The Philadelphia Museum Of Art (My Experience)

Another Museum i visited was the Philadelphia Museum Of art. Rocky trained on these stairs

(haha). Anyway, the Philadelphia Museum of Art has a fascinating Picasso exhibit, with everything from his Blue Period, to his Black period. They have an outstanding collection of Italian made 'suits of armor', from the 15th Century. They have a reproduction of a 14th Century castle which was amazing. You can see what life was like back then, with out going to England / Scotland and visiting the ruins in person!

The Museum has 3 floors, with a North and South wing. On the ground floor there are some prints, drawings and photographs, but consists mainly of a cafe/restaurant, a museum store, with the south wing being an education student center. The First floor, is broken up with the north wing consisting of American Art, the south wing: Modern and contemporary art. Also there is European Art from 1850-1900, and a special Exhibitions gallery which is where the Picasso exhibit was. The Second Floor Has Asian Art in the north wing, European Art( 1500-1850) in the south. This floor also has the Arms and Armor exhibit, and the castle reproduction.

I was astonished of how many Monet Paintings they had on display, this was like the amount of Rembrandt paintings at the National Gallery. Monet is one of my favorite painters, and some of his works on display at the Philadelphia Museum of Art consisted of: The Shelterd Path, Green Park London, Poplars on the Bank of the Epte River, Poplars, Bent in the Epte River, Under the Pines. Another one of my favorite painters Renoir: Boy With Toy Soldier, Still Life with Flowers and Fruit, Portrait of Alfrid With His Dog, Two Girls, Peaches and Flowers in a Vase. They also had Rain, By Van Gogh! There were also some of paul Cezanne's work on desplay, consisting of: Still Life With Flowers & Olive jar, Bay of L'esaque, Mont Saint Victor, Winter Land Scape and the Large Brothers. Degas was among their collection, with a painting known as After The Bath.

This Museum had awesome marble work as well. The stairs in the main hall when you first walk in are tremendous. The columns at your side reaching 60 plus feet to the ceiling. (Absently Amazing!) Id say, I was impressed with the variety of art collected in this museum, from the oriental rugs to the suits of armor it was overall a great experience.