Parkway Museums District
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The Parkway Museums District gives the following descriptive information:
Stretching from City Hall to the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia's grand tree-lined Benjamin Franklin Parkway is flanked by some of the city's most acclaimed destinations. Visitors to the Parkway Museums District will discover a cultural mecca with world-class museums and educational institutions, the magnificent Swann Memorial Fountain, Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul on Logan Square and the world famous "Rocky" steps. Treasures and discoveries abound on (and just a few blocks off) the Parkway!
Landmarks
The District website lists the following:
- Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University ansp.org
- Barnes Foundation barnesfoundation.org
- Cathedral Basilica of SS. Peter & Paul
- Eastern State Penitentiary easternstate.org
- Fairmount Park Welcome Center phlvisitorcenter.com/attraction/fairmount-park-welcome-center
- Fairmount Water Works fairmountwaterworks.org
- Franklin Institute
- Free Library of Philadelphia
- Friends Select School friends-select.org
- LOVE Park
- Moore College of Art & Design moore.edu
- The Mutter Museum muttermuseum.org
- Park Towne Place ptpapartments.com
- Pennsylvania Horticultural Society
- Philadelphia Museum of Art
- The Philadelphian 2401.com
- Rodin Museum rodinmuseum.org
Info
- Brochure: Parkway Museums District 2015-2016 Guide (PDF)