- The list below includes 116 free or cheap things to do in or near Lancaster, Pennsylvania, including 94 different types of inexpensive activities like History Museums, Haunted Tours, Breweries and Science Museums.
- From Long's Park to Amish Country, there are a variety of budget-friendly attractions in Lancaster and in nearby cities within 25 miles like York, Ephrata, Columbia and Ronks.
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201 Washington Street, Reading, PA 19601
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GoggleWorks Center for the Arts is a community art and cultural resource center with teaching artists that come to the facility for a few months. The center has a glass shop, ceramics shop, wood studio, digital arts lab, photo studio lab, and a jewelry studio.
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Reading Movies Eleven Imax is a movie theater that features stadium seating with rocking chairs, wall-to-wall curved screens, Dolby Surround 7.1, and 3D digital projection. The theater also has free 3-hour parking and a game room.
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At GoggleWorks, visitors can browse various art studios and meet local artists while they are working on their pieces. The center hosts classes for culinary arts, photography, writing, glass blowing, and more.
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Carsonia Lake is a small neighborhood park that offers quiet and relaxing experiences for those who visit. Guests commonly enjoy having picnics, playing on the playground, or running around in the ample open space that the park provides.
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136 North 6Th Street, Reading, PA 19601
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Sovereign Performing Arts Center hosts a variety of live entertainment events and serves as the home for the Reading Symphony Orchestra and Broadway on 6th Street series. The center originally opened in the 1870s as a market and Masonic Temple.
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The unusually built Pagoda in Reading is seven stories high, 28 feet wide, 50 feet long, and is the only pagoda in the world with a fireplace and a chimney. Visitors can attend special events in the building or climb to the observation deck on the top floor.
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Reading's Fox East Theater offers stadium seating to view the latest movie releases. One of the biggest draws to this theater is $5 Tuesdays in the summer time which is a popular family attraction in Reading.
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At the Mid-Atlantic Air Museum, visitors can see many vintage aircraft including a 1928 Elias EC-1 Aircoupe, a 1929 Brunner-Winkle Bird 'A', and a 1931 American Eagle Eaglet. The museum also hosts a World War II reenactment, gives rides on a World War II trainer plane, and sells vintage aircraft.
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One of a chain of bowling alleys with three locations, ABC Lanes East features tournament bowling, special events, and bumper bowling for kids. In the evenings, they have cosmic bowling, with music and laser lights.
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1900 Centre Ave., Reading, PA 19612
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The oldest baseball stadium in the Eastern League of double A baseball is the Reading Phillies First Energy Field. It is the home of the Fightin' Phills, and was originally constructed in 1951.