Great things happen in University City.
From art, entertainment, and architecture to healthcare and education, University City is an interesting, innovative part of Philadelphia. Philadelphia's first international film festival began at International House. Glenn Close, Richard Gere, and Christopher Walken performed at the Annenberg Center before they became film stars. One of the largest sphinxes outside of Egypt, the Sphinx of Ramses II, a red granite sculpture weighing 12 tons, resides at the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. Robert Mapplethorpe and Andres Serrano had their first major mid-career retrospective exhibits at the Institute of Contemporary Art.