Philadelphia Museum of Art - Programs : Calendar

Impressionism to Modern and Contemporary Art

This tour focuses on the Museum's extraordinary collection of American art, including Colonial and Federalist-era paintings, furniture, and decorative arts as well as treasures of rural Pennsylvania.

Art After 5 Tours

Starts at 6:45 p.m.

Learn how this unique genre came to be through works of art by masters including Claude Monet, Camille Pissarro, and Georges Seurat.

Friday, June 27

Art After 5 Tours

Art in the American Wing

Starts at 5:30 p.m.

This tour focuses on the Museum's extraordinary collection of American art, including Colonial and Federalist-era paintings, furniture, and decorative arts as well as treasures of rural Pennsylvania.

Art After 5 Tours

Victorian Secrets

Starts at 7:00 p.m.

Enjoy an overview of both American and European fashion, pastimes, and interiors influenced during the long reign of Queen Victoria from 1837–1910.

Friday, July 11

Art After 5 Tours

Impressionism: Color and Light

Starts at 5:30 p.m.

Shakers: Order, Unity, and Improvement

Learn how this unique genre came to be through works of art by masters including Claude Monet, Camille Pissarro, and Georges Braque.

Art After 5 Tours

Starts at 6:00 p.m.

Discover the aesthetic of Shaker design in furniture, textiles, and functional household items.

Art After 5 Tours

Take a Seat: American Furniture

Starts at 7:00 p.m.

Impressionism to Modern and Contemporary Art

Discover the Museum's extraordinary collection of American furniture, with a special emphasis on Philadelphia's rich traditions.

Friday, August 8

Art After 5 Tours

Starts at 6:45 p.m.

Art in an Emerging Nation: American Art

Learn how this unique genre came to be through works of art by masters including Claude Monet, Camille Pissarro, and Georges Seurat.

Art After 5 Tours

Starts at 7:00 p.m.

Impressionism and Modern and Contemporary Art

This tour examines how the art in the permanent collections has changed and developed over the years.

Friday, August 22

Art After 5 Tours

Starts at 7:00 p.m.

Learn how this unique genre came to be through works of art by masters including Claude Monet, Camille Pissarro, and Georges Seurat.

Friday, September 12

Art After 5 Tours

All in a Knight's Work

Starts at 5:30 p.m.

Discover the Museum's fascinating collection of arms and armor, including plate and mail armor, swords, daggers, shields, crossbows, and equestrian equipment; and learn about those who used them.

Art After 5 Tours

19th-Century French Painting

Starts at 6:45 p.m.

Thomas Eakins: A Philadelphia Realist

Take a look at the Museum's exquisite collection of French paintings from the 19th and 20th centuries.

Art After 5 Tours

Starts at 7:00 p.m.

Discover the works of one of America's most distinguished Realist painters, Philadelphian Thomas Eakins.

Friday, October 10

Art After 5 Tours

Fashion in American Art

Starts at 5:30 p.m.

Take a look at fashion's role in art.

Art After 5 Tours

Van Gogh and Color

Starts at 6:00 p.m.

Discover the importance of color and the revolutionary way it is used in the works of Vincent Van Gogh.

Friday, October 24

Art After 5 Tours

Modern Art

Starts at 6:45 p.m.

Things That Go Bump (Halloween at the Museum)

Be inspired by groundbreaking works of 20th-century art from the likes of Picasso, Duchamp, Brancusi, and Miró.

Friday, October 31

Art After 5 Tours

Starts at 6:00 p.m.

Halloween is a time of ghosts and goblins, a time when scary things go “bump in the night." Although few objects in the Museum collection were specifically made with Halloween in mind, many are scary and relate to themes we associate with Halloween. This tour will begin with the only acknowledged ghost in the museum!

Art After 5 Tours

19th-Century Art

Starts at 7:00 p.m.

Discover a variety of styles and techniques in the Museum's superb collection of nineteenth-century art.

Friday, November 7

Art After 5 Tours

Impressionism & Post-Impressionism

Starts at 7:00 p.m.

Explore paintings dated from 1850–1900 (including Academic Art, the School of Barbizon, and Realism) leading up to Impressionism, as well as paintings that came after Impressionism (Cézanne, Van Gogh, Toulouse-Lautrec and the Art Nouveau movement).

Friday, November 14

Art After 5 Tours

Arms and Armor

Starts at 5:30 p.m.

Discover the Museum's fascinating collection of arms and armor, including plate and mail armor, swords, daggers, shields, crossbows, and equestrian equipment; and learn about those who used them.

Art After 5 Tours

Impressionism: Color and Light

Starts at 6:00 p.m.

Learn how this unique genre came to be through works of art by masters including Claude Monet, Camille Pissarro, and Georges Braque.

Friday, November 21

Art After 5 Tours

Everything Eakins

Starts at 5:30 p.m.

Enjoy the sometimes startling and often poignant works of Philadelphian Thomas Eakins.

Friday, November 28

Art After 5 Tours

Dressed to Kill: Arms and Armor

Starts at 5:30 p.m.

Discover the Museum's fascinating collection of arms and armor, including plate and mail armor, swords, daggers, shields, crossbows, and equestrian equipment; and learn about those who used them.

Friday, December 5

Art After 5 Tours

Impressionism

Starts at 7:00 p.m.

Learn how this unique genre came to be through works of art by masters including Claude Monet, Camille Pissarro, and Georges Seurat.

Friday, December 12

Art After 5 Tours

Impressionism to Contemporary Art

Starts at 6:00 p.m.

Explore the art of the Impressionist era, learn about the artists that defined and influenced the movement, and see how their work inspired the masterpieces of modern and contemporary art that would follow.

Art After 5 Tours

Starts at 7:00 p.m.

Discover exciting, innovative, and sometimes controversial works of art created in the 20th and 21st centuries.

Friday, December 19

Art After 5 Tours

Arms and Armor

Starts at 5:30 p.m.

Discover the Museum's fascinating collection of arms and armor, including plate and mail armor, swords, daggers, shields, crossbows, and equestrian equipment; and learn about those who used them.

Art After 5 Tours

Impressionism

Starts at 6:30 p.m.

Learn how this unique genre came to be through works of art by masters including Claude Monet, Camille Pissarro, and Georges Seurat.

Friday, December 26

Art After 5 Tours

Starts at 5:30 p.m.

This tour focuses on the Museum's extraordinary collection of American art, including Colonial and Federalist-era paintings, furniture, and decorative arts as well as treasures of rural Pennsylvania.

Art After 5 Tours

Starts at 6:00 p.m.

Discover exciting, innovative, and sometimes controversial works of art created in the 20th and 21st centuries.

Art After 5 Tours

Introduction to the Collection

Starts at 6:45 p.m.

Perfect for the first-time visitor, this tour provides an overview of some of the Museum's most renowned treasures in a variety of mediums.

Friday, January 2

Art After 5 Tours

Introduction to the Collection

Starts at 5:30 p.m.

Perfect for the first-time visitor, this tour provides an overview of some of the Museum's most renowned treasures in a variety of mediums.

Art After 5 Tours

Starts at 6:30 p.m.

This tour focuses on the Museum's extraordinary collection of American art, including Colonial and Federalist-era paintings, furniture, and decorative arts as well as treasures of rural Pennsylvania.

Art After 5 Tours

How Did They Do That?

Starts at 7:00 p.m.

Discover how some of the Museum's most innovative masterpieces were created.

Friday, January 9

Art After 5 Tours

Starts at 5:30 p.m.

Discover exciting, innovative, and sometimes controversial works of art created in the 20th and 21st centuries.

Art After 5 Tours

The Knight is Young: Arms and Armor

Starts at 6:00 p.m.

“Explore the world of the knight as seen in the magnificent Kienbusch Collection of Arms and Armor. Your guide will delve into such topics as the early collections of arms and armor, the forging of armor, the art of the tournament, and much more.”

Art After 5 Tours

European Art 1500-1850

Starts at 6:45 p.m.

Travel from the High Renaissance to the Neoclassical period with paintings, sculpture, furniture, ceramics, and tapestries.

Art After 5 Tours

Asian Art

Starts at 7:00 p.m.

Explore the Museum's extensive collection of Asian art, including treasures from Japan, China, and Korea.

Friday, January 16

Art After 5 Tours

Art of Middle Ages

Starts at 5:30 p.m.

With sculptures, reliquaries, stained glass, and objects of architectural interest, this tour examines the Museum's vast collection of treasures from the Middle Ages.

Art After 5 Tours

Impressionism & Post-Impressionism

Starts at 6:30 p.m.

Art After 5 Tours

The Art and Soul of China

Starts at 7:00 p.m.

Explore the themes, styles, and techniques that express the "art" and soul of the Museum's Chinese collection.

Friday, January 23

Art After 5 Tours

Starts at 5:30 p.m.

This tour focuses on the Museum's extraordinary collection of American art, including Colonial and Federalist-era paintings, furniture, and decorative arts as well as treasures of rural Pennsylvania.

Art After 5 Tours

Starts at 6:00 p.m.

Discover exciting, innovative, and sometimes controversial works of art created in the 20th and 21st centuries.

Art After 5 Tours

Asian Art

Starts at 6:45 p.m.

Explore the Museum's extensive collection of Asian art, including treasures from Japan, China, and Korea.

Art After 5 Tours

Impressionism

Starts at 7:00 p.m.

Learn how this unique genre came to be through works of art by masters including Claude Monet, Camille Pissarro, and Georges Seurat.

Friday, January 30

Art After 5 Tours

Starts at 5:30 p.m.

Discover exciting, innovative, and sometimes controversial works of art created in the 20th and 21st centuries.

Art After 5 Tours

19th-Century Art

Starts at 6:30 p.m.

Discover a variety of styles and techniques in the Museum's superb collection of nineteenth-century art.

Art After 5 Tours

Starts at 7:00 p.m.