African American Museum in Philadelphia

Only 2 blocks from the Independence Visitor's Center is the African American Museum in Philadelphia.  This small, but unique museum allows visitors to learn about the history of African Americans in this country, but more specifically in the Philadelphia region.  On the 2nd floor there is an exhibit where actors portraying various historical figures on video screens give you an idea about what life was like in their day.  There is also a section that showcases art created by various African Americans.

Admission is $10/person, but it is free on the first weekend of each month with a Bank of America credit or debit card.

More Philly Phanatics

Today, we did some more exploring in Philly and were able to stop at 4 of the Philly Phanatics statues.

The first we were able to capture was in front of the African-American History Museum.

Following this guy, we hiked over to the Betsy Ross house, appropriately dressed in a quilt.

Our third stop was a few blocks away at Franklin Square to visit this Phanatic...

To finish off our trip, the Constitution Center was our final destination.

Over the next few days we'll talk about our trips to the Betsy Ross House and the National Constitution Center.