Philadelphia Museum of Art

Date: 8/8/09

The Philadelphia Museum of Art is a large museum bordering on Fairmount Park in downtown Philadelphia. In all of the years I have lived in the Philadelphia area, this was one museum I had never made it to.

We enjoyed viewing many of the rooms, including modern art, impressionism, and contemporary art. The American art contained a huge glassware selection as well as wonderful pieces of furniture. We got to see a Warhol, a Pollock, and various works by Monet and Renoir. We had some of the most fun with the impressionist pieces, viewing them from both up close and far away. The other area we are still talking about is the section that looked like 3-year-old crayon drawings.

The Art Museum consists of more than just the main building, although this is the only one we got to. There is a Rodin garden, as well as various recastings of Rodin pieces in the main building. At some point I will need to get back to see the areas we missed.

This museum probably isn't the best for kids. My daughter was getting bored and scaring guards by dancing in the exhibit rooms. We also freaked them out quite a bit getting so close to the impressionist works. While I love exposing kids to culture of all forms, this might be best if left until they are older, say around 10.

10 words or less: Up close, lines and dots. Far away, pretty picture.