Tour Guide to Rodin Museum Philadelphia

The Rodin Museum is an 80 years old museum situated on the 22nd Street of Benjamin Franklin Parkway in Philadelphia. It houses the biggest collection of the works of Auguste Rodin, a sculptor, outside Paris.

1. History of the Rodin Museum

This Museum is in fact Jules Mastbaum's present to Philadelphia. Mastbaum was a movie-theater tycoon who from 1923 began to collect works of Rodin which included plaster studies, prints, bronze castings, drawings, books, and letters and so on. For displaying this collection he commissioned 2 French architects for designing the building and garden of the Rodin museum.

2. What are the timings for visiting Rodin Museum?

The Rodin Museum can be visited from Tuesday to Sunday from 10am until 5pm. It remains closed on Mondays as well as on the holidays.

3. What is the entry fee and tours like?

A contribution of five dollars has to be given as suggested donation for the admission of one person to the Rodin Museum. After this, the museum tours are free. Rodin Museum's guided tours are availed absolutely free of cost to public on each Sunday, Thursday as well as Tuesday. The time for this is 1.30 pm. This tour is also provided on the first as well as third Saturday of each month. Main Entrance Hall is the spot where visitors are to assemble. Tours must be reserved one month before.

4. What kind of facilities can be expected?

The Rodin Museum has a wheelchair entrance; there are restrooms along with Rodin Shop. In addition, there are parking facilities and visitors are allowed to utilize hand-held cameras. The strobes, tripods as well as flash are prohibited.

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For more details about Rodin Museum log onto http://www.rodinmuseum.org/.