Expore Pennsylvania: Philadelphia Museum of Art

The Philadelphia Museum of Art contains over 225,000 works of art, and in its sweep of 200 captivating galleries visitors find many surprises and changing exhibitions. There are striking Renaissance master paintings, elaborately carved stone altarpieces, and entire period rooms and architectural settings from around the world—including a Medieval cloister from southwestern France, a thatched, ceremonial Japanese teahouse in its garden refuge, and an evocative sixteenth-century Indian temple hall dedicated to a Hindu god.

The American collections range from the finest furniture of Revolutionary period Philadelphia and the colorful chests and wardrobes produced by rural Pennsylvania German craftsmen to the paintings of Winslow Homer and Thomas Eakins.

From the world-renowned collections of French Impressionism, visitors enter the striking suite of galleries dedicated to modern and contemporary art.

The Museum also offers lectures, tours, classes, films, and performances, making it easy to expand upon a remarkable range of stimulating visual experiences in engaging ways.

Philadelphia Museum of Art
26th Street and the Benjamin Franklin Parkway
Philadelphia, PA 19130
(215) 763-8100
http://www.philamuseum.org/