The travels of the Allred family

Where we've been and where we're going

Free Library of Philadelphia

We stopped by to see the exhibit in the rare book section containing early Mormon pamphlets and books and other publications including a few in the deseret print. There were also original manuscripts from Beatrix Potter and they also had Charles Dicken’s pet raven. Anna was too scared to look.

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The Franklin Institute

After a ton of fun stops, this was a bit overcrowded. But we enjoyed the huge statue of Benjamin Franklin and the walk through heart. MeMe said that her dad used to take her there when they lived in New Jersey. So neat.

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Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University

This dinosaur museum was a ton of fun. After looking at dinosaur bones, we saw a real mummy and did puppet shows in the kid area.

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Liberty Bell

To start with, it was big! It had a couple cracks on it, and it was replaced with a new bell because the old one didn’t work anymore. So we saw the real liberty bell and we saw a couple cracks on it including the one where they tried to fix it and didn’t succeed. And I can say that it was rusty too. There also was a little...

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• Free Library of Phil...

  We stopped by to see the exhibit in the...

• The Franklin Institu...

  After a ton of fun stops, this was a bit...

• Academy of Natural S...

  This dinosaur museum was a ton of fun....

• Liberty Bell

  To start with, it was big! It had a couple...