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Philadelphia Museum
of Art
Benjamin Franklin Parkway at
26th Street
Philadelphia
(215) 763-8100
What
You Will See
We encourage you to do more than just run
up the famous steps, Rocky Balboa-style.
Enter the museum itself and discover a
wonderland of treasures including
masterworks by Peale and Eakins,
elaborately decorated Philadelphia
furniture, Ruben's Prometheus Bound,
Renoir's The Bathers, Van Gogh's Sunflowers, Picasso's Three
Musicians, Faith Ringgold's Tar
Beach 2, a Japanese teahouse, Rodin
sculptures... the list goes on and on.
The museum's collection
includes:
- American Art
(including the most important
collection in the world of works
by Philadelphia artist Thomas
Eakins)
- Costume and Textiles
(including a celebrated
collection of Oriental carpets)
- East Asian and
Middle Eastern Art:
- European Decorative
Arts and Sculpture (incuding Arms
and Armor, and a suite of
18th-century Franch interiors)
- European Paintings
Before 1900:
- Indian and Himalayan
Art
- Prints, Drawings and
Photographs
- Twentieth-Century
Art (including works by Picasso,
Braque, Matisse, and Duchamp)
Getting There
By car, take I-95 or the Schuylkill
Expressway (Route 76) to Route 676. Exit
at the Museum Area Exit (westbound) or
the 22nd Street Exit (eastbound). Turn
onto 22nd Street and proceed to Benjamin
Franklin Parkway. Turn left onto the
Parkway. Turn left at the first light at
25th Street.
By bus, take SEPTA bus #7,
32, 38, 43, 48 or 76.
More detailed directions and
maps useful for both driving and taking
public transportation are available on
the Museum's web site.
The Philadelphia Insider Directory:
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