Philadelphia Museum of Art, Art museum on Fairmount hill, Philadelphia, United States.
The Philadelphia Museum of Art is an art museum on Fairmount hill in Philadelphia, United States, housing over 240,000 objects from antiquity to the present day. The building rises with its columns and monumental outdoor steps above the adjacent park and offers a wide view over downtown from the main entrance.
The city hosted the 1876 Centennial Exhibition, which featured an initial art pavilion that later became the seed of this institution. The present main building on the hill was constructed between 1919 and 1928 following plans by several architects and greatly increased the exhibition space.
The sweeping outdoor steps of the building appeared in many films and draw daily visitors who take photos there and enjoy the view across the city. Inside, the museum presents a large collection of armor along with a fully reconstructed 16th-century Japanese tea house.
Visitors find thematically organized galleries across several floors that spread throughout the building and are accessible from a central hall. Those who wish to explore all areas should plan several hours and wear comfortable footwear.
In the basement of the building lie restored vaulted rooms that formerly served as water storage and are now used for special exhibitions. The museum administration works closely with universities and regularly invites students to curate small exhibitions within the collection.
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