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Directions and Hours

Museum Hours
The National Constitution Center welcomes visitors seven days a week (except Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day), from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., Sunday - Friday and 9:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., Saturday. The theater show that begins the visitor experience will run twice each hour.

Show Times:
9:30am 10:00am 10:30am 11:00am 11:30am
12:00pm 12:30pm 1:00pm 1:30pm 2:00pm
2:30pm 3:00pm 3:30pm 4:00pm *4:30pm
*5:00pm        
* indicates Saturday-only showtimes

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Directions

By Bus or Car


National Constitution Center
525 Arch Street
Independence Mall
Philadelphia, PA 19106
(215) 409-6600

From the South: Take I-95 North to Exit 22 for "Central Phila/I-676". Follow signs for Phila/Independence Hall/Callowhill Streets. Keep right at the fork in the ramp. Stay straight on Callowhill St. and turn left onto 8th Street. Take 8th Street to Race Street and turn left. Proceed through the light at 6th Street and turn right into the National Constitution Center bus arrival facility or parking garage.*

From the North: Take I-95 South to Exit 22 for "Central Phila/I-676". Follow signs for Phila/Independence Hall/Callowhill Streets and make a right at the light at the bottom of the ramp. Stay straight on Callowhill St. and turn left onto 8th Street. Take 8th Street to Race Street and turn left. Proceed through the light at 6th Street and turn right into the National Constitution Center bus arrival facility or parking garage.*

From the West: Take I-76 (PA Turnpike) to Exit 326 for "Valley Forge". Follow signs for Philadelphia I-76 East. Remain on I-76 East for about 25 miles until you see signs for Exit 344 "Central Phila" and take 676 East to the 8th Street exit. Make a right onto 8th Street and then a left onto Race Street. Proceed through the light at 6th Street and turn right into the National Constitution Center bus arrival facility or parking garage.*

From the East: Take the NJ Turnpike to Exit 4. Take Rt. 73 North to Rt. 38 West to US 30 and continue on US 30 West over the Ben Franklin Bridge (Rt. 676), crossing into Philadelphia. Stay in the left lane and go straight through the light following the sign for "8th Street South/Chinatown". Take a left onto 8th Street, and another left onto Race Street. Proceed through the light at 6th Street and turn right into the National Constitution Center bus arrival facility or parking garage.

By Public Transportation


SEPTA - SEPTA offers a variety of options including subway, trolley and bus service throughout the city and area. The Market-Frankford subway line stops one block from the Center at 5th and Market Streets. Multiple bus routes run along Market Street as well. For additional information call the SEPTA Travel Information Center at (215) 580-7800 or visit www.septa.org.

PATCO SpeedlineThe Speedline is a quick way to travel from South Jersey into Center City Philadelphia. PATCO has 4 Center City stops, the closest being at 8th and Market Streets. For more information call (856) 772-6900 or visit www.drpa.org/patco.

By Train


Amtrak provides service to Philadelphia's 30th Street Station at 30th and Market Streets. Save 20 percent off the best available rail fare on Amtrak travel to Philadelphia between June 28 through September 30, 2004. Blackout dates apply: 02-05 Jul. 2004, 03 - 06 Sept., 2004. Request discount code V618 when you book online at www.amtrak.com or call 1-800-USA-RAIL. The discount is valid for travel in the Northeast Corridor on unreserved Regional trains. Travel on reserved Regional Trains, Acela Express and Metroliners is prohibited. Other restrictions may apply.

For any additional directions, or for maps of the Philadelphia region, please visit http://www.gophila.com/.

Courtesy

William Paca (1740-1799)

He signed the Declaration of Independence

William Paca, a fourth-generation resident of Maryland whose ancestors had emigrated from Italy, supported the American Revolution. When it seemed Maryland would vote against declaring freedom, Paca traveled the state and successfully built support for the Declaration of Independence, which he signed as a delegate to the Continental Congress. But in 1787, Paca refused to attend the Constitutional Convention.

Paca, with other anti-Federalists, believed that the Constitution didn't provide enough safeguards to protect the states from the power of the national government. At Maryland's convention to ratify the Constitution, he suggested a long list of changes. But the delegates refused to consider any amendments and voted to ratify the Constitution. Paca later became a supporter of the new national government and accepted an appointment as a federal judge.



American Stories are adapted from an interactive exhibit at the National Constitution Center that features the stories of 100 people whose lives, for better and for worse, illustrate principles of American constitutionalism.
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