Sculpture Gardens Endowment
ROCKY
(Rocky Balboa)
Original bronze
Sculptor
A. Thomas Schomberg, 1982
IISOH Museum
State College, Pennsylvania
The original bronze statue of ROCKY was created by Colorado artist A. Thomas Schomberg
for Sylvester Stallone. Stallone used the statue in his film Rocky III and it originally stood in front of the
Philadelphia Museum of Art at the top of the steps. The statue was later moved to the sports complex in
South Philadelphia and stood in front of the First Union Spectrum. In 2006 Stallone made his sixth ROCKY
movie and the statue was moved again to a permanent location in front of the Philadelphia Museum of Art
where it can be seen today. The statue is known as ROCKY #1.
See that statue in an image provided to us courtesy of Schomberg Studios....ROCKY #1.
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The Artist, A. Thomas Schomberg, made a limited edition of three of these statues.
Our statue is ROCKY #3 and it will stand in front of our Museum in Central Pennsylvania.
The IISOH will acquire this original bronze sculpture through the generosity of a single donor
or multiple donors. In fact, we are seeking 350,000 donors who will each donate $10.00.
We have begun this $3.5 million fundraising campaign in order to fund the General Endowment
which will be used to purchase ROCKY #3 and also to further support the mission of the IISOH
with offices, staff, storage facilities and acquisition of land for the library and museum.
In grateful appreciation for their generous support the IISOH will publically acknowledge all donors
on our web site at this page: Acknowledgement Page -- 2009 Fundraising Campaign
A donation of over $2 million will earn the donor naming rights for one of the endowments, such as the Sculpture Garden Endowment, Boxing Endowment or the General Fund endowment,
subject to the final approval of the Board of Directors of the IISOH.
