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Bartram's Garden

Looking for a new place to take your students? Each year over 10,000 pre-school through high school kids visit Bartram's Garden to experience hands-on history, science and nature programs. Choose from several programs including cider-making, botanical illustration, apiculture, ornithology, Native Americans, archaeology, colonial food preparation, medicinal herbs and more.

No longer in school? Check out the historic and horticultural lectures and workshops at the Garden. Interested in learning more about John Bartram, American's first botanist? Feed your curiosity with a trip to the John Bowman Bartram Special Collections Library where you'll find a wealth of Bartram-related books, documents, photographs and other archival information.

Contact Info:
Bartram's Garden
54th Street and Lindbergh Boulevard
Philadelphia, PA 19143
Tel 215-729-5281
Fax 215-729-1047
E-mail: explore@bartramsgarden.org
www.bartramsgarden.org

Hours:
Grounds (i.e. outside) - Monday-Sunday: 10 am - 5 pm, except City observed holidays.
Museum Shop - March through second week in December. Tuesday-Sunday: Noon-4 pm
Tours:
House Tours: Tuesday-Sunday: Noon-4 pm. Guided 45-minute tours leave Museum Shop at ten past the hour. Reservations not required for groups of less than 10 people.
Admission:
Adults: $5; Seniors (62 and over) and Students: $4; Children (12 and under): free.
Group Tours: Guided 90-minute tours of the Bartram House and Historic Garden are available by advance reservation for groups any day except City observed holidays and the last week of the year. Gourmet boxed lunches available if ordered in advance.
Admission:
Adults: $8; Seniors and Students: $7.

   
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