Round Museum

Name: Round Museum
Address: 123 Chestnut Street, Suite 200, Philadelphia, PA, 19106, US
Telephone: (215) 922-4450

Look Around You
Our world populated by rounds. Circles come together in the near and far distances f

06/08/2023

Self-Obliterating Pink Round
Yayoi Kusama creates her "Infinity Rooms" by installing hundreds of colored LED lights and polka-dotted spheres into mirrored spaces. Why the dots? When she was a little girl, she had a hallucination about a field of flowers that started talking to her. The heads of the flowers resembled dots that surrounded her as far as she could see and made her feel as if she was disappearing, or as she calls it, "self-obliterating."
One with Eternity
Yayoi Kusama in the Hirshhorn Museum
Washington, DC
06.08.23
Photo: Polly McKenna-Cress

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06/07/2023

Planted At The Baggage Claim Round
The wait is interminable in the terminal. Standing here staring at baggage claim carousel D, you might wonder when your suitcase will appear. The conveyor belt isn't moving. It's been fifteen minutes already. Have they even unloaded the plane yet? It's like watching a potted plant grow.
06.07.23

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06/06/2023

The Contemplative Lemon Round
Pomologists will tell you that it is a rarity to spot the elusive Contemplative Lemon. Known to be deliberate and introspective, it will spend a generous amount of time considering several options before moving from its plate. Thinking... wondering... placing its wing to its chin... hmmm...
06.06.23

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06/05/2023

The Warmth of Five Round
This Himalayan rock salt lamp is amazing. Five glowing orbs like molten fruit are warmed by a 25-watt bulb inside the bowl. Now and then, if you hold them while you're quilting, it will soothe your five arthritic knuckles. Pretty fantastic on the fifth day of June!
06.05.23
Photo: Jennifer Reavis

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06/04/2023

A Second Home Round
Looking through the layers of time, I have imagined a giant dollhouse for you, a swan song for A Second Home. It has been seven years since you invited me to Pittsburgh to turn an old brick rowhouse into something we could give to the city for a period of time—a sieve for the memories of days long past, and a spark for places not yet seen. Since the doors of A Second Home opened, I’ve heard many recollections from people who’ve visited. These recollections have struck me because they’ve spoken of special connections to buildings and objects, places and things strongly remembered, or forgotten about. I’ve heard childhood memories, tales of house keys, and attics where things go lost and are found again. These tales are with you, spirits among us.
The Mattress Factory
Pittsburgh, PA
06.04.23
Artist: Dennis Maher and Collaborators; Copy: Dennis Maher

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06/03/2023

Take The Spiral Stair To The River Round
Take me to the river
And wash me down
Won't you cleanse my soul
Put my feet on the ground
06.03.23
Lyrics: Al Green, Mabon Lewis Hodges

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06/02/2023

Cutting The Cake Round
It's your birthday, so let's do the math. Three candles times eight years each equals 24. Ten radial lines plus ten icing swirls equals ten big slices. Or, if you have more than ten party guests dividing them in half will yield twenty thin slices. Now, five chocolate wafers equals only five extra-special pieces, so someone will be upset. If you remove the five wafers and cut each carefully into quarters, you'll have 20 small chocolates for each slice. Or, you let the guests fight it out amongst themselves...
06.02.23

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06/01/2023

June In Bloom Round
Is there a flower within your heart, Daisy June? Give me your answer do.
06.01.23

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05/31/2023

Hole In The Water Round
Looks like something literally ate a hole out of the curb box. Wanting to get in... or out?
05.31.23

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05/30/2023

NBA Round
The NBA conference championships are complete, and the Denver Nuggets will take on the Miami Heat for the 2023 NBA title. This Finals is the first appearance ever for the Nuggets, and they hope to bring Denver their first trophy. The Heat came into the playoffs as an 8-seeded underdog and became only the second team to capture a conference championship from that position.
05.30.23

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05/29/2023

Blocking A Round
Memorial Day unofficially kicks off the summer season, the kids are close to the end of school, the barbeques are out, and if you’re at the beach it’s likely a volleyball game might break out at any moment. Serve it, set it, spike it, dig it, but just don’t get your Round blocked.
05.29.23

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05/28/2023

Wonderland Wheel Round
As soon as you reach the bridge at Great Egg Harbor Bay you can see this Giant Wheel in the distance in Ocean City, New Jersey. At 144 feet tall and one of the largest Ferris wheels on the east coast, this huge Round is the feature at Gillian’s Wonderland Pier, an amusement park at 6th Street on the Boardwalk. Since 1929 the Gillian family’s amusement parks have had a presence on the Boardwalk, the first originally founded by David Gillian, and then Wonderland Pier opened in 1965 by his son Roy.
05.28.23

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05/27/2023

Edible. Poisonous. Psychedelic. These fungi pop up everywhere in all kinds of shapes, patterns and colors. We have a few growing in the Round Museum!
Look Around the Mushroom keyword collection at:
https://roundmuseum.com/taxonomy/term/210

05/27/2023

The Mushroom Song Round
Chestnut mushrooms on a rotting log
Eat them only if you know
A tiny taste doesn’t burn like a fire
Or gills don’t smell like dirty clothes
Foragers will know that mushrooms with a bulbous sack
Cause a queasy stomach night
Drenched in sweat with your eyes all aglow
You’ll find it hard to sleep at night
And so I’m offering this simple phrase
To kids from one to ninety-six
Although it’s been said many times, many ways
Mushrooms can make you sick
05.27.23
Photo: Ellen Owens; Lyrical homage: Robert Wells, Mel Tormé

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05/26/2023

Who Ran Over The Stoplight Round
Red means stop, yellow means slow down and prepare to stop, and green means go. Looks like you got that all mixed up, din’t ya?
05.26.23

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05/25/2023

Four-Petaled Swirl Round
The dogwood is one of the first trees to blossom in spring, and historically its four-petaled flowers have symbolized strength, reliability, wholeness and rebirth. You frequently see the flower incorporated into the architecture of churches and hospitals.
05.25.23
Photo: Polly McKenna-Cress

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05/24/2023

Peeking Sunshine Round
Along the fence line, a bright shiny face is peeking through to say hello. Wake up! It’s a beautiful day!
05.24.23

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05/23/2023

Vega Solar System Probe Round
In 1984 the Soviet Union launched the Vega 1 and Vega 2 spacecraft, which flew by Venus and dispatched atmospheric instruments and landers, then went on to pass through the tail of Comet Halley. The multinational mission involved scientists and instruments from Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, France, East and West Germany, Hungary, Poland, the United States, and the Soviet Union, and marked a new era of international cooperation for the Soviet space program.
05.23.23
Photo: Polly McKenna-Cress; Copy: Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum

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05/22/2023

Kinky Boots Bike Thief Round
The bike is long gone, but the stripper boots remain. Was there a performance here on the sidewalk last night? Did the thief think it was too hard pedaling in heels and ditch them? You know Lola could do it... oh yes, she could!
05.22.23
Photo: Philip Cress

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05/21/2023

Sunny Sunday Rose Round
Good morning. Have a beautiful day!
05.21.23

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05/20/2023

Marimo Round
Floating gently in a cool water habitat, this spherical, green blob holds a legendary secret -- it will bring you your heart's desire. Named Marimo, which means "seaweed ball" in Japan, it's a rare form of algae. It can easily live for 100 years or more, growing at the bottom of freshwater lakes in Japan, Estonia, Iceland, Scotland and Australia. Waves and currents slowly shape it into its Round form, which can grow between 8 and 12 inches in diameter.
05.20.23
Photo: Polly McKenna-Cress

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05/19/2023

Gaia Mural Round
Mythology has always been a great love of mine and what I have created in this mural, where our planet is personified, like Mother Nature and Gaia from Greek Mythology. I have made the connection to global partnerships through the pattern encircling the globe, joined by hands. Inset illustrations show local and national partnerships, world leaders meeting, neighbors planting flowers in a community garden, and students learning together.
Global Philadephia Association
Mural for United Nations Sustainable Development Goal #17: Partnerships
05.19.23
Artist and copy: Isabelle Cress

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05/18/2023

Yayoi Reflection Round
Our earth is only one polka dot among a million stars in the cosmos. Polka dots are a way to infinity. When we obliterate nature and our bodies with polka dots, we become part of the unity of our environment.
05.18.23
Quote: Yayoi Kusama

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05/17/2023

Yayoi Pumpkin Round
Yayoi Kusama traces her lifelong interest in pumpkins to a trip to a seed-harvesting ground that she took with her grandfather when she was in elementary school. Since then, pumpkins have played a significant role in her imagery due to what she describes as their "generous unpretentiousness" and "solid spiritual balance."
Pumpkin (stem detail), 2016
Fiberglass-reinforced polyester with acrylic enamel coating
Hirshhorn Museum
Washington, DC
05.17.23
Photo: Polly McKenna-Cress; Copy: Hirshhorn Museum

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05/16/2023

Wasp In The Wind Chime Round
Wasps can be pests at a picnic, but they are fierce predators that will take care of aphids, caterpillars and other harmful insects. Like bees, wasps also gather nectar from flowers. Unlike bees, they are not fussy. They’ll visit any type of flower, even a wind chime.
05.16.23

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05/15/2023

Ceramic Hand Soap Round
Wash, rinse, repeat. After using the restroom, you must wash your hands with soap and water for at least 20 seconds. Here, we'll hand you some soap.
05.15.23

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05/14/2023

Let The Sun Shine In Round
The delicate, silky folds of a carnation nestle snugly in a vase as the morning sun peeks in the kitchen window. Outside, it is warm, and as summer approaches, so do new hopes and dreams.
Happy Mother's Day!
05.14.23

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05/13/2023

Add An Emoji To Your Post Round
On the concrete column under the bridge and the other side of the railroad tracks, a purple spray-painted emoji greets you with goggle eyes, a heart-shaped nose and a smile. Why here, you say? Well, social media research has shown that posts with emojis can increase engagement rates by around 50%. 😀👍
05.13.23

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05/12/2023

Throwing Stones Round
That thing they always say about glass and houses and people? Now you see what you shouldn’t have done.
05.12.23

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05/11/2023

Cardamom Infused Maple Old Fashioned Round
You know, if your mixologist has infused your whiskey cocktail with cardamom and maple, then such a complex melding of citrus and sweet, cloves and licorice can only be served in a vintage Hungarian glass. The bar is open!

05.11.23
Photo: Mike Raso

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05/10/2023

World Park Round
Huge and Round, cast in concrete, fiberglass, and covered in stone and glass mosaic, the sculpture World Park: Orders and Perspectives rests on the plaza at 12th and Filbert in Philadelphia like a planet on a platter. Commissioned by Marriott International, Inc. and built by sculptor Ned Smyth, it was installed on June 29, 1995.
05.10.23

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05/09/2023

Found Your Ball Round
Were you asking about a red foam ball? Saw one downstairs in the front lobby window. Can’t imagine how it got there, or why the broom closet is stocked with Nerf blasters.
05.09.23

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05/08/2023

Service, Sacrifice, Unity, and Victory Round
The World War II Memorial in Washington, DC honors the 16 million who served in the armed forces of the U.S., the more than 400,000 who died, and the millions who supported the war effort from home. An open plaza with stone architecture and bronze sculptures, the memorial features two pavilions on the north and south sides, each with bronze baldachins, bronze columns bearing American eagles, World War II victory medals, and inscriptions noting the victories in the European and Pacific theatres of operations.
05.08.23
Photo: Sabine Cress

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