Museums

NBC10’s Yukare Nakayama helps fool the senses on this April Fools’ Day as (a disembodied) manager Kenny Wittwer gives her a tour of Philadelphia’s Museum of Illusions. Bill Henley is a bit skeptical.

The YIVO Institute for Jewish Research, which preserves Ashkenazi Jewish life, relocated to New York City in 1940.

Get ready to step back in time in South Jersey! The Edelman Fossil Park and Museum of Rowan University will open to visitors at the end of the month, inviting people to travel to the past and into a world of dinosaur discovery. NBC10’s Siobhan McGirl got a sneak peek. 

A 150-million-year-old Stegosaurus fossil, known as “Apex”, will be on display at the American Museum of Natural History starting Dec. 8.

You can hear the beat of the Franklin Institute’s Giant Heart as it prepares to welcome visitors again. FI Chief Bio-scientist Jayatri Das gives NBC10 a virtual tour of the new Body Odyssey exhibit. Erin Coleman wants to know if the heart still has that familiar smell.

The beloved heart exhibit at the Franklin Institute is making a comeback but with some pretty big upgrades. It’s all part of their 200th anniversary celebration. NBC10’s Yukare Nakayama has a preview of what visitors can expect.

The Giant Heart is the centerpiece of a new Franklin Institute exhibit examining the human body.

Fans of the Franklin Institute’s Giant Heart are gonna be pumped. The beloved museum attraction is reopening after a monthslong “Odyssey” to breath new life into its surrounding exhibit.

A new look at prehistoric life on Earth is coming to New Jersey early next year. Here is a sneak peek. 

Get ready to unearth a land before time! Edelman Fossil Park & Museum of Rowan University is set to open its doors in March 2025, offering an immersive exploration of dinosaurs and other prehistoric species.

The National Toy Hall of Fame announced its new inductees on Tuesday, which included My Little Pony, Phase 10 and Transformers.

The city where the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles were conceived has largely been overlooked during the crime-fighting quartet’s meteoric rise. But a new museum exhibit hopes to change that.

The starting price for this sliver of history had been less than $100 when Moore saw it, hidden among what Goodwill categorizes as “historical documents.”

A free concert for kids and families with so much fun in store is happening Friday at Smith Memorial Playground as part of Wawa Welcome America.

NBC’s Lauren Scala chats with curator Vikki Tobak at the new exhibition “Ice Cold” at the American Museum of Natural History in New York. The exhibit was a challenge well worth the show.

The Please Touch Museum is letting adults channel their inner 1990s child. Here’s what to know about the upcoming 21-plus event.

Kids and people nostalgic for their childhood days can take one last stroll this weekend through the Franklin Institute’s Giant Heart before the beloved attraction closes for six months.

Philadelphia’s Franklin Institute is revamping the exhibit around its beloved Giant Heart. That means the walk-through attraction will close for months.