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Stretching from LOVE Park to the magnificent Philadelphia Museum of Art, the grand, tree-lined Benjamin Franklin Parkway is flanked by some of the city's most acclaimed institutions. Visitors to the Parkway Museums District will discover a cultural mecca - world-class museums and educational institutions, the beautiful Swann Memorial Fountain and Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul on Logan Square, and even the famed Rocky steps.

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Picasso and the Avant-Garde in Paris

Philadelphia Museum of Art

February 24-April 25, 2010

One of the most innovative and influential artists of the 20th century, Pablo Picasso (Spanish, 1881-1973) was at his most ferociously inventive between 1905 and 1945. Picasso More

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Philagrafika 2010: The Graphic Unconscious

Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts (PAFA)

January 29-April 11, 2010

PAFA is one of five venues presenting the exhibition The Graphic Unconscious in conjunction with Philagrafika 2010, Philadelphia’s international festival celebrating the print More

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Body Worlds 2 & The Brain

The Franklin Institute

October 17, 2009-April 18, 2010

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Take an eye-opening journey through the inner workings of the human body in this follow-up to 2005's extremely popular Body Worlds exhibition! Experience the human More

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Event	Organization	Dates
Butterflies!	Academy of Natural Sciences	11/04/06- 11/04/10
Daytime Historic Site Tours	Eastern State Penitentiary Historic Site	04/06/09- Ongoing
Public Treasures/Private Visions: Hudson River School Masterworks from the Metropolitan Museum of Art and Private Collections	Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts (PAFA)	06/15/09- 05/30/10
Academy of Music Tour	Academy of Music	10/14/09- 12/31/10
Webelos Badge Days	Academy of Natural Sciences	10/24/09- 05/16/10
Cub Scout Activity Days	Academy of Natural Sciences	11/07/09- 03/28/10
Brownie Girl Scout Workshops	Academy of Natural Sciences	11/14/09- 05/23/10
Juniors Girl Scout Workshops	Academy of Natural Sciences	11/14/09- 05/23/10
Philagrafika 2010: Philadelphia's International Festival Celebrating Print in Contemporary Art	Free Library of Philadelphia	01/29/10- 04/11/10
Tell and Show: A Group Exhibition of Philadelphia Comic Artists	Free Library of Philadelphia	01/29/10- 04/11/10
The Graphic Unconscious: Virgil Marti	Galleries at Moore	01/29/10- 04/11/10
The Graphic Unconscious: Oscar Munoz	Philagrafika	01/29/10- 04/11/10
Girl Scout Overnights	Academy of Natural Sciences	01/30/10- 05/07/10
Looking At Animals	Academy of Natural Sciences	03/13/10- 05/16/10
Art-at-Lunch: Drawing from the Past: The Historic Cast Collection at PAFA	Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts (PAFA)	03/24/10
Art After 5: Alexandre Kautz	Philadelphia Museum of Art	03/26/10
Academy Explorers Spring Break Camp	Academy of Natural Sciences	03/29/10- 04/09/10
Art-at-Lunch: The Seen and The Imagined	Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts (PAFA)	03/31/10
Art-at-Lunch: Demuth, Duchamp and…Delay	Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts (PAFA)	04/07/10
Conserving Native Pollinators	Academy of Natural Sciences	04/10/10
Art-at-Lunch: Arthur Dove Paints the Weather	Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts (PAFA)	04/14/10
Family Safari Overnight: Survivor	Academy of Natural Sciences	04/16/10- 04/17/10
Earth Day Festival	Academy of Natural Sciences	04/17/10- 04/18/10
Art-at-Lunch: Thomas Eakins and the Uses of History	Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts (PAFA)	04/21/10
Art-at-Lunch: PAFA Certificate Students	Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts (PAFA)	04/28/10
Art-at-Lunch: PAFA Grad Students	Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts (PAFA)	05/05/10
Animal Moms	Academy of Natural Sciences	05/08/10- 05/09/10
Insect Field Study	Academy of Natural Sciences	05/08/10
109th Annual Student Exhibition	Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts (PAFA)	05/15/10- 06/06/10
Family Safari Overnight: Survivor	Academy of Natural Sciences	05/21/10- 05/22/10
Sun Fun Family Workshop	Academy of Natural Sciences	05/22/10
Creatures of the Abyss	Academy of Natural Sciences	06/05/10- 09/06/10
Creatures of the Abyss: Opening Weekend	Academy of Natural Sciences	06/05/10- 06/06/10
Shells: Creatures and Collecting	Academy of Natural Sciences	06/13/10
Electrofishing Field Study	Academy of Natural Sciences	06/26/10
Andy Warhol Polaroids and B&W Prints	Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts (PAFA)	06/26/10- 09/12/10
The Vogel Collection	Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts (PAFA)	06/26/10- 09/12/10