Philadelphia Museum of Art

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The Philadelphia Museum of Art is one of the largest and most renowned art museums in the United States, famous for its extensive collections spanning centuries and cultures as well as its iconic “Rocky Steps.”


Statements (52)
Predicate Object
instanceOf art museum
cultural institution
museum
affiliation American Alliance of Museums
Association of Art Museum Directors
architect Horace Trumbauer
Julian Abele
Zantzinger, Borie and Medary
architecturalStyle Beaux-Arts
Greek Revival
category Art museums and galleries in Pennsylvania
Museums in Philadelphia
Tourist attractions in Philadelphia
collectionSize over 240000 objects
collectionType American art
Asian art
European art
arms and armor
contemporary art
modern art
photography
prints and drawings
textiles
country United States of America
famousFor comprehensive collections spanning many cultures and centuries
iconic front steps featured in Rocky films
major special exhibitions
hasFeature Rocky Balboa statue
grand staircase
“Rocky Steps”
hasPart Anne d’Harnoncourt Sculpture Garden
Perelman Building
Rodin Museum (Philadelphia)
Ruth and Raymond G. Perelman Building
main building
hasWebsite https://www.philamuseum.org
heritageDesignation Philadelphia Register of Historic Places listing
inception 1876
locatedIn Fairmount neighborhood
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
locatedOn Benjamin Franklin Parkway
notableWorkInCollection Fountain by Marcel Duchamp
Large Glass by Marcel Duchamp
Sunflowers by Vincent van Gogh
The Burghers of Calais (cast) by Auguste Rodin
The Large Bathers by Paul Cézanne
The Thinker (cast) by Auguste Rodin
operatedBy Philadelphia Museum of Art (nonprofit organization)
originalName Pennsylvania Museum and School of Industrial Art
ownedBy City of Philadelphia
visitorCount over 700000 visitors per year

Referenced by (43)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Large Glass
Soft Construction with Boiled Beans (Premonition of Civil War)
The Life Line
Three Musicians
location
Eastern State Penitentiary
Free Library of Philadelphia Parkway Central Library
Mantua
Rodin Museum
near
Anne d’Harnoncourt Sculpture Garden ("Philadelphia Museum of Art campus")
Art Museum Steps
Perelman Building
Rocky Steps
partOf
Anne d’Harnoncourt Sculpture Garden
Art Museum Steps
Sunflowers
associatedWith
Perelman Building
Rodin Museum
affiliation
Mont Sainte-Victoire series
The Bathers ("Philadelphia Museum of Art (for one major version)")
inCollection
Horace Trumbauer ("Philadelphia Museum of Art main building")
Zantzinger, Borie and Medary
notableWork
Philadelphia Museum of Art ("Philadelphia Museum of Art (nonprofit organization)")
Rodin Museum
operatedBy
Perelman Building
Rocky Steps
ownedBy
Anne d’Harnoncourt Sculpture Garden
adjacentTo
Large Glass
collection
Philadelphia
contains
Philadelphia County
containsLandmark
Horace Pippin
hasCollectionIn
Philadelphia metropolitan area
hasCulturalInstitution
Benjamin Franklin Parkway
hasInstitution
Fairmount ("Philadelphia Museum of Art (adjacent)")
hasLandmark
Parkway Museums District
hasMuseum
Eakins Oval
hasViewOf
Rocky statue
locatedAt
Eakins Oval
locatedInFrontOf
Boathouse Row
locatedNear
Rocky Steps
maintainedBy
Rocky Balboa ("Philadelphia Museum of Art steps")
notableLocation
Philadelphia Museum of Art ("Pennsylvania Museum and School of Industrial Art")
originalName
Benjamin Franklin Parkway
runsTo
Benjamin Franklin Parkway
terminus

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