Philadelphia Museum of Art

The Philadelphia Museum of Art is an art museum originally chartered in 1876 for the Centennial Exposition in . The main museum building was completed in 1928 on Fairmount, a hill located at the northwest end of the Benjamin Franklin Parkway at .
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  • Opening hours:
    Sunday, Monday, Thursday, and Saturday: 10:00 AM—5:00 PM
    Friday: 10:00 AM—8:45 PM
  • Type: Museum
  • Description: art museum in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  • Also known as: “Museum of Art, Philadelphia”, “PA Philadelphia USA. Philadelphia Museum of Art”, “PA, USA. Philadelphia Museum of Art Philadelphia”, “PA. Philadelphia Museum of Art Philadelphia”, “PA. Philadelphia Museum Philadelphia”, “Pennsylvania Museum and School of Industrial Art”, “Pennsylvania Museum of Art”, “PhAM”, “Philadelphia Art Museum”, “Philadelphia Museum”, and “PMA”
  • Address: 2600 Benjamin Franklin Parkway, Philadelphia, PA 19130
  • Wheelchair access: yes
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Rocky Steps and Fairmount Water Works.

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The are 72 stone steps leading up to the East entrance of the Philadelphia Museum of Art in that gained global fame after being featured in a notable scene from the 1976 film Rocky. is situated 330 feet southeast of Philadelphia Museum of Art.

Historic site
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The in , , was Philadelphia's second municipal waterworks. Designed in 1812 by Frederick Graff and originally finished in 1815, it operated until 1909, winning praise for its design and becoming a popular tourist attraction. is situated 790 feet west of Philadelphia Museum of Art.

Museum
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The is an art museum located in , that contains one of the largest collections of sculptor Auguste Rodin's works outside . is situated 2,400 feet southeast of Philadelphia Museum of Art.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Fairmount and Mantua.

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood within Lower North Philadelphia, , United States. Its boundaries are north of Avenue, west of Corinthian Avenue, south of Girard Avenue and east of The Schuylkill River.

Neighborhood
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is a in the section of , . It is located north of Spring Garden Street, east of 40th Street, south of Avenue, and west of 31st Street.

Neighborhood
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is a in , Pennsylvania, bordering on the north. is a neighborhood that combines diverse residential neighborhoods and significant cultural attractions.

Philadelphia Museum of Art

Latitude
39.96557° or 39° 57′ 56″ north
Longitude
-75.18092° or 75° 10′ 51″ west
Elevation
82 feet (25 metres)
Levels
4
Open location code
87F6XR89+6J
Open­Street­Map ID
way 28533972
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­museum
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­yes
Geo­Names ID
4559914
Wiki­data ID
Q510324
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Philadelphia Museum of Art” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “متحف فيلادلفيا للفنون”
  • Armenian: “Ֆիլադելֆիայի արվեստի թանգարան”
  • Asturian: “Muséu d’Arte de Filadelfia”
  • Bashkir: “Филадельфия художество музейы”
  • Basque: “Filadelfiako Arte Museoa”
  • Belarusian: “Мастацкі музэй Філядэльфіі”
  • Belarusian: “Філядэльфійскі музэй мастацтва”
  • Catalan: “Museu d’Art de Filadèlfia”
  • Catalan: “Museu dArt de Filadèlfia”
  • Catalan: “Philadelphia Museum of Art”
  • Chinese: “费城艺术博物馆”
  • Czech: “Filadelfské muzeum umění”
  • Czech: “Muzeum umění ve Filadelfii”
  • Danish: “Philadelphia Museum of Art”
  • Dutch: “Kunstmuseum van Philadelphia”
  • Dutch: “Philadelphia Museum of Art”
  • Dutch: “PMoA”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “متحف فيلادلفيا للفنون”
  • Esperanto: “Filadelfia Artomuzeo”
  • Esperanto: “Filadelfia Muzeo de Arto”
  • Finnish: “Philadelphian taidemuseo”
  • French: “musée d’art de Philadelphie”
  • French: “Philadelphia Art Museum”
  • French: “Philadelphia Museum of Art”
  • Galician: “Museo de Arte de Filadelfia”
  • Georgian: “ფილადელფიის ხელოვნების მუზეუმი”
  • German: “Philadelphia Art Museum”
  • German: “Philadelphia Museum of Art”
  • Greek: “Μουσείο Τέχνης της Φιλαδέλφειας”
  • Hebrew: “מוזיאון פילדלפיה לאמנות”
  • Hindi: “फिलाडेल्फिया कला संग्रहालय”
  • Indonesian: “Museum Seni Rupa Philadelphia”
  • Italian: “Museo d’arte di Filadelfia”
  • Italian: “Museo d’arte di Philadelphia”
  • Italian: “Philadelphia Art Museum”
  • Italian: “Philadelphia Museum of Art”
  • Japanese: “フィラデルフィア美術館”
  • Korean: “필라델피아 미술관”
  • Latvian: “Filadelfijas mākslas muzejs”
  • Macedonian: “Ликовен музеј на Филаделфија”
  • Malayalam: “ഫിലാഡെൽഫിയ മ്യൂസിയം ഓഫ് ആർട്ട്”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Philadelphia Museum of Art”
  • Persian: “موزه هنر شهر فیلادلفیا”
  • Persian: “موزه هنر فیلادلفیا”
  • Polish: “Philadelphia Museum of Art”
  • Portuguese: “Museu de Arte da Filadélfia”
  • Portuguese: “Museu de Arte de Filadélfia”
  • Romanian: “Philadelphia Art Museum”
  • Romanian: “Philadelphia Museum of Art”
  • Russian: “Художественный музей Филадельфии”
  • Serbian: “Музеј уметности Филаделфије”
  • Slovenian: “Muzej umetnosti v Filadelfiji”
  • Slovenian: “Muzej umetnosti v Philadelphii”
  • Slovenian: “Philadelphia Museum of Art”
  • Slovenian: “PMA”
  • Spanish: “Museo de Arte de Filadelfia”
  • Swedish: “Philadelphia Museum of Art”
  • Turkish: “Philadelphia Museum of Art”
  • Turkish: “Philadelphia Sanat Müzesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Музей мистецтв Філадельфії”
  • Vietnamese: “Bảo tàng Nghệ thuật Philadelphia”
  • Welsh: “Amgueddfa Gelf Philadelphia”
  • “Philadelphia Museum of Art”

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