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For the Museum in Paris, see Musée Rodin. Coordinates: 39°57′43″N 75°10′26″W / 39.961937°N 75.173934°W / 39.961937; -75.173934 Rodin Museum Entrance to Rodin Museum Established November 29, 1929 (1929-11-29) Location 2201-2299 Benjamin Franklin Parkway Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Website http://www.rodinmuseum.org/ The Rodin Museum is a museum located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania which contains the largest collection of sculptor Auguste Rodin's works outside Paris. Contents 1 Founding 2 Collection 3 Image gallery 4 See also 5 External links // Founding The Museum was the gift of movie-theater magnate Jules Mastbaum (1872–1926) to the city of Philadelphia. Mastbaum began collecting works by Rodin in 1923 with the intent of founding a museum to enrich the lives of his fellow citizens. Within just three years, he had assembled the largest collection of Rodin's works outside Paris, including bronze castings, plaster studies, drawings, prints, letters, and books. In 1926, Mastbaum commissioned French architects Paul Cret and Jacques Gréber to design the museum building and gardens. Unfortunately, the collector did not live to see his dream realized, but his widow honored his commitment to the city, and the Museum was inaugurated on November 29, 1929. Collection The Thinker The best-known of Rodin's works, The Thinker (1880–1882), sits outside the museum in the entry courtyard. Though no longer used, visitors once entered through a cast of The Gates of Hell, located at the entrance into the museum. This massive 5.5-m-tall bronze doorway was originally created for the Museum of Decorative Arts (which was to have been located in Paris but never came into existence). Rodin sculpted more than 100 figures for these doors from 1880 until his death in 1917. This casting is one of the three originals; several others have been made since. Several of his most famous works, including The Thinker, are actually studies for these doors which were later expanded into separate works. The museum's several rooms house many more of the artist's works, including The Kiss (1886), Eternal Springtime (1884), The Age of Bronze (1875–76), and The Burghers of Calais, a monument commissioned by the City of Calais in 1884. Image gallery Burghers of Calais The Gates of Hell The Colossal Head of Balzac Bacchus in the Vat See also Philadelphia portal Benjamin Franklin Parkway External links Rodin Museum Official Site Listing at Philadelphia Architects and Buildings v • d • e Auguste Rodin (1840–1917) Works The Age of Bronze · The Walking Man · The Thinker · The Kiss · The Gates of Hell · The Burghers of Calais · Monument to Balzac People and places Camille Claudel · Hôtel Biron, Paris · Musée Rodin, Paris · Rodin Museum, Philadelphia · Rodin Gallery, Seoul