Parkway 100
September 8, 2017–November 16, 2018 The Benjamin Franklin Parkway turns 100 this year. Mark this milestone with Parkway 100, a 14-month, citywide celebration of our world-famous boulevard. A great public space, the Parkway is rich in art, culture, science, and education. Join us in the coming months for a series of programs and exhibitions on the centennial theme of “Collections and Connections.” View Parkway 100 Events >>Starts at 1:00 p.m.
See some of the greatest Impressionist and Post-Impressionist art in the world, featuring masterworks by artists such as Claude Monet, Camille Pissarro, Vincent van Gogh, and Paul Cézanne.
Claude Monet once said, “I must have flowers, always, and always.” Stop to smell the roses as we take a tour of flowers in art.
- Wednesday, September 26, 2018, Starts at 12:00 p.m.
- Wednesday, October 24, 2018, Starts at 12:00 p.m.
Perfect for the first-time visitor, this tour provides an overview of some of the Museum's most renowned treasures.
- Tuesday, September 25, 2018, Starts at 11:00 a.m., and 2:00 p.m.
- Wednesday, September 26, 2018, Starts at 11:00 a.m., and 2:00 p.m., and 6:00 p.m.
- Thursday, September 27, 2018, Starts at 11:00 a.m., and 2:00 p.m.
- Friday, September 28, 2018, Starts at 11:00 a.m., and 2:00 p.m.
Starts at 12:00 p.m.
Join us as we reveal some of the biggest controversies and scandals behind works in our collection.
Discover exciting, innovative, and sometimes controversial works of art created in the 20th and 21st centuries, including masters such as Picasso, Duchamp, Twombly, and LeWitt.
- Tuesday, September 25, 2018, Starts at 10:15 a.m.
- Friday, October 5, 2018, Starts at 1:00 p.m.
- Monday, October 8, 2018, Starts at 2:00 p.m.
- Tuesday, October 23, 2018, Starts at 10:15 a.m.
- Saturday, October 27, 2018, Starts at 3:00 p.m.
- Wednesday, November 7, 2018, Starts at 10:15 a.m.
Step back into the world of medieval Europe and view sculpture, paintings, and stained glass in architectural settings.
- Wednesday, September 26, 2018, Starts at 10:15 a.m.
- Tuesday, October 2, 2018, Starts at 12:00 p.m.
- Monday, October 8, 2018, Starts at 3:00 p.m.
- Tuesday, October 9, 2018, Starts at 3:00 p.m.
- Thursday, October 18, 2018, Starts at 3:00 p.m.
- Saturday, October 20, 2018, Starts at 10:15 a.m.
- Sunday, October 21, 2018, Starts at 12:00 p.m.
- Tuesday, October 23, 2018, Starts at 1:00 p.m.
- Wednesday, October 24, 2018, Starts at 10:15 a.m.
- Thursday, October 25, 2018, Starts at 10:15 a.m.
Featuring works by famous Philly artists and art inspired by the city’s most colorful characters.
- Tuesday, October 9, 2018, Starts at 12:00 p.m.
- Friday, October 26, 2018, Starts at 2:00 p.m.
Explore three centuries of paintings, furniture, and decorative arts, with special emphasis on Philadelphia and rural Pennsylvania.
- Tuesday, September 25, 2018, Starts at 3:00 p.m.
- Wednesday, September 26, 2018, Starts at 3:00 p.m.
- Tuesday, October 2, 2018, Starts at 3:00 p.m.
- Thursday, October 4, 2018, Starts at 1:00 p.m.
- Friday, October 5, 2018, Starts at 3:00 p.m.
- Monday, October 8, 2018, Starts at 1:00 p.m.
- Thursday, October 11, 2018, Starts at 3:00 p.m.
- Thursday, October 18, 2018, Starts at 1:00 p.m.
- Friday, October 19, 2018, Starts at 2:00 p.m.
- Saturday, October 20, 2018, Starts at 12:00 p.m.
- Tuesday, October 23, 2018, Starts at 3:00 p.m.
- Thursday, October 25, 2018, Starts at 1:00 p.m.
- Saturday, October 27, 2018, Starts at 1:00 p.m.
- Wednesday, November 7, 2018, Starts at 3:00 p.m.
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 one hour.
- Thursday, October 4, 2018, Starts at 3:00 p.m.
- Tuesday, October 16, 2018, Starts at 12:00 p.m.
- Wednesday, October 24, 2018, Starts at 3:00 p.m.
- Friday, October 26, 2018, Starts at 3:00 p.m.
- Wednesday, October 31, 2018, Starts at 12:00 p.m.
Starts at 10:15 a.m.
Religious works by great artists of the Renaissance and beyond, such as Jan van Eyck, Rogier van der Weyden, and Sandro Botticelli.
Musicians fill the galleries with sound.
- Sruti
- Saturday, October 20, 2018, 1:30 p.m. - 2:00 p.m., and 2:15 p.m. - 2:45 p.m., and 3:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Sruti, the India Music and Dance Society of Philadelphia, fills the Pillared Temple Hall with music.
- Saturday, October 20, 2018, 1:30 p.m. - 2:00 p.m., and 2:15 p.m. - 2:45 p.m., and 3:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Visit rare architectural settings and discover intriguing works of art from all parts of Asia, including some of the oldest objects in the collection.
- Friday, October 5, 2018, Starts at 10:15 a.m.
- Saturday, October 20, 2018, Starts at 12:00 p.m.
See some of the greatest Impressionist and Post-Impressionist art in the world, featuring masterworks by artists such as Claude Monet, Camille Pissarro, Vincent van Gogh, and Paul Cézanne.
- Wednesday, September 26, 2018, Starts at 12:00 p.m.
- Thursday, September 27, 2018, Starts at 3:00 p.m.
- Monday, October 8, 2018, Starts at 10:15 a.m.
- Tuesday, October 9, 2018, Starts at 1:00 p.m.
- Wednesday, October 10, 2018, Starts at 10:15 a.m.
- Thursday, October 11, 2018, Starts at 1:00 p.m.
- Tuesday, October 16, 2018, Starts at 10:15 a.m.
- Friday, October 19, 2018, Starts at 1:00 p.m.
- Saturday, October 20, 2018, Starts at 3:00 p.m.
- Sunday, October 21, 2018, Starts at 10:15 a.m., and 1:00 p.m.
- Thursday, October 25, 2018, Starts at 10:15 a.m., and 3:00 p.m.
- Friday, October 26, 2018, Starts at 1:00 p.m.
Take an “inside’ look at paintings, furniture, sculpture, ceramics, tapestries, and more spanning over three centuries.
- Tuesday, September 25, 2018, Starts at 12:00 p.m.
- Tuesday, October 2, 2018, Starts at 10:15 a.m.
- Monday, October 8, 2018, Starts at 12:00 p.m.
- Wednesday, October 10, 2018, Starts at 12:00 p.m., and 1:00 p.m.
- Tuesday, October 16, 2018, Starts at 3:00 p.m.
- Saturday, October 20, 2018, Starts at 1:00 p.m.
- Sunday, October 21, 2018, Starts at 3:00 p.m.
- Thursday, October 25, 2018, Starts at 12:00 p.m.
- Friday, October 26, 2018, Starts at 10:15 a.m.
- Saturday, October 27, 2018, Starts at 12:00 p.m.
- Wednesday, October 31, 2018, Starts at 10:15 a.m.
- Wednesday, November 7, 2018, Starts at 1:00 p.m.
Featuring masterworks by such artists as Picasso, Duchamp, and Dalí, this tour chronicles the course of modern art.
- Thursday, October 4, 2018, Starts at 10:15 a.m.
- Friday, October 26, 2018, Starts at 12:00 p.m.
2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
For over ten years, artist, writer, and curator Joanna Ebenstein has been excavating the places where death and beauty meet through her blog Morbid Anatomy. In this talk, she searches for beauty and the macabre in our collection of European art.
Reception to followStarts at 10:15 a.m.
Discover the Museum's superb collection of medieval and Asian paintings, sculptures, and architectural elements.
Starts at 1:00 p.m.
Get hit by Cupid’s arrow as you explore depictions of love and marriage throughout our collection.
Uncover the most entertaining stories, anecdotes, and legends associated with our collection.
- Thursday, September 27, 2018, Starts at 12:00 p.m.
- Thursday, October 11, 2018, Starts at 10:15 a.m.
- Wednesday, November 7, 2018, Starts at 12:00 p.m.
Banner image: Philadelphia Museum of Art: Perspective from Southeast, 1917–18, attributed to Julian Francis Abele, American, 1881–1950 (Philadelphia Museum of Art Archives)
