Hours & Directions

We are open:

The Museum will be closed to visitors on the followings days:

  • July 4, 2023

  • August 7 - 18, 2023

  • November 9 - 10, 2023

  • November 22 - 24, 2023

  • December 22 - 26, 2023

  • January 1, 2024

Directions:

Located at: 1700 West Montgomery Avenue, between North 17th Street & North Bouvier Street

By Car: From 1-76 or 1-95, take 676 to the Broad Street exit. Follow Broad north to Norris Street (look for Temple University's red banners). Turn left on Norris, go three blocks to 17th Street, make a left and follow 17th Street one block to Montgomery A venue. On street parking is available on Montgomery Avenue, in front of the museum and nearby.

• Recommended: 16th and 17th: No time limits (free)
• Recommended: Montgomery (18th to Broad): No time limits (free)
• Montgomery (West of 18th): 2 hour parking until 8pm (free)
• Bouvier: 2 hour parking until 8pm (free)
• Cecil B. Moore (18th to Broad): 2 hour parking (metered)

By Subway: Take the Broad Street Line (Orange line, local train only) to Temple University/Cecil B. Moore A venue. Walk one block north on Broad Street to Montgomery Avenue, then make a left and walk three blocks west to 17th Street. (If coming from Center City, Fairmount/Spring Garden or South Philly, take the subway North.)

By Regional Rail: 15 minute walk from Temple University station, 927 W Berks St, Philadelphia, PA 19122. Walk south on 9th or 10th Street two blocks to Montgomery Avenue. Make a right and walk west on Montgomery Avenue for 8 blocks to 17th Street (you'll walk through Temple's campus and across Broad Street).

By Bus (North/South): SEPTA bus #2 stops at 16th Street and Montgomery Avenue heading north or 17th Street and Montgomery A venue heading south.

By Bus (East/West): SEPTA bus #3 stops at 17th and Cecil B. Moore in both directions.

By Bike: There is a bike lane on 13th street for visitors coming to the Wagner from Center City or points South and on 15th street for visitors traveling from the North. (See also the Philadelphia Bicycle Coalition Map.) Bikes can be locked to bike racks on the southwest comer of 17th Street and Montgomery Avenue.

Bike Share: Indego is Philadelphia's Bike Share program. They have docks at 13th and Montgomery, 10th and Berks, Broad and Oxford, and 22nd and Cecil B. Moore. A bike share allows you to borrow a bike at one location and drop it off at another, but you need to bring your own helmet.