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Fireman’s Hall Museum
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If you have plans to visit Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, then you must pay a visit to the Fireman's Hall Museum- the region's leading fire museum. The Fireman's Hall Museum is located in a firehouse in the midst of Philadelphia's Old City district and is popular tourist destination. It is one of the premiere Fire museums of the district and the firehouse in which this museum is housed at, dates back to Ben Franklin's 1736 "Union Fire Company". If you go inside the museum you will find numerous fire dousing accessories such as badges, helmets, tools and a fireboat pilothouse. You can also witness the exciting expeditions of the firefighters that are kept for record in the Fireman's Hall Museum.
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The principal mission of the Fireman's Hall Museum is the preservation of the history of Philadelphia firefighting. Not only it provides an in -depth analysis of the history of firefighters in Philadelphia, their stories of braveries and rescuing of lives almost from the verge of death. In the entrance of the Fireman's Hall Museum, you would be greeted by an animated display that will provide you the discovery of fire on the prehistoric era. If you continue to the first floor, you would get an idea about firefighting in the early days. Inside the Fireman's hall you would get to know about the Volunteer Department -- America's first Fire Department that was started by Benjamin Franklin. You can get to see all those old firefighting equipments inside the museum. If you haven't visited Fireman's Hall Museum, then this is your opportunity to pay a visit over there and experience the untold stories of those brave firefighters who braved their lives for others.
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