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Plan Your Visit

Field Trips

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skeletal mount of Tyrannosaurus in Dinosaur Hall

Signature Exhibits

See how big you are next to Tyrannosaurus rex or get up close and personal with a polar bear.

Check out our Permanent Exhibits

Events

Environmental Leadership Summer Academy

July 13, 2025 through July 19, 2025

12:00 AM-12:00 AM

12 p.m. drop-off at the Lighthouse Center
- Everyone
The Environmental Leadership Summer Academy (ELSA) of the Academy of Natural Sciences is an immersive summer sleep-away expedition for rising high school sophomores, juniors and seniors (17 years and younger) to gain hands-on field experience across a range of research areas: local community habitats and environments; beach, marsh, and Pine Barren ecology; botany, lake ecology and geology.
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Junior Academy Explorers: Evolutionary Oddities

July 14, 2025 through July 18, 2025

9:00 AM-4:00 PM

The Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University 1900 Benjamin Franklin Parkway Philadelphia, PA 19103
- Everyone
Junior Academy Explorers ages 7-9 Will explore museum exhibits, make crafts, go on behind-the-scenes tours, conduct hands-on experiments and go on a weekly field trip.
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Junior Academy Explorers: Escape the Academy: Jefferson’s Mammoth

July 14, 2025 through July 18, 2025

9:00 AM-4:00 PM

The Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University 1900 Benjamin Franklin Parkway Philadelphia, PA 19103
- Everyone
Junior Academy Explorers ages 7-9 Will explore museum exhibits, make crafts, go on behind-the-scenes tours, conduct hands-on experiments and go on a weekly field trip.
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Mini Academy Camp: Creatures Create: Dinos, Dali and Design

July 14, 2025 through July 18, 2025

9:00 AM-4:00 PM

The Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University 1900 Benjamin Franklin Parkway Philadelphia, PA 19103
- Everyone
Mini Academy Camp is a full-day experience for children ages 5-6. Campers will explore natural history and today’s living environments, plus the public museum.
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Academy Explorers Camp: Living Science: Herpetology

July 21, 2025 through July 25, 2025

9:00 AM-4:00 PM

The Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University 1900 Benjamin Franklin Parkway Philadelphia, PA 19103
- Everyone
Academy Explorers will discover different exhibits, using the museum as a launchpad to explore different environmental problems, meet real scientists, develop experiments and solutions, and go on a weekly field trip.
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Junior Academy Explorers: Ecosystem Extreme

July 21, 2025 through July 25, 2025

9:00 AM-4:00 PM

The Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University 1900 Benjamin Franklin Parkway Philadelphia, PA 19103
- Everyone
Junior Academy Explorers ages 7-9 Will explore museum exhibits, make crafts, go on behind-the-scenes tours, conduct hands-on experiments and go on a weekly field trip.
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Junior Academy Explorers: Crypto Creatures

July 21, 2025 through July 25, 2025

9:00 AM-4:00 PM

The Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University 1900 Benjamin Franklin Parkway Philadelphia, PA 19103
- Everyone
Junior Academy Explorers ages 7-9 Will explore museum exhibits, make crafts, go on behind-the-scenes tours, conduct hands-on experiments and go on a weekly field trip.
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Junior Academy Explorers: Creatures of the Sea and Screen

July 28, 2025 through August 1, 2025

9:00 AM-4:00 PM

The Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University 1900 Benjamin Franklin Parkway Philadelphia, PA 19103
- Everyone
Junior Academy Explorers ages 7-9 Will explore museum exhibits, make crafts, go on behind-the-scenes tours, conduct hands-on experiments and go on a weekly field trip.
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Junior Academy Explorers: Mysteries of the World Below

July 28, 2025 through August 1, 2025

9:00 AM-4:00 PM

The Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University 1900 Benjamin Franklin Parkway Philadelphia, PA 19103
- Everyone
Junior Academy Explorers ages 7-9 Will explore museum exhibits, make crafts, go on behind-the-scenes tours, conduct hands-on experiments and go on a weekly field trip.
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Mini Academy Camp: Buggin’ Out!

July 28, 2025 through August 1, 2025

9:00 AM-4:00 PM

The Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University 1900 Benjamin Franklin Parkway Philadelphia, PA 19103
- Everyone
Mini Academy Camp is a full-day experience for children ages 5-6. Campers will explore natural history and today’s living environments, plus the public museum.
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