Arts & Culture - All Areas

The Oval(The Parkway)

2451 Benjamin Franklin Parkway Philadelphia, PA 19130

Philadelphia’s "Park on the Parkway" is programmed every summer by Fairmount Park Conservancy and Philadelphia Parks and Recreation with free music, movies, fitness classes, and activities for all ages.

Ellen Philips Samuel Memorial (1933-61) Various artists(East Fairmount Park)

This memorial, emblematic of American history, includes three terraces and seventeen sculptures that were commissioned over a period of thirty years.

General Ulysses S. Grant (1897) by Daniel Chester French and Edward C. Potter(East Fairmount Park)

This sculpture, which depicts General Grant surveying a battlefield, was dedicated on April 27, 1899 to coincide with the 77th anniversary of Grant's birth.

James A. Garfield Monument (1895) by Augustus Saint-Gaudens(East Fairmount Park)

Following the assassination of James A. Garfield in 1881, the Fairmount Park Art Association (now the Association for Public Art) established a fund to commission a fitting memorial.

The Medicine Man (1899) by Cyrus E. Dallin(East Fairmount Park)

"The Medicine Man" is one of four American Indian sculptures designed by the artist.

The Pilgrim (1904) by Augustus Saint-Gaudens(East Fairmount Park)

"The Pilgrim" is a replica of Saint-Gaudens' "The Puritan" located in Springfiled, MA, but with changes to the dress and facial features.

Playing Angels (1950) by Carl Milles(East Fairmount Park)

Installed in 1972, the work of Swedish-born artist Carl Milles are casts from a group of five originals from the Millesgarden in Stockholm, where they overlook that city’s harbor.

Stoneage in America (1887) by John J. Boyle(East Fairmount Park)

Commissioned by the Fairmount Park Art Association (now the Association for Public Art), "Stone Age in America" was relocated in 1985 to a site on Kelly Drive to correlate with other sculptures "emblematic" of American history.

The Wedges (1970) by Robert Morris(East Fairmount Park)

Standing in mysterious convocation, the eight wedges form a rounded square on the grass. The sculpture was installed along Kelly Drive in 1985.

Thorfinn Karlsefni (1918) by Einar Jonsson(East Fairmount Park)

Thorfinn Karlsefni was said to have visited America’s shores as early as 1004. J. Bunford Samuel invited the Icelandic artist, Einar Jonsson, to create a sculpture of the icelandic hero.