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Philadelphia Museum of Art, back of museum

Nov 2015, Photo 23

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Giant Three-Way Plug by Claes Oldenburg

Nov 2015, Photo 20

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Social Consciousness Sculpture

At the museum’s West Entrance, the elongated figures of Jacob Epstein’s Social Consciousness suggest sympathy, tenderness and sorrow for human suffering.

The three parts of Social Consciousness are (left to right) The Great Consoler (or Compassion), The Eternal Mother (or Destiny) and Succor (or Death). Epstein was a controversial sculptor. Some critics said his distorted figures looked unnatural, while others praised them as timeless.

Nov 2015, Photo 24

Philadelphia Museum of Art
Social Consciousness Sculpture

Nov 2015, Photo 29

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Stephen Girard Sculpture. Reads "Mariner and Merchant".
Sculpture by John Massey Rhind

Stephen Girard (May 20, 1750 – December 26, 1831; born Étienne Girard) was a French-born, naturalized American, philanthropist and banker. He personally saved the U.S. government from financial collapse during the War of 1812, and became one of the wealthiest people in America, estimated to have been the fourth richest American of all time.

Nov 2015, Photo 25

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Sculpture of Major General Peter Mühlenberg
Sculpture by J Otto Schweizer

John Peter Gabriel Muhlenberg (October 1, 1746 – October 1, 1807) was an American clergyman, Continental Army soldier during the American Revolutionary War, and political figure in the newly independent United States. A Lutheran minister, he served in the United States House of Representatives and United States Senate from Pennsylvania.

Nov 2015, Photo 27

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Sculpture of Major General Peter Mühlenberg

Nov 2015, Photo 22

Philadelphia Museum of Art

Sculpture of John Marshall by William Wetmore Story

Nov 2015, Photo 28


Philadelphia Museum of Art 26th Street and Benjamin Franklin Parkway The Philadelphia Museum of Art is one of the top art museums in the country and has several collections on hand which immediately distinguish it from the rest of the pack. It was constructed in 1928 and fashioned after the temples of Greece. It spans nearly ten acres with almost two hundred galleries and over two hundred and fifty thousand pieces of artwork. It's quite easily spotted, even at a distance, beckoning to you from the end of the Benjamin Franklin Parkway. The front entrance immediately calls to mind the movie "Rocky," because these are the steps that Stallone made famous; there's also an entrance in the rear of the structure. Nov 2003, Photo 38

Philadelphia Art Museum, Frieze Nov 2003, Photo 42

Japanese Tea House from Tokyo, in Art Museum Nov 2003, Photo 50 Plaque

Japanese Tea House Nov 2003, Photo 52

Roof of Japanese Tea House Nov 2003, Photo 49

Scultpure outside Art Museum Social Consciousness by Jacob Epstein Nov 2003, Photo 46

Group rehearsing for Thanksgiving Day parade, front steps of Art Museum Nov 2003, Photo 56

Fairmount Waterworks and Art Museum From car, merging onto Schuylkill Expressway Nov 2003, Photo 82

Philadelphia Museum of Art Photo 86, Nov 2007

Philadelphia Museum of Art Photo 88, Nov 2007

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