Philadelphia Museum of Art Perelman Building

Philadelphia Museum of Art Perelman Building is a building in Philadelphia, Philadelphia Region, Pennsylvania, which is located on Fairmount Avenue. Philadelphia Museum of Art Perelman Building is situated near Bulldog Park, as well as near Anne d’Harnoncourt Sculpture Garden.

Type: Building
Also known as: “Ruth and Raymond G. Perelman Building”
Address: 21, 2501 Fairmount Avenue, Philadelphia, PA

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Philadelphia Museum of Art and Rocky Steps.

Philadelphia Museum of Art

Museum

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The Philadelphia Museum of Art is an art museum originally chartered in 1876 for the Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia. The main museum building was completed in 1928 on Fairmount, a hill located at the northwest end of the Benjamin Franklin Parkway at Eakins Oval. Philadelphia Museum of Art is situated 980 feet southwest of Philadelphia Museum of Art Perelman Building.

Rocky Steps

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The Rocky Steps is an informal name to the 72 stone steps leading up to the East entrance of the Philadelphia Museum of Art in Philadelphia that gained global fame after being featured in a notable scene from the 1976 film Rocky. Rocky Steps is situated 1,100 feet south of Philadelphia Museum of Art Perelman Building.

Eastern State Penitentiary

Museum

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The Eastern State Penitentiary is a former American prison in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is located in the Fairmount section of the city, and was operational from 1829 until 1971. Eastern State Penitentiary is situated 1,800 feet east of Philadelphia Museum of Art Perelman Building.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Fairmount and Francisville.

Fairmount

Neighborhood

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

Francisville

Neighborhood

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Francisville is a neighborhood in North Philadelphia, a section of the city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Its boundaries are Fairmount Avenue to the south, Girard Avenue to the north, Broad Street to the east, and Corinthian Avenue to the west.

Spring Garden

Neighborhood

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Spring Garden is a neighborhood in North Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, bordering Center City on the north. Spring Garden is a neighborhood that combines diverse residential neighborhoods and significant cultural attractions.

Philadelphia Museum of Art Perelman Building

Location: Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Region, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

39.96796° or 39° 58′ 5″ north

Longitude

-75.17927° or 75° 10′ 45″ west

Height

94 feet (29 metres)

Open location code

87F6XR9C+57

OpenStreetMap ID

way 337636420

OpenStreetMap feature

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Bulldog Park and Anne d’Harnoncourt Sculpture Garden.

Nearby Places

Places to explore: Pennsylvania & Fairmount, Perelman Building and Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices.

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