Friday, June 13

Art After 5 Tours

Art in the American Wing

 

Starts at 6:00 p.m.

Free after admission

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.

 

Friday, June 27

Art After 5 Tours

Art in the American Wing

 

Starts at 5:30 p.m.

Free after admission

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.

 

Friday, July 11

Art After 5 Tours

Shakers: Order, Unity, and Improvement

 

Starts at 6:00 p.m.

Free after admission

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

 

Friday, August 8

Art After 5 Tours

Art in an Emerging Nation: American Art

 

Starts at 7:00 p.m.

Free after admission

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

 

Friday, August 22

Art After 5 Tours

Impressionism and Modern and Contemporary Art

 

Starts at 7:00 p.m.

Free after admission

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

Thomas Eakins: A Philadelphia Realist

 

Starts at 7:00 p.m.

Free after admission

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

 

Tuesday, September 23

Art After 5 Tours

Victorian Secrets

 

Starts at 7:00 p.m.

Free after admission

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

 

Wednesday, September 24

Art After 5 Tours

Cool Knights: Arms and Armor

 

Starts at 6:00 p.m.

Free after admission

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

Modern and Contemporary Art: Nocturnal Scenes

 

Starts at 7:00 p.m.

Free after admission

This tour consists of outdoor scenes that take place after sundown, as well as interior scenes that require artificial light sources.

 

Friday, October 10

Art After 5 Tours

Fashion in American Art

 

Starts at 5:30 p.m.

Free after admission

Take a look at fashion's role in art.

 

Art After 5 Tours

Van Gogh and Color

 

Starts at 6:00 p.m.

Free after admission

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

 

Friday, October 31

Art After 5 Tours

Things That Go Bump (Halloween at the Museum)

 

Starts at 6:00 p.m.

Free after admission

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!

 

Friday, November 14

Art After 5 Tours

Arms and Armor

 

Starts at 5:30 p.m.

Free after admission

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 12

Art After 5 Tours

Impressionism to Contemporary Art

 

Starts at 6:00 p.m.

Free after admission

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.

 

Friday, December 19

Art After 5 Tours

Arms and Armor

 

Starts at 5:30 p.m.

Free after admission

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, January 2

Art After 5 Tours

How Did They Do That?

 

Starts at 7:00 p.m.

Free after admission

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

 

Friday, January 30

Art After 5 Tours

19th-Century Art

 

Starts at 6:30 p.m.

Free after admission

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

 

Friday, February 6

Art After 5 Tours

How Did They Do That?

 

Starts at 5:30 p.m.

Free after admission

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

 

Friday, February 13

Art After 5 Tours

Constantine Tapestries: Power, Religion, and Politics Woven Together

 

Starts at 6:00 p.m.

Free after admission

Examine the Museum's monumental Constantine Tapestries up close, with a focus on how they were made and the meaning behind their intricate designs.

 

Friday, February 20

Art After 5 Tours

19th-Century Art

 

Starts at 6:30 p.m.

Free after admission

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

 

Friday, April 3

Art After 5 Tours

Flowers in Art

 

Starts at 6:00 p.m.

Free after admission

Claude Monet once said “I must have flowers, always, and always,” and here at the Philadelphia Museum of Art we could not agree more! So join us, as we stop to smell the roses, looking at flowers in art.

 

Friday, April 24

Art After 5 Tours

Knotted Carpets of the Museum

 

Starts at 6:00 p.m.

Free after admission

Explore Oriental carpets at the Museum, learning how they are made and what regions they stem. You’ll get answers to such questions as “what makes a ‘Persian’ different from a Kilim”, “how many knots are there to a carpet”, “what is the subject matter and how is it determined”, and much more!

 

Friday, May 22

Art After 5 Tours

Made in America

 

Starts at 5:30 p.m.

Free after admission

Featuring all things American, this tour celebrates three centuries of this country’s greatest paintings, sculpture, and decorative arts.

 

Art After 5 Tours

Impressionism to Modern and Contemporary Art

 

Starts at 6:00 p.m.

Free after admission

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

 

Friday, May 29

Art After 5 Tours

Modern Art

 

Starts at 6:00 p.m.

Free after admission

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

 

Friday, June 5

Art After 5 Tours

Impressionism

 

Starts at 6:00 p.m.

Free after admission

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

 

Friday, June 19

Art After 5 Tours

Impressionism

 

Starts at 6:00 p.m.

Free after admission

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

 

Friday, July 3

Art After 5 Tours

The Spirit of Rocky

 

Starts at 6:00 p.m.

Free after admission

Explore the triumphs of artists who were underdogs and achieved personal victories by struggle and perseverance, much like Rocky Balboa.

 

Friday, July 10

Art After 5 Tours

Take a Seat: American Furniture

 

Starts at 6:45 p.m.

Free after admission

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

 

Friday, July 31

Art After 5 Tours

The Road to Flatness

 

Starts at 5:00 p.m.

Free after admission

From Salon painting to Impressionism, Cubism, Surrealism, Abstract Expressionism, and beyond, explore the way painting in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries has evolved toward a flatter aesthetic.

 

Friday, August 14

Art After 5 Tours

Impressionism

 

Starts at 6:00 p.m.

Free after admission

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

 

Friday, August 21

Art After 5 Tours

The Road to Flatness

 

Starts at 5:00 p.m.

Free after admission

From Salon painting to Impressionism, Cubism, Surrealism, Abstract Expressionism, and beyond, explore the way painting in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries has evolved toward a flatter aesthetic.

 

Friday, September 4

Art After 5 Tours

Everything Eakins

 

Starts at 5:00 p.m.

Free after admission

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

 

Art After 5 Tours

American Woman: Who Is She?

 

Starts at 6:00 p.m.

Free after admission

This tour celebrates 300 years of American women in art. Discover the changing roles and contributions of those who had the courage to pursue their own dreams.

 

Friday, September 11

Art After 5 Tours

Philadelphia Icons

 

Starts at 6:45 p.m.

Free after admission

What does Philly do best? No, not cheesesteaks. ART! Featuring works by famous Philly artists, and images inspired by the city’s most colorful characters, this tour is sure to bring out your inner Phanatic.

 

Friday, September 18

Art After 5 Tours

American Woman: Who Is She?

 

Starts at 5:00 p.m.

Free after admission

This tour celebrates 300 years of American women in art. Discover the changing roles and contributions of those who had the courage to pursue their own dreams.

 

Friday, October 2

Art After 5 Tours

The American Woman

 

Starts at 5:00 p.m.

Free after admission

This tour celebrates 300 years of American women in art. Discover the changing roles and contributions of those who had the courage to pursue their own dreams.

 

Friday, October 9

Art After 5 Tours

Contemporary Art

 

Starts at 5:30 p.m.

Free after admission

Take a look at the Museum's collection of art created by living artists.

 

Friday, October 30

Art After 5 Tours

Nooks and Crannies

 

Starts at 7:00 p.m.

Free after admission

Our museum has over 200 galleries, each a gem in its own way. This tour goes off the beaten path to discover rare, unique, precious, and exceptional works of art in several small and less-frequented galleries.

 

Friday, November 6

Art After 5 Tours

African American Art

 

Starts at 5:00 p.m.

Free after admission

Explore works such as the oldest wedding portraits of an African-American couple in an American museum, a tall clock by the first African-American clock maker, and the first painting by an African-American artist purchased by an American museum.

 

Friday, November 13

Art After 5 Tours

The Knight is Young: Arms and Armor

 

Starts at 6:00 p.m.

Free after admission

“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.”

 

Friday, November 20

Art After 5 Tours

Highlights of the Museum

 

Starts at 6:00 p.m.

Free after admission

This tour takes a look at some of the Museum's most renowned treasures.

 

Friday, November 27

Art After 5 Tours

19th Century French Art

 

Starts at 5:30 p.m.

Free after admission

Explore the 19th century art of French masters such as Monet, Matisse, Cézanne, and Renoir.

 

Art After 5 Tours

Thanksgiving Tour of American Treasures

 

Starts at 6:45 p.m.

Free after admission

This tour focuses on the Museum's extraordinary collection of American art, including paintings, furniture, and decorative arts.

 

Friday, December 18

Art After 5 Tours

Art of the Heart

 

Starts at 5:00 p.m.

Free after admission

This tour looks at the roles of love, romance and intrigue as depicted in art from the Renaissance to the middle of the 19th century.

 

Art After 5 Tours

Post-Impressionism to Modern

 

Starts at 6:00 p.m.

Free after admission

Explore the art of the Post-Impressionist eras and learn about the artists that defined and influenced the movement that led to Modern Art, including masters such as Claude Monet, Camille Pissarro, and Georges Seurat.

 

Friday, January 1

Art After 5 Tours

Art of Middle Ages

 

Starts at 10:15 a.m.

Free after admission

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

 

Friday, February 5

Art After 5 Tours

European Art 1100–1500

 

Starts at 7:00 p.m.

Free after admission

Explore Medieval and early Renaissance art through Italian and Netherlandish painting, sculptures and reliquaries, and grand architectural spaces.

 

Friday, March 4

Art After 5 Tours

Loves and Liaisons among the Impressionists

 

Starts at 7:00 p.m.

Free after admission

Find out about the relationships between this remarkable group of artists.

 

Friday, March 11

Art After 5 Tours

Impressionism to Modern and Contemporary Art

 

Starts at 6:45 p.m.

Free after admission

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

 

Friday, March 25

Art After 5 Tours

Women in Art

 

Starts at 7:00 p.m.

Free after admission

This tour discusses the role women have played in art throughout history, and looks at objects by women artists in a variety of mediums and techniques.

 

Friday, April 1

Art After 5 Tours

Japonisme, Impressionism, and Van Gogh

 

Starts at 7:00 p.m.

Free after admission

As van Gogh said, “We love Japanese painting, we’ve experienced its influence—all the Impressionists have that in common.” This tour explores our Museum's noted Impressionist galleries, highlighting the far-reaching spell cast on both van Gogh and Impressionism by Japanese art.

 

Friday, April 15

Art After 5 Tours

Loves and Liaisons Among the Impressionists

 

Starts at 5:00 p.m.

Free after admission

The Impressionist artists of Paris courted, loved, married and caused scandal, just as we do today! Many of the love stories were famous, some were secret, some were notorious. Some affairs ended tragically, while the lucky ones lived happily ever after.

 

Friday, April 22

Art After 5 Tours

Cold Steel, Warm Knights

 

Starts at 6:00 p.m.

Free after admission

Explore the amazing collection of arms and armor gifted to the PMA by the prominent arms and armor collector Carl Otto Kretzschmar von Kienbusch. The construction, decoration and workings of armor will be discussed.

 

Friday, May 13

Art After 5 Tours

Dressed to Kill: Arms and Armor

 

Starts at 5:30 p.m.

Free after admission

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

Medieval and Asian Art: Far Away Times and Places

 

Starts at 6:00 p.m.

Free after admission

From medieval architecture to rare treasures from various parts of Asia, this tour promises to stir the imagination.

 

Friday, May 20

Art After 5 Tours

Scandalous

 

Starts at 6:00 p.m.

Free after admission

Explore works of art that were once deemed too scandalous for their time.

 

Friday, May 27

Art After 5 Tours

19th-Century French Painting

 

Starts at 6:00 p.m.

Free after admission

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

 

Art After 5 Tours

Medieval and Asian Art: Far Away Times and Places

 

Starts at 6:45 p.m.

Free after admission

From medieval architecture to rare treasures from various parts of Asia, this tour promises to stir the imagination.

 

Friday, June 3

Art After 5 Tours

Plagues, Pilgrims, and Pageants

 

Starts at 7:00 p.m.

Free after admission

The richness of the Museum's medieval art collections comes to life through the journeys of pilgrims, the devastation of plagues, and magnificent pageantry.

 

Friday, June 10

Art After 5 Tours

Asian Art

 

Starts at 5:00 p.m.

Free after admission

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

 

Art After 5 Tours

Impressionism to Modern and Contemporary Art

 

Starts at 7:00 p.m.

Free after admission

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

 

Friday, June 17

Art After 5 Tours

American Art

 

Starts at 7:00 p.m.

Free after admission

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.

 

Friday, July 1

Art After 5 Tours

The Art and Soul of China

 

Starts at 6:00 p.m. CANCELED

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

 

Friday, July 8

Art After 5 Tours

French Period Rooms

 

Starts at 5:00 p.m.

Free after admission

From a regal reception room to a mirrored salon, explore the Museum's fascinating French period rooms.

 

Art After 5 Tours

Impressionism: Color and Light

 

Starts at 6:00 p.m.

Free after admission

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

Take a Seat: American Furniture

 

Starts at 6:45 p.m.

Free after admission

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

 

Art After 5 Tours

European Art 1500-1850

 

Starts at 7:00 p.m.

Free after admission

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

 

Friday, July 22

Art After 5 Tours

Medieval Art

 

Starts at 5:30 p.m.

Free after admission

Discover the Museum's superb collection of Medieval paintings, sculptures, and architectural elements.

 

Art After 5 Tours

European Art 1500-1850

 

Starts at 6:00 p.m.

Free after admission

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

 

Art After 5 Tours

American Art

 

Starts at 6:45 p.m.

Free after admission

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

Realism to Cubism

 

Starts at 7:00 p.m.

Free after admission

Discover works of art that represent the dramatic shift from Realism in the mid 19th century (with artists such as Courbet, Theodore Rousseau and Millet), to Cubism in the early 20th century.

 

Friday, July 29

Art After 5 Tours

Flowers in Art

 

Starts at 7:00 p.m.

Free after admission

Claude Monet once said “I must have flowers, always, and always,” and here at the Philadelphia Museum of Art we could not agree more! So join us, as we stop to smell the roses, looking at flowers in art.

 

Friday, August 5

Art After 5 Tours

The Second French Revolution: Impressionism

 

Starts at 5:00 p.m.

Free after admission

Explore 19th Century art created during the Second French Revolution.

 

Art After 5 Tours

Fine Art and Domestic Interiors of Europe

 

Starts at 7:00 p.m.

Free after admission

Take an "inside" look at paintings, furniture, sculpture, block-printed wallpapers, ceramics, and more representing a uniquely European aesthetic.

 

Friday, August 12

Art After 5 Tours

Christian Art

 

Starts at 5:30 p.m.

Free after admission

Discover beautiful paintings, sculpture, and architectural spaces inspired by Christian faith and practice.

 

Art After 5 Tours

Joust about Knights

 

Starts at 6:00 p.m.

Free after admission

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

Thomas Eakins

 

Starts at 6:45 p.m.

Free after admission

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

 

Art After 5 Tours

Impressionism to Modern and Contemporary Art

 

Starts at 7:00 p.m.

Free after admission

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

 

Friday, August 19

Art After 5 Tours

A Walk Through Time

 

Starts at 5:00 p.m.

Free after admission

Where else in Philadelphia can you visit a Medieval Cloister, a 16th-century Indian Temple Hall, the country estates of 18th-century England and France, and a Japanese tea house all in an hour? Nowhere but here! So come, experience the world, and join us as we take a walk through time.

 

Art After 5 Tours

Modern and Contemporary Art

 

Starts at 7:00 p.m.

Free after admission

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

 

Friday, August 26

Art After 5 Tours

Impressionism: Color and Light

 

Starts at 6:00 p.m.

Free after admission

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

Asian Art

 

Starts at 6:45 p.m.

Free after admission

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

 

Art After 5 Tours

Contemporary Art

 

Starts at 7:00 p.m.

Free after admission

Take a look at the Museum's collection of art created by living artists.

 

Friday, September 2

Art After 5 Tours

Introduction to the Collection

 

Starts at 5:00 p.m.

Free after admission

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

Modern and Contemporary Art

 

Starts at 6:00 p.m.

Free after admission

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

 

Art After 5 Tours

Impressionism & Post-Impressionism

 

Starts at 7:00 p.m.

Free after admission

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, September 9

Art After 5 Tours

Introduction to the Collection

 

Starts at 5:30 p.m.

Free after admission

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

Fine Art and Domestic Interiors of Europe

 

Starts at 6:00 p.m.

Free after admission

Take an "inside" look at paintings, furniture, sculpture, block-printed wallpapers, ceramics, and more representing a uniquely European aesthetic.

 

Art After 5 Tours

Impressionism to Cubism

 

Starts at 6:45 p.m.

Free after admission

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

American Art

 

Starts at 7:00 p.m.

Free after admission

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.

 

Friday, September 16

Art After 5 Tours

Impressionism & Post-Impressionism

 

Starts at 5:00 p.m.

Free after admission

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).

 

Art After 5 Tours

American Art

 

Starts at 6:00 p.m.

Free after admission

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

Introduction to the Collection

 

Starts at 7:00 p.m.

Free after admission

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, September 23

Art After 5 Tours

Fine Art and Domestic Interiors of Europe

 

Starts at 5:30 p.m.

Free after admission

Take an "inside" look at paintings, furniture, sculpture, block-printed wallpapers, ceramics, and more representing a uniquely European aesthetic.

 

Art After 5 Tours

All in a Knight's Work

 

Starts at 6:00 p.m.

Free after admission

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

Modern and Contemporary Art

 

Starts at 6:45 p.m.

Free after admission

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

 

Art After 5 Tours

Victorian Secrets

 

Starts at 7:00 p.m.

Free after admission

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

 

Friday, September 30

Art After 5 Tours

Impressionism & Post-Impressionism

 

Starts at 6:00 p.m.

Free after admission

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).

 

Art After 5 Tours

Modern and Contemporary Art

 

Starts at 7:00 p.m.

Free after admission

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