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“among the largest art museums in the US”
The Philadelphia Museum of Art is among the largest art museums in the United States. It has collections of more than 227,000 objects that include "world-class holdings of European and American paintings, prints, drawings and decorative arts." The Main Building is visited by more than 800,000 people annually, and is located at the west end of Philadelphia's Benjamin Franklin Parkway. Other museum sites include the Rodin Museum, also located on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway; the Ruth and Raymond G. Perelman Building, across the street from the Main Building; and historic houses in Fairmount Park. The Perelman Building opened in 2007, and houses some of the more popular collections, as well as the Museum's library, with over 200,000 books and periodicals, and 1.6 million other documents. The museum is closed on Mondays, and the basic entrance price is $20, with various concessions. The museum holds a total of about 25 special exhibitions every year, including touring exhibitions arranged with other museums in the United States and abroad. Some have an extra charge for entrance.
I went to the Museum or Art recently on a First Sunday deal which means you pay what you want for your admission. Call me cheap but I paid $40 for 6 people to visit which was a steal. You can... Read more
Come one, come all. It's the set museum, you'll like it if you like art. If you don't like art, don't go. Walk around, take in the art, say hit to the nice staff who are always happy to tell you... Read more
Philadelphia is one of the leading cities in the US for museums, without question, as well as historical sites that are unparalleled. When it comes to art museums, the Philadelphia Museum of Art,... Read more
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