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Sunday, May 19, 2013 As one of the largest museums in the United States, the Philadelphia Museum of Art invites visitors from around the world to explore its renowned collections, acclaimed special exhibitions, and enriching programs, both in person and online.
Free Admission Saturday, May 18th
The Philadelphia Museum of Art will offer free admission all day on Saturday, May 18, in celebration of International Museum Day.
Free admission to all Museum locations main building, Perelman Building, Rodin Museum and Mount Pleasant.
Visit the Museum >>Also On View![]() Now Through May 27, 2013 Taking cues from the Dada movement and
from the work of Swiss sculptor Alberto
Giacometti, Cy Twombly (American, 1928–
2011) created poetic objects whose serene
white surfaces and allusive forms seem to
recall remote worlds of myth and the ancient
past. After reaching an indisputable maturity
in his early sculpture, created from 1946 to
1959, Twombly returned to working in three
dimensions in the mid-1970s and continued
to cast new works up until his passing in 2011.In the Galleries![]() Gallery 204, second floor A Medieval cloister was usually a space at the heart of a monastery where a variety of highly regulated events in the lives of members of the religious order took place. The Museum’s cloister, based on the design at Saint-Genis-des-Fontaines in southwestern France, and the rare Romanesque fountain at its center, afford visitors a space for quiet thought. What's New
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