Academy of Fine Arts
- Address
- 128 N Broad St Philadelphia PA 19102
- Phone
- (215) 972-2101
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- pafa.org
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- (215) 569-0153
Business Hours
Status: Closed
- Sunday
- 11:00am-5:00pm
- Monday
- Closed
- Tuesday
- 10:00am-5:00pm
- Wednesday
- 10:00am-8:00pm
- Thursday
- 10:00am-5:00pm
- Friday
- 10:00am-5:00pm
- Saturday
- 10:00am-5:00pm
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The nation's first museum & school of fine arts, home to a world-class collection of American art and a leader in fine arts education. Come see for yourself.
Founded in 1805, the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts serves students, adults and senior citizens. Also known as PAFA, it is one of the leading academies of fine arts education in the United States. The academy houses a variety of American paintings, sculptures and related materials. The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts has a museum, classroom facilities and private studios. The...
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The nation's oldest museum and school of fine arts, founded in 1805, preens in the middle of Center City. Architects Frank Furness and George Hewitt made a beautiful High Victorian Gothic building to house an impressive collection that includes Thomas Eakins (check out his 1875 masterpiece, The Gross Clinic), Winslow Homer, and Benjamin West. If you're in town for the hugely popular annual...
Two blocks north of City Hall is the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA), a wonderful museum and teaching facility that was the first art school in the country (1805) and at one time the unquestioned leader of American Beaux Arts. After a major renovation in late 1994, the academy, housed in a stunning Frank Furness building, unveiled a major reinstallation of 300 works from the past...
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A new perspective toward street artists
The art work by female artists from last century till today depicting varied styles, self expression portraits, depiction of emotions of colors...phew gave me a whole new perspective towards female artists and has inspired my art work as well. The exhibition layout flowed seamlessly and made the entire tour story-like.
Historic Building was my favourite
I have to admit I found the amount of history wrapped up in a lot of the paintings shown a little much, as a foreigner I guess so many paintings of Historic Statesmen a little more than I expected but once I got past those I thoroughly enjoyed the rest of the gallery. They have several self portraits of artists...
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The nation's first art museum and school of fine arts has collections from the 18th through 20th centuries.
The museum is known for its collections of 19th- and 20th-century American paintings, sculptures, and works on paper. The school attracts both national and international students alike and teaches painting, drawing, printmaking, and sculpture.
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