The park is open daily with the exception of Christmas Day. The major park sites are generally open from 9 am - 5 pm with extended hours of operation during the summer months.
Review ourSummer 2009 - Building hours and programs.
The following building hours remain the same throughout the year:
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Did You Know?
The Justice Bell is an earliest replica of the Liberty Bell. Ordered during the Women’s Suffrage Movement by Katherine Roshenbuger, it traveled all over as a symbol of suffrage. Now it rests at Valley Forge. Women gained the right to vote with the 19th Amendment in 1920.