Rocky Balboa statue takes up a new home inside Philly art museum

The bronze sculpture is on display inside the Philadelphia Museum of Art as part of a new exhibition on the impact and cultural importance of statues.

By Alana Wise

Iconic Rocky statue gets its own exhibition in Philadelphia after decades of tension

For decades, the museum maintained an uneasy distance from this pop culture phenomenon, but that stance is now changing dramatically

By Tassanee Vejpongsa

Philadelphia museum brings Rocky statue inside after decades of tension

PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- Every day, visitors from around the world make their way to the steps of the Philadelphia Museum of Art -- not necessarily for the galleries inside, but for a statue of a fictional boxer from Philadelphia. The bronze figure of Rocky Balboa -- arms raised in victory, clad in boxing trunks and boots -- has become a point of pilgrimage for people around the world. For decades, the museum kept an uncomfortable distance from this kind of devotion. Now, it is embracing it -- and i

By The Korea Herald

Philadelphia Museum welcomes Rocky statue with new exhibition

Every day, visitors from around the world make their way to the steps of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, not necessarily for the galleries inside, but for a statue of a fictional b...