The Constitutional Walking Tour of Philadelphia

What's Included

Meeting and pickup

Itinerary

• 1

  Meeting point and tour intro

  3 minutes • Admission ticket not included
• 2

  This open-air President’s House commemorates the predecessor the White House where President George Washington and President John Adams lived while they were in office, while Philadelphia was the Capital City of the United States from 1790-1800.

  2 minutes • Admission ticket not included
• 3

  Declaration House, or Graff House as it is also referred to, is on the site where Thomas Jefferson lived when he wrote The Declaration of Independence.

  2 minutes • Admission ticket not included
• 4
  Liberty Bell Center

  The quintessential icon of American Freedom

  2 minutes • Admission ticket not included
• 5

  Independence Hall, the birthplace of America, was built in 1732 as the Pennsylvania State House.

  3 minutes • Admission ticket not included
• 6
  Congress Hall

  Constructed between 1787 and 1789 as the Philadelphia County Court House, Congress Hall served as the United States Capitol, the meeting place of the United States Congress, from 1790 to 1800

  2 minutes • Admission ticket not included
• 7

  The former home to the U.S. Supreme Court

  2 minutes • Admission ticket not included
• 8

  You will see the statue called The Signer, inspired by George Clymer.

  2 minutes • Admission ticket not included
• 9

  Oldest scholarly society in the U.S.

  2 minutes • Admission ticket not included
• 10

  The nation’s first public library and the former Library of Congress

  2 minutes • Admission ticket not included
• 11

  One of the most influential financial institutions in the world, now a portrait gallery

  3 minutes • Admission ticket not included
• 12

  The birthplace of the American Identity

  3 minutes • Admission ticket not included
• 13

  Interpreting the role of the military in early U.S. history

  2 minutes • Admission ticket not included
• 14

  Sparked the first great Constitutional debate

  3 minutes • Admission ticket not included
• 15

  Ben Franklin’s home and the only Colonial-themed Post Office

  5 minutes • Admission ticket not included
• 16

  An active parish since 1695, often called the “Nation’s Church”

  2 minutes • Admission ticket not included
• 17

  Where Betsy Ross sewed the first Stars and Stripes

  3 minutes • Admission ticket not included
• 18

  Home to the Society of Friends

  2 minutes • Admission ticket not included
• 19

  The final resting place of Benjamin Franklin

  3 minutes • Admission ticket not included

Additional info

• Wheelchair accessible
• Suitable for all physical fitness levels
• Tours are all weather events and operate rain or shine
• Tour Meeting Location National Constitution Center 525 Arch Street Philadelphia, PA 19106 (Note: Directly outside main entrance by 3 large stone benches) Check in 15 minutes before the tour.

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