ART BONANZA, ANYTIME IN PHILADELPHIA

THREE-DAY ART BONANZA, ANYTIME IN PHILADELPHIA

PHILADELPHIA, May 5, 2010 – Philadelphia is an art lover’s kind of town.  Whether you’re inspired by wall-to-wall outdoor murals (we have 3,000) or the world’s greatest collection of Impressionist works, you’ll find lots to admire and inspire in Philly.  Mix-and-match a perfect getaway of art, eating and wandering from the three-day arts itinerary at VisitPhilly.com/artlovers.  Sample itinerary stops are:
 
You’ve been to the Philadelphia Museum of Art, but have you walked though the Japanese teahouse, Indian temple hall and Chinese reception room in the museum’s Asian Wing? 
Pose or ponder with “The Thinker” at the Rodin Museum. 
Hop on “the el,” as the elevated train line is known, for the Love Letter Mural Tour, a unique public art project featuring a series of 50 murals that resemble old-style billboards and trace a couple’s courtship.
See the world’s only collaboration between Philadelphia’s “painter of light” Maxfield Parrish and glass artisan extraordinaire Louis Comfort Tiffany. The  Dream Garden is their shimmering glass mosaic.
Visit the unforgettable Barnes Foundation in Merion, before its 2012 move to Center City.
 
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For more information about travel to Philadelphia, visit visitphilly.com or uwishunu.com, where you can build itineraries; search event calendars; see photos and videos; view interactive maps; sign up for newsletters; listen to HearPhilly, an online radio station about what to see and do in the region; book hotel reservations and more. Or, call the Independence Visitor Center, located in Historic Philadelphia, at (800) 537-7676.