Ticket to Freedom National Constitution Center and Battleship New Jersey Tour

Name: Ticket to Freedom National Constitution Center and Battleship New Jersey Tour
Start: 2024-12-05T10:00:00-05:00
Location: National Constitution Center

Schedule

Thu Dec 05 2024 at 10:00 am

UTC-05:00

Location

National Constitution Center | Philadelphia, PA

This tour includes the Fire Power Tour of the Battleship New Jersey and a tour of the National Constitution Center
TICKET TO FREEDOM TOUR
Learn about the document that secured our freedom and a battleship that defended it! This in-demand package features a guided Fire Power tour of the Battleship New Jersey and a self-guided tour of the National Constitution Center (NCC) on historic Independence Mall in Philadelphia. Featuring interactive exhibits, engaging theatrical performances, and original documents of freedom, the NCC brings the United States Constitution to life for visitors of all ages.
Timeline
10:00 am Arrival at Constitution Center
10:15 am Freedom Rising Live show
10:35 am Self-Guided Exploration of the National Constitution Center’s Main Exhibit and Signers’ Hall
11:00 am Self-Guided Exploration of the National Constitution Center’s Civil War and 19th Amendment Exhibits
11:30 am Departure from the National Constitution Center
11:45 am Arrival and Lunch at the Battleship
12:30-2:00 Fire Power Tour of Battleship NJ
2:00-3:00 Add-ons or Departure (if no add-ons chosen)
3:00 Departure for those with add-ons
FIRE POWER TOUR (specific details)
Our knowledgeable tour guides will take your group through the Battleship’s awesome 16″ Gun Turrets and other weapons systems, the Admiral’s and Captain’s Cabins, Combat Engagement Center, Navigational Bridge, Wardroom, Forward Berthing, and much more! On your tour, you will learn about the critical role the Battleship New Jersey played in World War II, Korea, Vietnam, and the Middle East, as well as understand why she was the most feared ship ever to stalk the seas.
Optional Add-ons include:
LIFE AT SEA
Recommended Grades: K-5
Have you ever wondered what it’s like to be a sailor? This tour visits crew spaces from berthing, where you can try to fit in a sailor’s bed to the post office, to the ship’s hospital. Maybe your battle station will be in the combat engagement center firing missiles, or maybe it will be on a repair party saving the ship from flooding. This tour has 2 hands-on components allowing participants to learn how ships float and compete in keeping their own designs afloat as well as a program on the role of Damage Control aboard.
CIRCUITS AND ENERGY CREATION
Recommended Grades: 4-8
6Electricity powers our lives but do you know how it works? This program consists of a tour of the ship, including the ship’s previously off-limits engine room, with 3 hands-on programs: make homemade batteries, creating circuits, and experimenting with how electricity can make a ship waste away in front of your eyes.
ENGINEERING A BATTLESHIP
Recommended Grades: 4-12
Can you do a better job designing a battleship than the men who designed USS New Jersey? Look at the various parts that go into building a massive warship and examine the 3 primary components of a battleship: massive propulsion, impenetrable armor, and unrivaled firepower. Use this knowledge and mathematics to design your own battleship factoring in the problems that the designers of real ships faced.
Tickets are:
$43.54 per adult
$37.49 per child
Add-ons are $10 each and each child or adult can choose ONE add-on.
Children in carriers are free of charge.