Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
add photosAdmission to the Permanent Collection
Adults $10
Seniors and Students with I.D. $8
Youth ages 5 - 18 $6
Admission to Special Exhibitions
(includes the Permanent Collection)
Adults $15
Seniors and Students with I.D. $12
Youth ages 5 - 18 $10
FREE for members and children under 5. Morris Gallery exhibitions and the ground floor of the Historic Landmark Building are free.
Tours
Tours are given between 11:30 a.m. and 1:15 p.m. on weekdays, and 1 p.m. and 2:45 p.m. on weekends. Tours are free with admission.
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"Visit with the family audio tour"
Walking up Broad Street near Cherry, you can’t miss the graceful facade of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, home of the nation’s first art museum and its first art school, the Academy School. The building, with its Gothic arches and lacy ironwork, is a masterpiece of High Victorian Gothic architecture. The galleries in the historic landmark building have been completely renovated and include works by Charles Willson Peale (one of the academy’s founders), Thomas Eakins (who served as the academy’s director during the 1880s), Mary Cassatt, Winslow Homer, Andrew Wyeth, Alexander Calder, Louise Nevelson, and many others.
You can make your visit more lively with Family Inform, an audio-guide system. Look around the galleries to find numbers that you key into the audio machine’s keypad, and you can hear messages about the works of art.
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The building is beautiful, but for most kids who aren't themselves into fine arts, I'd skip this museum. Too many things they can't touch and and not too much variety of art that could capture their interest if they just aren't into looking at sculptures and paintings. If you want to take the kids to an art museum, head to the Philadelphia Museum of Art that has a spectacular building with a wide variety of art from around the world.
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