Hohoho My Catch To The Philadelphia Museum Of Fine Art - Operate 1

For New Year's Day 2017 I took my daughters to Philadelphia for the 24-hour interval to take in the Philadelphia Museum Of Art. Here are a few photos from our trip. (Pictured higher upwards - that's merely i fly of the HUGE museum!)

It was the perfect 24-hour interval to take in the museum. We endure nearly i hr away, as well as since it was New Year's Day, in that place was virtually no traffic on the turnpike as well as nosotros arrived to discovery ample parking inward Eakin's Oval, straight across the street from the museum. We paid $15 to common for the entire afternoon, which was a skillful deal.

This is the Washington Monument outpouring inward Eakin's Oval, as well as it's beautiful. What's actually cool nearly it is that the statue of George Washington - his expression upwards - was created from an impression of his actual expression upwards that was taken field he was even as well as then alive. The trunk was created from a Prussian General.

The base of operations of the statue features Native Americans as well as native American animals, such every bit this moose. The exceptional is fantastic. This bronze as well as granite monument was commissioned and designed yesteryear sculptor yesteryear Rudolf Siemering.

You tin run across the museum's Christmas tree on display inward the background. And yes, those are the Rocky steps from the motion painting Rocky! There is also a Rocky statue that is situated to the correct of the photograph above.

Almost there! We were fortunate that it was pay what you lot desire 24-hour interval - as well as then you lot tin plow over a donation at whatsoever cost you lot desire for admission. Nice!

When walking inward the forepart doors, its difficult to explicate the immensity of the Great Hall. It actually is great! I should've taken a photograph from merely within the forepart door, because the images I took actually don't plow over you lot the sum outcome of the size - as well as then google it! In whatsoever case, in i lawsuit within in that place is a smashing staircase as well as at the overstep of it is Diana...

Diana is perched atop the stairs inward the museum's Great Hall. At xiv feet six inches tall, she is huge! She was created inward 1892-1893 every bit a weather condition vane for the tower of New York's Madison Square Garden yesteryear Augustus Saint-Gauden from copper alongside gilded leaf. Of course of written report everything was beautifully decorated for Christmas.

Read nearly her conservation here. Diana

This is non a smashing photograph because I shot into the sun, but i of my favorite things is the mobile Ghost from Calder! Of course of written report I am a huge Calder fan as well as then this was likely i of the biggest highlights for me.

Amazing Peter Paul Rubens tapestries cover the walls of the upper marker of the Great Hall. On the left is the Marriage of Constantine as well as Fausta. The tapestries were sketched yesteryear Rubens as well as made yesteryear a workshop inward Paris inward 1625.

I possess got to terminal hither because I possess got jewelry to brand today, but I'll snuff it along this tomorrow alongside component two, where I'll part merely about amazing plates as well as dishes from the museum's collection as well as then endure certain to banking firm gibe back!

(Read component 1 - Visit to Philly Museum of Art)

(Read component 2 - Visit to Philly Museum of Art)

(Read component iii - Visit to Philly Museum of Art)

Have a smashing week!
love,

Laura