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the country's largest museums. Its collection of some works of 
art covers diverse artistic areas.##&&The works on display include photographs, paintings, tapestry, carpets, 
sculpture, armory, ceramics and furniture. Some of the two hundred 
galleries even include complete historic sites such as a buddhist 
temple. Its paintings collection includes works from renowned artists 
like Picasso, Van Gogh, Rubens and Renoir.##&&The Museum is located on a hill at the end of the##&&Benjamin Franklin Parkway##&&providing a perfect vista for this wide boulevard.##&&Inside the Museum##&&Centennial Exposition##&&The origins of the museum go back to the Centennial Exposition of 
It was held at Fairmount Park, where a permanent exposition hall was 
built for the exposition's art gallery. The building, known as##&&Memorial Hall##&&was designed by Hermann Schwarzmann. It was built between and 
 in the popular Beaux-Arts style. The glass-domed building is still one 
of the most beautiful in Philadelphia.##&&A New Building##&&The museum's collection expanded rapidly and by the end of the nineteenth##&&Medieval armor##&&century
 Memorial Hall had become too small. In the decision was made to 
build a new museum on a hill known as Faire Mount, at the end of the 
recently completed Benjamin Franklin Parkway. 
The building, designed by Horace Trumbauer, Julian Abele, Clark 
Zantzinger and Charles Borie, was inspired by Greek temples. An imposing
 flight of stairs leads to an open court bordered by three connected 
neoclassical temples.##&&Construction##&&Construction started in but not enough money had been raised to complete the whole building, so the##&&Perelman Building##&&wings
 were completed first. These opened to the public in Two years 
later, with additional funding provided by the city and donations, the 
central temple was finally built.##&&Ruth and Raymond G. Perelman Building##&&In the Museum of Art opened an expansion in the nearby Perelman 
building, a historical Art Deco building constructed in as the 
Fidelity Mutual Life Insurance Company Building. The building was 
designed by the same firm that designed the main Museum of Art building.##&&Next:##&&City Hall##&&Related Links:##&&-##&&Museum of Art Pictures##&&-##&&Museum of Art Posters##&&Location##&&Benjamin Franklin Parkway##&&philadelphia##&&x##&&Press ESC to close##&&powered by##&&www.aviewoncities.com