en-usCopyright 2009 Philadelphia Museum of ArtWed, 17 Jun 2009 15:57:12 -0500The Philadelphia Museum of Art is among the largest and most important art museums in the United States.http://www.philamuseum.org/Discover groundbreaking paintings, including masterpieces of French Impressionism and Post-Impressionism, that represent both the conventions of the early half of the century and the innovations of the latter half.http://www.philamuseum.org/collections/audiotours.htmlListen to or download artist Tim Hyde's 4-part Podcast.http://www.philamuseum.org/podcast/Listen to or download Curator Joseph Rishel's 3-part Podcast.http://www.philamuseum.org/podcast/Art Speaks is a museum visit program designed specifically for fourth-grade classrooms in Philadelphia public schools. The content is art and the wonderful ways we can learn about and respond to what artists create. The learning strategies are literacy based, and connect to The School District of Philadelphia�s fourth-grade language arts curriculum.http://www.philamuseum.org/education/33-132-373-202.htmlIn conversation with Professor David B. Brownlee of the University of Pennsylvania, Julian Abele II describes the accomplishments of his father, Julian Francis Abele (1881-1950), who was a chief designer and architect in the firm of Horace Trumbauer. Abele is considered among the important African American cultural figures of the pre-WWII era, and his great talent is expressed in many notable buildings, including the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the Free Library of Philadelphia, Harvard's Widener Library, and the Duke University Chapel.http://www.philamuseum.org/podcast/Listen to or download artist Anita Sieff's 5-part Podcast.http://www.philamuseum.org/podcast/Gee's Bend Artists Talk - September 13, 2008 Hear the wonderful and fascinating stories of the artists of Gee's Bend.http://www.philamuseum.org/podcast/In January 2008, the first of over 30,000 objects from the Costume and Textiles Conservation department moved through the doors of the new storage facility in the Ruth and Raymond G. Perelman Building.http://www.philamuseum.org/collections/22-398-552-440.htmlListen to or download photographer Linda Day Clark's 2-part Podcast.http://www.philamuseum.org/podcast/Listen to or download Assistant Director of Exhibition Planning Zoe Kahr's 6-part Podcast with the quilters.http://www.philamuseum.org/podcast/