Independence Visitor Center

The Independence Visitor Center is the Official Visitor Center for the Greater Philadelphia Region, located in Independence National Historical Park at 599 Market Street, One North Independence Mall West (the corner of 6th and Market Streets), in Philadelphia, PA 19106.[1][2] The 50,000-square-foot (4,600 m2) building was constructed in 2001 as the result of a cooperative effort among many area organizations, with funding from The Pew Charitable Trusts, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the Delaware River Port Authority, the Annenberg Foundation, the Connelly Foundation, and the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation.

The Independence Visitor Center has information on Independence National Historical Park (INHP), the City of Philadelphia, the Southern New Jersey and Delaware River waterfront, as well as Bucks, Chester, Delaware, and Montgomery counties in Pennsylvania.

References
  1. "City of Philadelphia tourist information". Retrieved 2009-04-01.
  2. "Fodor's review". Retrieved 2009-04-01.

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