Philadelphia Mummers Museum’s parade costumes and floats

The Mummers Museum documents Philadelphia’s Mummers Parade tradition with collections of parade costumes, props, photographs, and archival materials related to the long‑running New Year’s Day procession. The museum displays decorated costumes and practice paraphernalia used by string bands, comic clubs, and fancy brigades. Located in a low‑rise building in South Philadelphia, the museum is relatively modest in scale and can be easy to miss by tourists passing through the neighborhood.