730 S Broad St, 19146 Philadelphia
Rodin Museum
Rodin Museum
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Benjamin Franklin Parkway At 22Nd Street P.O. Box 764619101 PhiladelphiaPennsylvania
- (215) 763-8100
Description of Rodin Museum
When Auguste Rodin had his American debut at the Centennial Exhibition of 1876 in Philadelphia, he was in his mid-30s and could not have imagined that this city would create one of the world's great monuments to his achievement. Located in a park setting at 22nd Street and the Benjamin Franklin Parkway (four blocks east of the Philadelphia Museum of Art) the Rodin Museum is today one of the jewels of the city's cultural landscape. The Museum, with its elegant gardens and classic Beaux-Arts architecture, is the legacy of one of Philadelphia's best-known philanthropists. Movie magnate Jules Mastbaum (1872-1926) fell in love with the Rodin's work during a visit to Paris in 1923. With characteristic energy Mastbaum spent the next three years assembling an extraordinary collection of sculpture and drawings by the great artist, with the idea of establishing a Rodin Museum in Philadelphia for "the enjoyment of my fellow citizens."
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