Philadelphia’s Best: Museums - 1
Philadelphia has several world-famous museums that reflect its cultural diversity, as well as its maritime and
colonial past. Many are along the Benjamin Franklin Parkway, including The Franklin Institute, the Academy
of Natural Sciences, and the Philadelphia Museum of Art, which is the third-largest fine arts museum in the
country. The Rodin Museum near Logan Square houses the largest collection of sculptor Auguste Rodin’s works outside Paris, while the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, across the Schuylkill River, has an excellent collection of artifacts from civilizations past and present. Due to move to the Parkway’s “Museum Mile” in 2012, the Barnes Foundation has an extraordinary collection of early French-modern and Postimpressionist art.
Philadelphia has several world-famous museums that reflect its cultural diversity, as well as its maritime and
colonial past. Many are along the Benjamin Franklin Parkway, including The Franklin Institute, the Academy
of Natural Sciences, and the Philadelphia Museum of Art, which is the third-largest fine arts museum in the
country. The Rodin Museum near Logan Square houses the largest collection of sculptor Auguste Rodin’s works outside Paris, while the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, across the Schuylkill River, has an excellent collection of artifacts from civilizations past and present. Due to move to the Parkway’s “Museum Mile” in 2012, the Barnes Foundation has an extraordinary collection of early French-modern and Postimpressionist art.
Philadelphia Museum
of Art
This museum houses over
300,000 objects, including
a 12th-century stone portal
from a French Augustinian
abbey.
of Art
This museum houses over
300,000 objects, including
a 12th-century stone portal
from a French Augustinian
abbey.
Rodin Museum
The Shade is just
one of nearly
130 plaster,
bronze, and
marble sculptures
housed in an
impressive temple-like
structure along the
Benjamin Franklin
Parkway.
The Shade is just
one of nearly
130 plaster,
bronze, and
marble sculptures
housed in an
impressive temple-like
structure along the
Benjamin Franklin
Parkway.
The Franklin Institute
The Giant Walk-Through
Heart is a key exhibit of
this children-friendly
science museum named
after statesman and
inventor Benjamin
Franklin.
The Giant Walk-Through
Heart is a key exhibit of
this children-friendly
science museum named
after statesman and
inventor Benjamin
Franklin.
Academy of Natural Sciences
A favorite exhibit at
Philadelphia’s natural history
museum is Dinosaur Hall,
home to fossil constructions of
the largest carnivores to ever
walk the earth
A favorite exhibit at
Philadelphia’s natural history
museum is Dinosaur Hall,
home to fossil constructions of
the largest carnivores to ever
walk the earth
An ornate, arched foyer is
the entrance to the country’s
oldest fine art school and
mus eum. It was founded in
1805 with a collection of
American paintings by
artists such as Benjamin
West and Impressionist
Mary Cassatt.
Philadelphia History Museum at Atwater Kent
On display here are more than 100,000
objects, including
Norman Rockwell’s
Saturday Evening Post
covers depicting
“vignettes of daily life”.
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