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Mural Arts Tour in Philadelphia

Location: 1729 Mount Vernon Street, Philadelphia

Time: Varies by season

Cost: Adults $18, Seniors/Students $15, Kids 5-12 $10, under 5 FREE

Philadelphia's Mural Arts Program, founded in 1984 as an anti-graffiti network, is dedicated to eradicating destructive graffiti and addressing neighborhood blight.

During the 1980s, this wonderful organization hired mural artists to reach out to graffiti writers and teach them to re-direct their energies by learning to paint murals, thus beautifying their neighborhoods as they learned.

The result is many a stunning and amazing murals, stretching the entire length and width of homes and buildings in Philadelphia's underprivileged neighborhoods, as well as a better outlook on life for a group of teens, children, and adults who've found a new cause in life.

The Philadelphia Mural Arts Program began conducting tours of these magnificent works of art in 1998 and many have taken-advantage of these docent-led trolley tours.

Guides provide the public with a behind-the-scenes look of how the murals are made and explain through stories and humor just how the program has changed the lives of many inner-city youth.

Weekly Wednesday and Saturday tours feature many different Philadelphia neighborhoods and groups or individuals may combine tours with lunch at a fine Philadelphia restaurant.

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