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African American Museum in Philadelphia
Between Chinatown and Independence Park is the African American Museum in Philadelphia, housed in a foreboding concrete building but containing excellent collections on African American history and culture.
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Barnes Foundation Gallery
The Barnes Foundation Gallery houses an exceptionally fine collection of impressionist, post-impressionist and early French modern paintings, including works by Cézanne, Degas, Matisse, Monet, Picasso, Renoir and Van Gogh.
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Clay Studio
The cool Clay Studio exhibits staid as well as oddball works in ceramic; it's been in Old City since 1974 and is partially responsible for the development of the area's burgeoning gallery scene.
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Elfreth's Alley Museum
Be sure to stop into Elfreth's Alley Museum which was built in 1755 by blacksmith and alley namesake Jeremiah Elfreth; it's been restored and furnished to its 1790 appearance.
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Franklin Institute Science Museum
The Franklin Institute Science Museum is where hands-on science displays were pioneered; a highlight is the Ben Franklin exhibit. Downstairs in Fels Planetarium, laser rock shows feature the standard Pink Floyd-type sounds. The Mandell Futures Center highlights computers, health issues and environmental problems.
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Independence National Historic Park
This L-shaped park, along with Old City, has been dubbed 'America's most historic square mile.' Once the backbone of the United States government, it has become the backbone of Philadelphia's tourist trade. Stroll around and you'll see storied buildings in which the seeds for the Revolutionary War were planted and the US government came into bloom.
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Independence Seaport Museum
Along the Penn's Landing riverfront area is the Independence Seaport Museum, which highlights Philadelphia's role as an immigration hub; its shipyard closed in 1995 after 200 years. Check out the submarine.
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Institute of Contemporary Art
ON the campus of U Penn, the heralded Institute of Contemporary Art is an excellent place to catch fresh shows by folks making a big splash at the cutting-edge of the art world.
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Liberty Bell Center
Liberty Bell Center is Philadelphia's top tourist attraction. The 2080lb bronze bell, made in London's East End by the Whitechapel Bell Foundry in 1751, was commissioned to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Charter of Privileges (Pennsylvania's constitution enacted in 1701 by William Penn). The bell's inscription, from Leviticus 25:10, reads: 'Proclaim liberty through all the land, to all the inhabitants thereof.'
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Mummers Museum
The Mummers Museum is fully devoted to celebrating the tradition of disguise and masquerade. It has an integral role in the famed Mummers Parade, which takes place here in Philadelphia every New Year's Day.
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National Portrait Gallery
The National Portrait Gallery, in the old Second Bank of the US building has many paintings by Charles Willson Peale, America's top portraitist at the time of the American Revolution.
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Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Pennsylvania has many fine museums. One of the most interesting is the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, a prestigious Philadelphia academy that has a museum with works by American painters, including Charles Willson Peale and Thomas Eakins. The museum lives in an oddball Victorian building designed by Frank Furness.
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Philadelphia Museum of Art
Modelled after the Champs Elysées in Paris, the parkway is a centre of museums and other landmarks, of which the Philadelphia Museum of Art is a highlight. It's one of the nation's largest and most important museums, with excellent collections of Asian art, Renaissance masterpieces, post-impressionist works and modern pieces by Picasso, Duchamp and Matisse.
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Rosenbach Museum & Library
Rosenbach Museum & Library is for the true bibliophile, as it features rare books and manuscripts, including James Joyce's Ulysses , and special exhibits.
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Second Bank of the US
Modeled after the Greek Parthenon, this 1824 marble-faced Greek Revival masterpiece was home to the world's most powerful financial institution until President Andrew Jackson dissolved its charter in 1836. The building then became the Philadelphia Customs House until 1935, when it became a museum. Today it's home to the National Portrait Gallery.
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University Museum of Archaeology & Anthropology
The University Museum of Archaeology & Anthropology is Penn's magical museum, containing archaeological treasures from ancient Egypt, Mesopotamia, the Mayan peninsula, Greece, Rome and North America. Its fragments of Sumerian script are among the oldest examples of writing ever found.
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