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The Philadelphia Museum of Art is the cultural heart of a great city—the place for creative play, with a surprise around every corner.
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Museo de Arte de Filadelfia
2600 Benjamin Franklin PkwyThe Philadelphia Museum of Art is the cultural heart of a great city—the place for creative play, with a surprise around every corner.
In this tranquil oasis you'll find one of the world's great collections of works by Auguste Rodin—and the only dedicated Rodin Museum outside France.
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Museo Rodin
2151 Benjamin Franklin PkwyIn this tranquil oasis you'll find one of the world's great collections of works by Auguste Rodin—and the only dedicated Rodin Museum outside France.
The Franklin Institute is like a giant science lab, albeit one with a walk-through model of the heart (claustrophobes, beware). The layout is highly interactive, whether you're stepping on a scale to learn how many pints of blood you have or climbing a webbed trail of nets that mimic the brain's pathways.
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El Instituto Franklin
222 N 20th StThe Franklin Institute is like a giant science lab, albeit one with a walk-through model of the heart (claustrophobes, beware). The layout is highly interactive, whether you're stepping on a scale to learn how many pints of blood you have or climbing a webbed trail of nets that mimic the brain's pathways.
Though it's home to one of the world’s most extensive collections of Impressionist, Post-Impressionist, and Early Modernist paintings, it's not just what's displayed inside that the Barnes that makes it a standout.
Barnes was an innovator who often flouted convention. He displayed the works in ensembles, pairing pieces in arrangements that encouraged viewers to look at the works in an entirely new way.
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Barnes
2025 Benjamin Franklin PkwyThough it's home to one of the world’s most extensive collections of Impressionist, Post-Impressionist, and Early Modernist paintings, it's not just what's displayed inside that the Barnes that makes it a standout.
Barnes was an innovator who often flouted convention. He displayed the works in ensembles, pairing pieces in arrangements that encouraged viewers to look at the works in an entirely new way.
The museum's 25,000-item collection, spread between two floors, includes everything from medical instruments and wax models, to bones and anatomical, or “wet,” specimens, all ranging from the fascinating, to the disturbing, to the downright disgusting.
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First Food Market
116 S 21st StThe museum's 25,000-item collection, spread between two floors, includes everything from medical instruments and wax models, to bones and anatomical, or “wet,” specimens, all ranging from the fascinating, to the disturbing, to the downright disgusting.
Eastern State Penitentiary, where crime boss Al Capone famously served time, was once considered the future of America's corrections: It was the most expensive prison constructed and was considered revolutionary. It's impossible to enter without getting the chills. With its imposing Gothic architecture, crumbling walls, and somber history, the building has a haunted feel.
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Penitenciaría del Estado del Este
2027 Fairmount AveEastern State Penitentiary, where crime boss Al Capone famously served time, was once considered the future of America's corrections: It was the most expensive prison constructed and was considered revolutionary. It's impossible to enter without getting the chills. With its imposing Gothic architecture, crumbling walls, and somber history, the building has a haunted feel.
A hidden gem nestled within the University City neighborhood on the University of Pennsylvania campus, the Penn Museum is dedicated to anthropology and archaeology. The collection is comprised of art and artifacts largely discovered by the University's own archaeologists and researchers in the 19th and early-20th centuries.
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Museo Penn
3260 South StA hidden gem nestled within the University City neighborhood on the University of Pennsylvania campus, the Penn Museum is dedicated to anthropology and archaeology. The collection is comprised of art and artifacts largely discovered by the University's own archaeologists and researchers in the 19th and early-20th centuries.