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Stretching from City Hall 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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Arshile Gorky: A Retrospective

Philadelphia Museum of Art

October 21, 2009-January 10, 2010

In a brief life that endured considerable tragedy, Armenian-born artist Arshile Gorky (1904-1948) built upon the achievements of early modern artists to become a major influence in More

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Body Worlds 2 & The Brain

The Franklin Institute

October 17, 2009-February 21, 2010

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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George Washington Carver

Academy of Natural Sciences

November 14, 2009-February 28, 2010

Learn the exciting history and contributions of George Washington Carver, the trailblazing scientist who devised hundreds of practical uses for sweet potatoes, soybeans and peanuts. 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
Terror Behind the Walls	Eastern State Penitentiary Historic Site	09/18/09- 11/07/09
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
Philadelphia Museum of Art ASL Tour	Philadelphia Museum of Art	11/07/09- 11/13/09
Free Sunday Program: Art Making Workshop: Life-Size Self-Portrait Drawings and Painting	Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts (PAFA)	11/08/09
Art-at-Lunch: In Search of Strength and Grace in Two American Sculptors	Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts (PAFA)	11/11/09
Bird of Prey Workshop	Academy of Natural Sciences	11/12/09
Taxon Search: on the Adventures and Misadventures of an Entomologist	Academy of Natural Sciences	11/12/09
My Life as an Actor	Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library	11/12/09
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
Free Sunday Program: Jazz Performance: The Brent White Trio	Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts (PAFA)	11/15/09
Art-at-Lunch: Henry Ossawa Tanner's Religious Nocturnes	Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts (PAFA)	11/18/09
Free Sunday Program: Video Screening: Scribe Video’s “Precious Places”	Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts (PAFA)	11/22/09
Thanksgiving Day Parade	ABC News Channel 6	11/26/09
Dino Weekend	Academy of Natural Sciences	11/27/09- 11/29/09
Free Sunday Program: Art Making Workshop: Portrait Painting	Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts (PAFA)	11/29/09
Art-at-Lunch: Horace Pippin's John Brown Going to His Hanging	Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts (PAFA)	12/02/09
Free Sunday Dance Performance: Become Your Dreams	Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts (PAFA)	12/06/09
Free Sunday Program: Jazz Panel Discussion: The Cool Factor: Defining What is Hip	Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts (PAFA)	12/13/09
Free Sunday Program: Art Making Workshop: Cool Caps	Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts (PAFA)	12/20/09
Free Sunday Program: Queen Nur, Storytelling: Tell a Story… Build a Nation	Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts (PAFA)	12/27/09
Butterfly Day	Academy of Natural Sciences	12/28/09
George Washington Carver Day	Academy of Natural Sciences	12/29/09
Bug Day	Academy of Natural Sciences	12/31/09
Free Sunday Program: Artmaking Workshop – Basketball Paintings	Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts (PAFA)	01/03/10
Girl Scout Overnights	Academy of Natural Sciences	01/30/10- 05/07/10