpg?v=1767381379 ## FAQs - **Q**: When is the event happening? 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Its programs include free courses and lectures, field trips and lessons for children and museum tours for all ages. The evening science courses are the oldest program devoted to free adult education in the United States.The Institute’s Museum houses more than 100,000 natural history specimens, a collection begun by founder William Wagner in the early 19th century and expanded by the renowned scientist Joseph Leidy in the 1880s. Completed in 1865, the Wagner’s National Historic Landmark building is essentially unchanged since the late 19th century and includes a Victorian exhibition hall filled with fossils, shells, minerals and mounted animal skeletons and skins displayed in original wood and glass cabinets. The Museum is currently open to visitors Tuesdays - Fridays, 9:30 AM to 4:30 PM and on the first Saturday of every month from Noon to 4 PM. The Wagner also offers courses, lectures and events in the evenings, in person and online. Join us!" } ] } ] ```