For decades, the Philadelphia Museum of Art kept an uncomfortable distance from the devotion to the fictional boxer Rocky Balboa. Now, it is embracing it — and inviting Rocky in.

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 South Philadelphia. The bronze figure of Rocky Balboa — arms raised in victory, clad in boxing trunks […]

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 South Philadelphia. The bronze figure of Rocky Balboa — arms raised in victory, clad in boxing trunks […]

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 South Phi

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 South Phi