- Few people in history have enjoyed such a symbiotic relationship with their city as Benjamin Franklin with Philadelphia. Inventor, scientist, businessman, manager, politician, philosopher, and... >>
- 3 hours
List of Walks: Architecture
Colonial City in Context
PRICE: group: $65 pp / private: $300
Founded in the 17th century by William Penn as a haven for persecuted Quakers, Philadelphia quickly became the most important city in America. By the dawn of the revolution it was the largest... more >>American Art in Philadelphia
PRICE: group: $65 pp / private: $300
It is perhaps no surprise that American art begins with the founding of the American republic and in the fertile intellectual hubbub of Philadelphia. Led by such visionaries as Gilbert Stuart and... more >>Temple on the Hill
PRICE: group: $65 pp / private: $300
Constructed in the wake of the great Centennial Exposition of 1876, the Philadelphia Museum of Art (PMA) rises on a manmade hill above the city, at the end of a great Parisian-style boulevard that... more >>Categories
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Franklin Seminar
Colonial City in Context
- Founded in the 17th century by William Penn as a haven for persecuted Quakers, Philadelphia quickly became the most important city in America. By the dawn of the revolution it was the largest... >>
- 3 hours