Arrival, Check-In, Orientation, Introductory Dinner/Curtis Student Recital

Afternoon: Registration at 4:30 PM, followed by orientation. After you pick up your arrival packet, we?ll gather for welcome, introductions, and an orientation to the program.

Dinner: Enjoy a relaxing meal at a local restaurant. Vegetarian meals andd gluten diets can be accommodated.

Evening: After dinner, we will take a short walk to the Curtis Institute of music. We will attend a student recital at 8:00 pm. Returning to the hotel at 9:30 pm

Lodging: Club Quarters Hotel

Meals Included: Dinner

Note: Busing to and from. Walking 1 block between museums. Normal amount of standing and walking in museums. Wheelchairs are available.

Breakfast: Enjoy a full American Breakfast at the hotel restaurant

Morning: Our bus takes us to The Barnes on the Parkway. We will enjoy an introductory lecture on Dr. Barnes and the collection followed by time to visit the galleries on your own with your audio cassette. Afterwards, we return to the auditorium for a question and answer period.

Lunch: Lunch at the Barnes cafeteria.

Afternoon: Adjacent to The Barnes Foundation is The Rodin Museum which we will visit on our own as. On Day 3 our reknown sculptor will discuss Rodin and his lost wax method. We return to the hotel after our visit.

Dinner: Dinner this evening will be at a local restaurant close to the hotel. This restaurant can accommodate special diets and vegetarian.

Evening: Enjoy an evening lecture.

Lodging: Club Quarters Hotel

Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Note: Busing to and from. Must be able to stand for a short periond of time at casting studio. Normal amount of standing and walking in museums. Wheelchairs are available at the museum only

Breakfast: Enjoy a full American breakfast at the hotel restaurant

Morning: We depart by bus to meet our renown sculptor at his casting studio to learn about the "lost wax method" dating to the Greeks as well as to better understand the process of casting from clay to bronze

Lunch: Lunch is on your own at The Philadelphia Museum of Art. There is a choice of two restaurants, the cafeteria or the Granite Hill for fine dining.

Afternoon: Now is the time to explore the galleries at The Philadelphia Museum of Art, especially the Impressionist gallery. If a major exhibit is being offered then timed tickets will be provided. Return to the hotel on your own via public bus or taxis which are very convenient and readily available. Seniors with a Medicare card ride our public buses for free. Taxi cost is approx $8 for up to 4 persons.

Evening: This evening is free for you to enjoy an evening performance at a theater on the Avenue of the Arts or Walnut Street or a music concert performed by The Philadelphia Orchestra at the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts.

Evening: Tonight is your free evening to explore other Philadelphia neighborhoods for dining or meeting friends.

Lodging: Club Quarters Hotel

Meals Included: Breakfast

Architecture lecture/Pennsylvania Academy of The Fine Arts/Free Afternoon/Dinner/ Performance

Note: Busing to museum. Normal amount of standing and walking in museums. Wheelchairs are available at the museum only

Breakfast: Full American breakfast at the hotel

Morning: Learn about Philadelphia Architecture and the 1% percent clause relating to public sculpture

Afternoon: Our bus takes us to The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts to view its American only artist collection. The focus will be on American Impressionism. The Pennsylvania Academy of The Fine Arts was founded by Charles Wilson Peale noted painter of George Washington and other 18th century luminaries. It is the first art school in American and still functions as an esteemed fine arts college today

Dinner: DAVIO'S: Dinner this evening is at Davio's (1.5 blocks from the hotel) Craig LaBan, restaurant critic of the Philadelphia Inquirer, wrote, "few have delivered delicious specialties with the consistency I experienced at Davio's. "This self-styled Northern Italian steakhouse is in fact a stylish, up-scale restaurant on the second floor of the historic Provident Bank Building.

Evening: For your last night in Philadelphia you will attend a concert or a performance at one of Philadelphia's performance's halls

Lodging: Club Quarters Hotel

Meals Included: Breakfast, Dinner

Note: Busing to museum. Normal amount of standing and walking in museums. Wheelchairs are available at the museum only

Breakfast: Full American breakfast at the hotel

Morning: We leave this mornig for a final wrap up visit at The Barnes Foundation. We will return to the hotel at 11:45. Check out is at Noon. Our program ends at noon.

Meals Included: Breakfast