Philadelphia Museum of Art: Quick Facts

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Facts

Also Known As	Pennsylvania Museum and School of Industrial Art
Date	1876 - present
Areas Of Involvement	The Philadelphia Museum of Art Is Home to These 12 Notable Paintings

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Wide stone steps lead up to the entrance of the Philadelphia Museum of Art in Pennsylvania, with people walking and two flagpoles in front of the neoclassical building.

Paul Cézanne: Mont Sainte-Victoire

A woman walks past Marcel Duchamp's painting Nude Descending a Staircase, displayed on a white wall; a black grand piano is visible in the foreground.

Watch a short discussion on Charles Willson Peale, founder of the Philadelphia Museum

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