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Local GemBarnes Foundation
$25–$50Renoirs and Matisses hung floor-to-ceiling exactly as Dr. Barnes arranged them, an art experience unlike any other.
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Rodin Museum
View Rodin bronzes, marbles and plasters, with The Thinker and The Gates of Hell, in a small museum and garden.
2151 Benjamin Franklin Pkwy · Philadelphia, PA
About Rodin Museum
The Rodin Museum holds one of the largest public collections of Auguste Rodin's work outside Paris, with bronzes, plasters, marbles and terracottas. The Thinker greets you at the entrance to the Dorrance H. Hamilton Garden, a Parisian-style garden, and The Gates of Hell, a 5.5-meter bronze doorway, is also on view. Movie theater magnate Jules Mastbaum assembled the collection, and the museum opened in 1929 in a building by Paul Cret and Jacques Greber. The Philadelphia Museum of Art runs it today.
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Calder Gardens
Under $25A Philadelphia art museum devoted to sculptor Alexander Calder, with indoor galleries and outdoor garden spaces.
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Parkway Central Library
No admission feeThe Free Library of Philadelphia's central library on Logan Square, with free tours of its Rare Book Department.
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0.2 mi awaySwitch it up: Sightseeing
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Benjamin Franklin National Memorial
No admission feeA large seated statue of Benjamin Franklin inside the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia.
Transit: reachable by public transit
0.3 mi awaySwitch it up: Sightseeing
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The Franklin Institute
$25–$50Walk through a giant beating heart at Philly's hands-on science playground, a guaranteed hit with kids of every age.
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0.3 mi awayMore like this
- SightseeingHistory Buff
Logan Circle
Check pricesSit by the Swann Memorial Fountain in one of William Penn's five original squares, with the Franklin Institute and the Free Library on its edges.
Transit: reachable by public transit
0.3 mi awaySwitch it up: Sightseeing
