# The best museums in Philadelphia

The Rocky Steps, the Barnes collection and the birthplace of the nation.

- 604 votes · 11 items
- Feb 14, 2020 · suitcase.happy
- https://even.best/en/l/3353/the-best-museums-in-philadelphia

## Top 11

1. **Philadelphia Museum of Art** (72 · ▲77 ▼5) — Top of the Rocky Steps.
2. **Museum of the American Revolution** (53 · ▲60 ▼7) — George Washington's war tent.
3. **Barnes Foundation** (50 · ▲59 ▼9) — Renoir, Cézanne and Matisse hung as Barnes wanted.
4. **The Franklin Institute** (45 · ▲49 ▼4) — Science museum with the giant walk-through heart.
5. **Penn Museum** (40 · ▲48 ▼8) — Archaeology and the Sphinx of Ramesses II.
6. **Mütter Museum** (31 · ▲40 ▼9) — Medical oddities.
7. **Eastern State Penitentiary** (31 · ▲38 ▼7) — Crumbling historic prison, Al Capone's cell.
8. **African American Museum in Philadelphia** (26 · ▲37 ▼11) — First museum of its kind founded by a major US city.
9. **Rodin Museum** (23 · ▲34 ▼11) — The Thinker on the Parkway.
10. **Academy of Natural Sciences** (21 · ▲33 ▼12) — Dinosaurs and dioramas.
11. **National Constitution Center** (20 · ▲33 ▼13) — The story of the US Constitution.

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