Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Philadelphia · founded 1805
The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA) is a museum and private art school in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Founded in 1805, it is the longest continuously operating art museum and art school in the United States. The academy's museum is internationally known for its collections of 19th- and 20th-century American paintings, sculptures, and works on paper.
- Founded
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What to see
The Artist in His Museum
Charles Willson Peale, 1822.
At the museum · Public domain via Wikimedia Commons
Fox Hunt
Winslow Homer, 1893.
At the museum · Public domain via Wikimedia Commons
George Washington at Princeton
Charles Willson Peale, 1779.
At the museum · Public domain via Wikimedia Commons
Ariadne Asleep on the Island of Naxos
John Vanderlyn, 1850.
At the museum · Public domain via Wikimedia Commons
Les derniers jours d' enfance
Cecilia Beaux, 1883.
At the museum · Public domain via Wikimedia Commons
View of Sicily
Thomas Cole, 1840.
At the museum · Public domain via Wikimedia Commons
Plan your visit
Hours
Published on the museum’s own site. Confirm on pafa.org before you travel.
Getting there
118-128 North Broad Street, Philadelphia, PA 19102.
On their own site
Opening hours, tickets and current exhibitions are on the museum’s own site.
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