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Philadelphia Museums self-guided walking tour & scavenger hunt

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180 minutes
English

Are you visiting Philadelphia? You must try our scavenger hunt through the Philadelphia Museum district to see all the sights! It will take you from City Hall to the Philadelphia Museum of Art all while taking a few side trips and proposing challenges at every leg. All the while, you will learn some local history and get valuable local tips. This 3-hour self-guided walking tour is completed with your smartphone. You can start it at your leisure, on any day or time. You can also go as fast or as slow as you wish. Pause at any time and resume when ready.

Options

Explorer Scavenger Hunt

Regular Scavenger hunt

Explorer Scavenger Hunt

Duration: 5 hours: This scavenger hunt takes you to the Fairmont Water Works and Eastern State Penitentiary after the Museum of Art.
Longer route: This route is 8.32km/5.17mil and can take you up to 6 hours to complete.

From₱2,146.01Per Group

What's included in Philadelphia Museums self-guided walking tour & scavenger hunt

(Subject to Option Inclusions)

Are you looking for things to do in Philadelphia? You’ll find a few of our scavenger hunts and self-guided walking tours in Philadelphia. Our first Tourist Scavenger Hunt here launched as an Explorer hunt in Philadelphia’s museum district in 2017. An alternate, regular (shorter) version followed in 2019. Both were revisited and greatly modified in 2023. A Tourist Scavenger Hunts is a 2-3 hour self-guided walking tour with instructions through our mobile website on your smartphone. You’ll learn the history of the city or neighborhood, and the significance of various sites, monuments, and historical figures. Also, you’ll enjoy solving our various challenges at almost every stop along the way. Admire this beautiful city hall and answer your first challenge here.

Inclusions

  • Scavenger Hunt with 36 challenges to solve
  • See 8 film locations from your favorite movies or TV series.
  • Historical and architectural walking tour
  • 38 locations with outstanding sights and history
  • WiFi - internet access (data plan) is required to complete this activity
  • Wheelchair accessible
  • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
  • Service animals allowed
  • Public transportation options are available nearby
  • Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
  • All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
  • Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness

Meet

Pickup and Dropoff

You will make your own way to the meeting points

Meeting / End Points

  • Once you're standing outside the north side of City Hall, and have completed the transaction with our website, log in with your account to begin your scavenger hunt.

Redeem

Ticket Redemption

Tickets will be delivered post-booking by email; or, physically delivered to you or your hotel

You will need to convert your TripAdvisor purchase on our website - to create your account and assign your scavenger hunt to that account. We'll contact you once we're advised of your purchase to send you your unique promo code. Then you can do it whenever you wish.

Operator

Tourist Scavenger Hunt