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A 2,000-pound “sibling†bell, typically displayed at the National Liberty Museum at 4th and Chestnut, and produced by the same London-based foundry as the original, will be temporarily moved to the Cherry Street Pier as part of the city’s annual New Year’s on the Pier celebration Wednesday night.
“We’ve done a couple months of prep,†said Alaine K. Arnott, president and CEO of the National Liberty Museum, of the logistics of moving a one-ton piece of history for an outside event. “It’s the rental of a forklift, it’s getting a truck big enough to house it, it’s figuring out which route to take it through the City of Philadelphia …â€
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As the country inches toward its 250th anniversary, one iconic Philadelphia symbol is ringing loud and clear over all the celebrations. Not only is one of the city’s semiquincentennial programs called “Ring It On!”, but the Liberty Bell is playing a large role in kicking off 2026.To celebrate New Year’s, the National Liberty Museum is transporting its fully functional, historic 2,000-pound “younger sibling” of the Liberty Bell to Cherry Street Pier. Continue reading …
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As the country inches ever closer to its 250th anniversary, there is one iconic Philadelphia symbol that is ringing loud and clear over all the celebrations. Not only is one of the city’s semiquincentennial programs called “Ring It On!”, but the Liberty Bell — and replicas of it — is playing a large role in kicking off 2026.
To celebrate New Year’s, the National Liberty Museum is transporting its fully functional, historic 2,000-pound “younger sibling” of the Liberty Bell to Cherry Street Pier.
“This is the first time we’re taking it out of the museum since we put it in with the museum’s opening,” said Alaine Arnott, president and CEO of the National Liberty Museum.
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