Talk:Philadelphia Museum of Art

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[edit] Footprints

i'm pretty sure the "footprints" of Rocky are still in place at the museum, at least as of august 2005. if they're not there anymore, the date of the move would be helpful. --—Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.85.108.242 (talk • contribs)

  • as of late january 2006 the "footprints" of Rocky are still at the museum, so I'm removing that comment.Wlboddie 23:06, 8 February 2006 (UTC)

It's really quite dispiriting to see that the only commentary on the PMA in this discussion site concerns "Rocky." I've added information regarding the architects and the style of this world-class museum.68.72.84.73 00:02, 6 January 2007 (UTC)

Philadelphia "WAS" one of the most important American cities and a culutural... etc... I know the city's fallen off a bit in the last few decades, but that seems pretty harsh for the 5th largest city and 4th largest metropolitan region in the country.... elorincz 21:31, 30 April 2007 {UTC}

[edit] Kienbusch

I merged the info housed at Kienbusch into this article - AKeen 14:56, 6 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Text left out

The structure opened in 1928 to the jeers of the public who derided it as a "Greek garage." [1]

[edit] Merge Rocky Steps into this article

The article of Rocky Balboa running up the museum steps could be merged into this article. Kriegaffe 19:46, 11 July 2007 (UTC)

  • Oppose the steps are as much an item as the museum. Move to have this discussion speedily finished. ----evrik (talk) 15:46, 12 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] WTF??

"although the institution has no galleries devoted to Greek, Roman or Egyptian art."

SO WHAT? Why on earth is this retarded line included in this "article"? What did you expect to find in an American Institution? You do realize that Greek Roman and Egyptian Art are finite resources. Despite being plundered by many countries there is no reason to expect to find such art on a CONTINENT never visited by Egyptians, Greeks or Romans as far as history records. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.149.141.27 (talk) 17:40, 13 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Consistency?

"The statue was returned to the steps for the filming of Rocky V, and also appears there in the movies Philadelphia and Mannequin, but has since been removed. The statue was replaced with a simple set of footprints reading "Rocky." The statue was returned to the foot of the steps on September 8, 2006."

"has since been removed" and "was returned" So which is it? Is it so hard to get this right? 100% Wikiality. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.149.141.27 (talk) 17:44, 13 December 2007 (UTC)


[edit] Source? Notable?

"On Friday, July 13, 2007, at 8:30 a.m. EDT, local radio station WMMR's morning show Preston and Steve launched 10,000 marbles down the famous art museum steps to commemorate the 10,000th loss of the Philadelphia Phillies. Although the milestone loss had not yet happened at the time, it was expected to occur during the following weekend as the Phillies played the St. Louis Cardinals. The stunt had not been publicized beforehand (to avoid police intervention), and although there were no disasters encountered in the event, security showed up afterwards and were described as "very irate"."