The Philadelphia Museum of Art is a historical museum
The Philadelphia Museum of Art was originally established in 1876 to host the Centennial Exposition. The museum's main building was built on Fairmount in 1928. It is located on the northeast end of the Benjamin Franklin Parkway near Eakins Oval. The museum manages collections that contain over 240,000 objects, including significant holdings of European and American origin. There are many types of artwork, including sculpture, paintings and prints, drawings, photographs as well as armor, and decorative arts. There are several annexes to the Philadelphia Museum of Art, including the Rodin Museum (also located on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway) and the Ruth and Raymond G. Perelman Building (located just north of the main building). The Perelman Building opened in 2007 and houses over 150,000 prints, drawings, photographs, as well as 30,000 costume, textile, and modern and contemporary design objects, including furniture, ceramics, and glasswork. Fairmount Park's historic colonial-e...