Operating Hours

Storytelling Benches will operate on Fridays and Saturdays from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., starting Memorial Day Weekend, May 25-27.

From June 18 through August 10, Storytelling Benches will operate Tuesday through Saturday, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

From August 16 through August 31, Storytelling Benches will operate Fridays and Saturdays, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Storytelling Benches will operate for Labor Day Weekend, Sunday, September 1, and Monday, September 2, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Bench Locations

• Independence Visitor Center, 6th & Market Streets

• Historic Philadelphia Center, 6th & Chestnut Streets

• Independence Square, behind Independence Hall

• Signers' Garden presented by the Avery Foundation,
  5th & Chestnut Streets

• The ACE INA Foundation Storytelling Bench at Carpenters' Hall,
  Carpenters' Hall, on Chestnut between 3rd & 4th Streets

• Franklin Court, on Market between 3rd & 4th Streets

• Christ Church, 2nd & Market Streets

• Betsy Ross House, 3rd & Arch Streets

• The Lincoln Storytelling Bench at the National Constitution Center,
  6th & Arch Streets

• Franklin Square, 6th & Race Streets

Click map below to enlarge. Locations are subject to change without notice. All dates and times are subject to change without notice due to weather and other circumstances.