Talk:Philadelphia Museum of Art

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Footprints[edit]

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)[reply]

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)[reply]

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}

I forget how to make a new topic, I am only a very casual Wiki user, but I live in Philadelphia and a recent trip to the Art Museum got me thinking, when I walked around behind it (there is a restaurant right behind the museum and right on the Skuylkill River) -- my point being, there are old, entirely-bricked entranceways and I was just wondering when they commandeered the land to devote to a museum. I have a picture of one, an old entrance/exit entirely filled with stone and mortar AND at one point they even carved a peep slot in it -- which was later bricked shut as well. Dave 07:52, 26 September 2012 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Davesilvan (talk • contribs)

Kienbusch[edit]

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

Text left out[edit]

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

Merge Rocky Steps into this article[edit]

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

  • 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)[reply]
  • Support as a historian and lifelong Philadelphia resident (and fan of the movie), I've yet to hear the term "Rocky Steps" applied.

Should we call The Empire State Building the "King Kong Tower" simply because the film was shot there?

I oppose, I am a life-long Philly resident as well and I've never heard of the front steps of the Art Museum being referred to as 'rocky steps' either. I would suggest leaving movie titles out entirely, just covering everything with 'The Philadelphia Art Museum has also been used as a backdrop in several movies of varying success.' The article's on the museum, not Rocky or anything out of his fictitious movie. Dave 07:57, 26 September 2012 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Davesilvan (talk • contribs)

WTF??[edit]

"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)[reply]

There are many art museums in North America which contain Greek, Roman, and/or Egyptian art. Right in Philadelphia there's the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, which has a large Egyptian collection. In other cities there's the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Getty Villa, the Royal Ontario Museum, the Walters Art Museum, the California Palace of the Legion of Honor, the University of Chicago Oriental Institute, the Art Institute of Chicago, the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and the Cleveland Museum of Art, all of which have galleries devoted to the subject. It's not ridiculous to note that the PMA doesn't have such a gallery - it is a notable omission. john k (talk) 16:34, 27 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
I tend to agree with 86.149.141.27 in saying that I don't necessarily see the need for the line, but of course, I would only advocate for taking it out if it were agreed upon by consensus. U21980 (talk) 00:56, 27 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Consistency?[edit]

"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)[reply]


Source? Notable?[edit]

"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"."

Fidelity Mutual Life Insurance Company Building[edit]

The Fidelity Mutual Life Insurance Company Building should have its own article, and should not be merged with the Philadelphia Museum of Art.--DThomsen8 (talk) 14:50, 26 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Agreed. So how is it separated from the museum article? Carptrash (talk) 14:58, 26 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose This building is now a part of the Philadelphia Museum of Art.

Njbob (talk) 10:19, 6 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]


New image needing placement[edit]

I'm not a regular at this article, so will leave it to others to place or not place this new image. Anna Frodesiak (talk) 06:50, 25 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

 Done Anna Frodesiak (talk) 00:34, 30 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Useful source[edit]

GLAM: Philadelphia Museum of Art update[edit]

Hi PMA fans! I wanted to update you about some recent events related to our fantastic Museum. I met Jessica Milby, PMA Collections Information Project Manager, at Wikimania in July. Jessica was looking for ways to improve articles on Wikipedia about the Museum and its artists/collections. We followed up a few weeks later at the Perelman Building in downtown Philadelphia where we discussed ways to increase participation in the GLAM/PMA project.

  • The first idea is to do some outreach to the GLAM:PMA project members, including mass messages updating you all about plans and, seeking feedback about new ideas, and hearing your thoughts about what's in the works.
  • The next step is a drive to improve the main Philadelphia Museum of Art article. The article is currently 'B-Class', but Jessica was confident that with the abundance of high quality sources about the Museum that it could be improved even further. Jessica recommended this extensive source from the Museum's website.
  • Another idea that came out of the meeting was a project within the Museum to assess which PMA-related topics are missing articles on Wikipedia.
  • One of Jessica's ideas is to have the knowledgeable curators of the Museum provide recommended reading lists for PMA-related articles. That should be a great first step to guiding editors towards the information they need to expand and improve that content.
  • Also raised for discussion were some ideas about how to engage the broader community. There is interest in setting up a tour/edit-a-thon, but this remains in the preliminary stage. Would you be interested in participating in such an event?
  • We have new stats! These 24 articles are all under the PMA project. I compiled the last 90-day page views and then annualized the results. PMA-related articles get almost 800,000 view per year!
See the stats!
Article Importance Class View last 90 days Views annualized
Philadelphia Museum of Art Top B 22,790 91,160
The Concert Singer High B 783 3,132
Crucifixion Diptych (van der Weyden) High C 1,500 6,000
Perelman Building High C 986 3,944
The Gross Clinic High C 12,897 51,588
William Rush and His Model High C 1,038 4,152
Nude Descending a Staircase, No. 2 High Start 26,892 107,568
Rodin Museum High Start 5,323 21,292
Soft Construction with Boiled Beans (Premonition of Civil War) High Start 11,026 44,104
The Bride Stripped Bare By Her Bachelors, Even High Start 13,639 54,556
Wedding dress of Grace Kelly High Start 5,810 23,240
Étant donnés High Stub 7,464 29,856
Bird in Space High Unassessed 10,365 41,460
Diana (Saint-Gaudens) High Unassessed 1,450 5,800
Interior (Degas) High Unassessed 2,434 9,736
The Bathers (Cézanne) High Unassessed 7,166 28,664
Three Musicians High Unassessed 9,421 37,684
The Fairman Rogers Four-in-Hand Mid C 736 2,944
Anne d'Harnoncourt Mid Stub 1,266 5,064
Lansdowne House Mid Stub 3,763 15,052
Portrait of Leslie W. Miller Mid Unassessed 362 1,448
Yellow Odalisque Mid Unassessed 817 3,268
Rocky Steps Low Start 41,341 165,364
Samuel S. Fleisher Art Memorial Low Start 304 1,216
Total 189,573 758,292
views per quarter views per year

It's exciting to have a partner in Jessica Milby and there should be a lot of good work coming out the collaboration within the next 3-6 months. Please stop by the GLAM/PMA project page and leave your thoughts. What ideas do you have? How can we move forward on the above projects? I Hope you're all well. Cheers! Ocaasi 19:02, 10 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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