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Photo: Marcel Duchamp · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
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Photo: Paul Cézanne · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
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Photo: Pierre-Auguste Renoir · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
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Art museumPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania
Philadelphia Museum of Art
Art museumFounded 1876
KindArt museumPhiladelphia
Visitors a year437k2021
Founded1876
Best monthsApr · Sep–OctPhiladelphia
39.97° N, 75.18° WUTC−4 · Eastern Daylight Time
When to goPhiladelphia · weather score
Best timeApr · Sep–Oct
October: high / low67° / 47°
About
Philadelphia Museum of Art in brief
Philadelphia Museum of Art is an art museum in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.
It was founded in 1876.
In 2021 it welcomed 437,348 visitors.
Its best-known works include Sunflowers, Fountain and Les Grandes Baigneuses.
For the trip, the weather in Philadelphia is best in April, September and October; in October afternoons average 67°.
Facts
- Kind
- Art museum
- Founded
- 1876
- Visitors
- 437,348 (2021)
- Town
- Philadelphia
- Region
- Pennsylvania
- Coordinates
- 39.96583° N, 75.18139° W
In the collection
Famous works to see here
The best-known pieces of the collection, by how widely they are written about.
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Visitors per year
437,348 in 2021 · highest 775k in 2016Visitors counted in each year; years without a figure are left out.
Location
Where to find it
When to visit
Climate guideWeather in Philadelphia
Month score for sightseeing
Best Apr · Sep–OctFestivals in Philadelphia
- Jan1
- Feb
- Mar1
- Apr
- May
- Jun
- Jul
- Aug
- Sep
- Oct
- Nov1
- Dec1
January
- Mummers ParadeTraditional festival
March
- Israeli Film Festival of PhiladelphiaFilm festival
November
- The Christmas Village in PhiladelphiaChristmas market · Nov–Dec
Only the month is given: the exact dates change from year to year.
Nearby
All museums in the United StatesMore to see close by
Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University
0.8 mi SE
Natural history museum
Around here
Philadelphia and around
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania · United States
Apr · Sep–Octbest months
88°July high
39 ftaltitude
Nature
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Cobbs Creek
River
Mountains
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Ebright Azimuth
449 ft · Appalachian Mountains
Satellite: Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX IT Services GmbH · CC BY 4.0 · Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2016
Lafayette Hill
276 ft
Heritage
Philadelphia City Hall
National Register of Historic Places listed place · 1901
First Bank of the United States
National Register of Historic Places listed place · 1795
Museums
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Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History
History museum · 1976