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Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts

America's first art school and museum, founded in 1805, in a dazzling building by Frank Furness, with American art from Peale to the present.

Official Website
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Open
Closed Mondays and Tuesdays; check the website
Price
Paid
Time Needed
1.5 hours
Address
118-128 N Broad St, Philadelphia, PA 19102Google MapsApple Maps
Getting There
Two blocks north of City Hall; City Hall or 15th St station.

Why Go

Charles Willson Peale helped found the academy, and Thomas Eakins taught here. The 1876 Furness building, with its polychrome brick, gilded ceilings and grand staircase, is a work of art itself.

Nearby

LOVE Park3 min walkCity Hall5 min walk · Must-SeeReading Terminal Market7 min walk · Must-SeeFranklin Institute15 min walk

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