Run the Rocky steps, then two great collections.
10:00 AM – 10:45 AM· 45m
The Rocky StepsFilm & TV LocationsAnchor
Seventy-two of them, and there is no dignified way to do this: everyone runs. The statue Stallone commissioned for Rocky III stands at the bottom right, moved off the top after an argument about whether a movie prop belonged outside an art museum. Turn around at the top for the best view of the Parkway in the city.
2600 Benjamin Franklin Pkwy, Philadelphia, PA10:45 AM – 12:30 PM· 2h 30m
Philadelphia Museum of ArtMuseums & HistoryAnchor
One of the great American collections, in a building that would be worth the walk up even if nobody had ever run up it.
2600 Benjamin Franklin Pkwy, Philadelphia, PA2:00 PM – 4:30 PM· 2h 30m
The Barnes FoundationMuseums & HistoryWorth it
One of the world's greatest private collections of Impressionist and Post-Impressionist art, hung in Dr. Barnes's exact 'ensembles.'
2025 Benjamin Franklin Pkwy, Philadelphia, PA