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Sites Along the Schuylkill: A "Friendraiser" Bus Trip
Tuesday, May 1, 7 am to 6:30 pm
$155 members/$165 non-members
See the world through Van Gogh's brush at the Philadephia Museum of Art! This landmark exhibition presents some of the most daring and innovative works Vincent van Gogh ever created. Van Gogh's passionate experimentation and zeal for the natural world are reflected in more than forty close-ups of landscapes, flowers, and still lifes painted during the final five years of the artist turbulent life. These works, which helped to alter the course of modern painting, have never been seen together, and the grouping will appear in this country only in Philadelphia. Bus trip includes a private guided tour of the exhibit and time on your own to tour the Museum.
Included in the tour package is lunch at the Water Works Restaurant, named one of the "top 100 Dining experiences in the world." Nestled in the banks of the Schuylkill River, with breathtaking views of famed Boathouse Row, the menue includes soup, salad, dessert and non-acholic beverages, and a choice of Lobster BLT or Apple Bourbon BBQ Chicken Breast.
Founded in 1908, the Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of PA's museum consists of more than thirty thousand objects including George Washington's Masonic apron and Brother Benjamin Franklin's 1779 Masonic sash. A guided tour will show the beautiful 2008 renovation to the buildings exterior as well Oriental Hall, the Benjamin Franklin Room and John Wanamaker Dining Room.
Our final stop at Bartram's Garden we will walk in George Washington, Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin's footsteps as we explore America's oldest living botanical garden overlooking the Schuylkill River. You won't believe you are in the city when you see the wildflower meadow, majestic trees, river trail, wetlands and John Bartram's 18th century home. Also see the Franklinia alatamaha, saved from extinctionby the Bartrams and named for John Bartram's great friend, Benjamin Franklin.
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