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Synagogue at Eastern State Penitentiary with wooden panelling and benches, central table, Torah Ark cabinet, and ceiling featuring Star of David.

Eastern State Penitentiary Historic Site · Fairmount

Alfred W. Fleisher Memorial Synagogue

Now showingPermanent collection·$21

Opened in 1922 and almost certainly the first synagogue built inside an American prison, restored to its 1959 appearance with wooden benches and a Torah ark.

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Also at Eastern State Penitentiary Historic Site

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Auguste Rodin, Hand of Rodin Holding a Torso, bronze, Philadelphia Museum of Art

Rodin's Hands

Rodin Museum

Work by Marcel Duchamp from the retrospective

Marcel Duchamp

Philadelphia Museum of Art

Detail of Edward Hopper's The Lee Shore, 1941

A Nation of Artists

Philadelphia Museum of Art

All exhibitions in Philadelphia this month Coming up in November

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Beaux-Arts facade of the Rodin Museum on Benjamin Franklin Parkway, Philadelphia, designed by Paul Cret

Rodin Museum

Architecture9 min walk
The Greek-revival main building of the Philadelphia Museum of Art seen from the Benjamin Franklin Parkway

Philadelphia Museum of Art

Architecture9 min walk
Exterior of the Barnes Foundation on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway, Philadelphia

Barnes Foundation

Design10 min walk
The neoclassical facade of The Franklin Institute on North 20th Street, Philadelphia

The Franklin Institute

Children14 min walk

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