Laurel Hill Cemetery was founded in 1836 as a nonsectarian alternative to Philadelphia’s crowded, inner-city churchyards of the early nineteenth century. The work of noted sculptors and architects adorn the grounds.

Philadelphia was one of the first cities in the nation to erect a monument to Lincoln after he was assassinated.

This impassioned memorial to the victims of the Holocaust was commissioned by the Association of Jewish New Americans, a group of several hundred families, many of whom had fled Europe in the wake of Hitler’s destruction.

Intrigued by the interaction of the cowboy and his horse, Frederic Remington found inspiration in the roughriders of the American West.

“Sculpture,” said Henry Moore, “should always at first sight have some obscurities, and further meanings.”

Edmund Bacon, Director of Philadelphia’s City Planning Commission, purchased this iron alloy painted sculpture for the City in 1968 with funds from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Pennsylvania Railroad Company.

A pioneer in modern marketing and advertising, John Wanamaker founded the nearby emporium (now Macy’s) that bore his name for more than a century.

This allegorical bronze cast depicts descending nightfall as a shrouded woman. It was the first gift to the Fairmount Park Art Association (now the Association for Public Art).

Three slim angels concentrate raptly on their music as they hover above the grass along Kelly Drive. The work of Swedish-born artist Carl Milles, they are casts from a group of originals from the Millesgården in Stockholm, Sweden.

This bronze monument, which honors an important Austrian composer was awarded to the United German Singers of Philadelphia at the 16th National Saengerfest.