Penn's Landing, Philadelphia PA
Open Daily 10am-5pm (215)413-8655

Events & Exhibits

Calendar

New Exhibits

Boatloads of Ben

What Floats?

Introduction

Building a Shad Skiff

Workshop on the Water

What's a Shad?

American Shad (Alosa sapidissima) spend most of their lives in offshore waters before swimming up rivers like the Delaware to spawn. The female shad can live up to ten years! Click here to learn more about the American shad.

What Floats Your Boat? was made possible
by the National Science Foundation.