Before 1751, sick Pennsylvanians had few healthcare options other than often expensive home visits from doctors. That changed when Benjamin Franklin and physician Thomas Bond established a medical institution to treat the physically and mentally ill for free.

Pennsylvania Hospital in Philadelphia is the country's oldest hospital and will become a museum for the nation's 250th birthday in 2026.

The PMA announced Wednesday it is reverting to its original name after four months of turmoil triggered by a rebranding. In October, the museum became the more colloquial Philadelphia Art Museum, accompanied by a new logo of a bold black-and-white griffin inside a circular medallion.

Philadelphia's art museum is reversing course on a name change after four months. You can once again call it the Philadelphia Museum of Art. In October, the museum announced a name change, calling itself the Philadelphia Art Museum.

After an unpopular name change, and its firing of the director responsible for it, the museum is working to rehabilitate its image.

The museum on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway in Philadelphia is again named the Philadelphia Museum of Art.

The Art Commission on Wednesday approved a proposal from Creative — the city's office of arts and culture — to move the statue of Frazier to the base of the

There was no good reason to rename it,” Director Daniel Weiss told Hyperallergic about the museum’s decision to backpedal on a controversial new name.

The drive to take risks extends into coordinating a retrospective exhibition spreading across three Philadelphia-area museums: the Woodmere Museum in Chestnut Hill, the Maguire Museum at St. Joseph’s University in Lower Merion and the Berman Museum in Collegeville.

Philadelphia plans on bringing the Joe Frazier statue to the Museum of Art, but the move has sparked controversy.

The after-hours, pay-what-you-wish program spotlights Black artists and culture with performances in the Great Stair Hall and hands-on creative activities.