It opened two centuries ago as the original home of the Franklin Institute. In 1938, it became a museum for Philadelphia’s history. And for eight decades, the neoclassical building at 15 S. Seventh St ...

On Sunday, April 27, 2025, hundreds of people gathered outside the Philadelphia Museum of Art on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway to celebrate the expansion of a parcel for the 22-foot-tall statue of ...

After packed-to-the-brim days in Philadelphia and New York City, the final stop of our East Coast train trip was here. Ashley, my twin sister, and I had been to Boston before separately but we ...

PHILADELPHIA — A second casting of the Rocky statue, owned by Sylvester Stallone, has been unveiled on top of the steps of the Philadelphia Museum Art. It will remain on loan through Dec. 31 as ...

PHILADELPHIA — A large, golden-colored statue of former President Donald Trump with his right hand held out in a crude gesture appeared behind the Maja statue at Maja Park on the Benjamin ...

The bronze statue has been standing tall at the Art Museum for 18 years. The Rocky statue was created by artist A. Thomas Schomberg in 1980 and was gifted to the city by Sylvester Stallone. It is ...

Philadelphia’s permanent Harriet Tubman statue received unanimous final approval by the Philadelphia Art Commission, according to city officials. Now the City of Philadelphia can begin the ...

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- Rocky is ready for Halloween. Someone placed a pumpkin on the statue's head at the Philadelphia Art Museum overnight Monday.

CLEVELAND — The Cleveland Museum of Art (CMA) has filed a lawsuit in federal court against Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, who seized a headless bronze statue valued at $20 million in ...

A 6’4” headless bronze statue is leaving the Cleveland Museum of Art after 37 years as part of an international art looting investigation. Last month, a New York judge signed a warrant to ...

Statue believed to depict Marcus Aurelius seized from Cleveland Museum of Art in looting investigation The 76-inch (1.9-meter) statue dates from A.D. 180 to 200 and is worth $20 million.

News Philadelphia Is Finally Getting a New Art Museum It's been in the works for way too long. Plus: More late-night vehicular chaos. By Victor Fiorillo · 7/24/2023, 11:03 a.m.