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New Please Touch gallery will head back to the Centennial of 1876 to help kids imagine the future

A $1.7 million renovation will spotlight the historic scale model of Philadelphia’s great 1876 Centennial Exposition — with 21st century digital interactives — as a way to foster invention and creativity in children.

The main building from the 1876 Centennial Exposition, as seen in the historic scale model at the Please Touch Museum.
The main building from the 1876 Centennial Exposition, as seen in the historic scale model at the Please Touch Museum.Read moreMIGUEL MARTINEZ / Staff Photographer