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

 

January 23 - March 27, 2010
Tuition: Members $120, Nonmembers $150

Ages 3–4 with a parent
10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.

Ages 5–6
10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.

Ages 7–8
10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.

Ages 9–12
10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.

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January 23 - March 27, 2010
Tuition: Members $120, Nonmembers $150

Ages 3–4 with a parent
10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.

Ages 5–6
10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.

Ages 7–8
10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.

Ages 9–12
10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.

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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.

 

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

 

Explore fascinating treasures from the Museum's Medieval and Asian art galleries.

 

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.

 

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

 

January 23 - March 27, 2010
Tuition: Members $120, Nonmembers $150

Ages 3–4 with a parent
10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.

Ages 5–6
10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.

Ages 7–8
10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.

Ages 9–12
10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.

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January 23 - March 27, 2010
Tuition: Members $120, Nonmembers $150

Ages 3–4 with a parent
10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.

Ages 5–6
10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.

Ages 7–8
10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.

Ages 9–12
10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.

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Saturday, March 20, 1:00–4:00 p.m.
or
Sunday, March 21, 1:00–4:00 p.m.
Trolley departs from the Museum’s West Entrance.
Members: $24
Nonmembers: $30

Family dramas, sickness and death, and political intrigues were among the concerns of the women who lived more than 200 years ago in the historic homes along the Schuylkill River. This trolley tour of three Fairmount Park Houses explores the stories women may have shared over tea in the very parlors where their own dramas were taking place. Light refreshments will be served at the final stop.

 

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.

 

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

 

Members $28,
Nonmembers $34

Fee is nonrefundable and members’ exhibition tickets may not be applied to the cost of the program. Space is limited.

Enjoy a guided tour of the exhibition before public hours, an intimate setting to view the masterpieces of Picasso. Price includes a one-hour exhibition tour and general Museum admission.

 

Members $28,
Nonmembers $34

Fee is nonrefundable and members’ exhibition tickets may not be applied to the cost of the program. Space is limited.

Enjoy a guided tour of the exhibition before public hours, an intimate setting to view the masterpieces of Picasso. Price includes a one-hour exhibition tour and general Museum admission.

 

Discover paintings, furniture, sculpture, block-printed wallpapers, and ceramics representing Impressionism, International Realism, Post-Impressionism, and Art Nouveau.

 

Preschoolers and their families enjoy picture books and art projects presented in the Museum galleries.

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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.

 

Discover the secrets behind illuminated manuscripts, masonry, and panel painting. Our friendly staff will demonstrate ancient techniques and provide you with fun facts.

 

You are never too young to explore the Museum! Movement, play, and hands-on activities make up this fun tour designed especially for preschoolers and their families.

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Children and their families are led on a gallery tour to explore themes and discover works of art.

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

 

On this tour we hope to discover why Paris was home for the Avant-Garde from 1900–1950 by exploring the works of artists such as Courbet, Monet, Manet, Degas, Gaugan, Ingres, Possin, Cezanne and others.

 

Do you like to draw? All family members are welcome to try their drawing skills in the Museum galleries. An artist is on hand to provide materials and encouragement. Drop in anytime between noon and 3:00 p.m. to sketch, doodle, or create a masterpiece.

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Join Museum Park House Guides on a tour of the historic Perelman Building highlighting the rich ornamentation and unique architectural details of this Art Deco landmark.

 

Explore fascinating treasures from the Museum's Medieval and Asian art galleries.

 

Saturday, March 20, 1:00–4:00 p.m.
or
Sunday, March 21, 1:00–4:00 p.m.
Trolley departs from the Museum’s West Entrance.
Members: $24
Nonmembers: $30

Family dramas, sickness and death, and political intrigues were among the concerns of the women who lived more than 200 years ago in the historic homes along the Schuylkill River. This trolley tour of three Fairmount Park Houses explores the stories women may have shared over tea in the very parlors where their own dramas were taking place. Light refreshments will be served at the final stop.

 

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

 

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.

 

Discover paintings, furniture, sculpture, block-printed wallpapers, and ceramics representing Impressionism, International Realism, Post-Impressionism, and Art Nouveau.

 

Ticket required unless otherwise indicated. Free Museum admission for art and art history students from select area art schools.

This ongoing program focuses on important artists, movements, themes, or historical events highlighted in the world of film.

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

 

Tuesday Afternoons
January 19 - March 23, 2010
1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.
Wednesday Afternoons
January 20 - March 24, 2010
1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.
Thursday Mornings and Afternoons
January 21 - March 25, 2010
10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. and 1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.
Tuition: Members $120, Nonmembers $150

Children ages 3–5 with a parent.

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Members $70, nonmembers $85.

Enjoy a private tour of the Barnes Foundation highlighting Picasso’s works, as well as masterworks by other artists. Closed to the public on Tuesdays, the Barnes is opening its doors just for the Philadelphia Museum of Art.

 

Discover architecture, interior decoration, and paintings from the Georgian Period—named after the kings with the name George who reigned from 1714 to 1760.

 

Facilitator: Cynthia Jones

This Art Talk focuses on the exhibition Picasso and the Avant-Garde in Paris, which follows the trajectory of Picasso's career from his early experiments with abstraction to his pioneering role in the development of Cubism, as well as his dialogue with Surrealism and other important art movements in the ensuing decades.

 

Tuesday Afternoons
January 19 - March 23, 2010
1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.
Wednesday Afternoons
January 20 - March 24, 2010
1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.
Thursday Mornings and Afternoons
January 21 - March 25, 2010
10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. and 1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.
Tuition: Members $120, Nonmembers $150

Children ages 3–5 with a parent.

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$155 per member includes transportation, museum admission, a group tour through Georgia O’Keeffe: Abstraction, lunch, and all gratuities. Tickets are on sale now. Space is limited, and reservations required. To R.S.V.P please call 215-235-SHOW (7469). Program fee is nonrefundable.

Travel to the Phillips Collection for an exclusive look at Georgia O’Keeffe: Abstraction and explore the permanent collection which includes nearly 3,000 works by American and European artists—among them, Degas, Cézanne, Gauguin, van Gogh, Bonnard, Matisse, Picasso, Braque and many others. Our day trip also includes dining on a prix fixe lunch at a restaurant on Dupont Circle and free time in the museum on your own.

 

Members $28,
Nonmembers $34

Fee is nonrefundable and members’ exhibition tickets may not be applied to the cost of the program. Space is limited.

Enjoy a guided tour of the exhibition before public hours, an intimate setting to view the masterpieces of Picasso. Price includes a one-hour exhibition tour and general Museum admission.

 

Members $28,
Nonmembers $34

Fee is nonrefundable and members’ exhibition tickets may not be applied to the cost of the program. Space is limited.

Enjoy a guided tour of the exhibition before public hours, an intimate setting to view the masterpieces of Picasso. Price includes a one-hour exhibition tour and general Museum admission.

 

Tuesday Afternoons
January 19 - March 23, 2010
1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.
Wednesday Afternoons
January 20 - March 24, 2010
1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.
Thursday Mornings and Afternoons
January 21 - March 25, 2010
10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. and 1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.
Tuition: Members $120, Nonmembers $150

Children ages 3–5 with a parent.

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University of Pennsylvania and Temple University graduate students, and members of the Philadelphia Museum of Art staff, offer a series of 45-minute gallery lectures focusing on the Museum's rich resources in each of their respective areas of study. This program gives visitors an in-depth look at individual masterpieces and an opportunity for discussion.

All topics are subject to change.

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Enjoy a tour of Kantha: The Embroidered Quilts of Bengal from the Jill and Sheldon Bonovitz and the Stella Kramrisch Collections.

 

Explore themes, styles, and techniques in the Museum's collection of Chinese art.

 

Tuesday Afternoons
January 19 - March 23, 2010
1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.
Wednesday Afternoons
January 20 - March 24, 2010
1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.
Thursday Mornings and Afternoons
January 21 - March 25, 2010
10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. and 1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.
Tuition: Members $120, Nonmembers $150

Children ages 3–5 with a parent.

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Enjoy a tour of Kantha: The Embroidered Quilts of Bengal from the Jill and Sheldon Bonovitz and the Stella Kramrisch Collections.

 

Thursdays: 4 sessions, March 4, 11, 18, and 25; 1:30 - 2:30 p.m.
- or -
Saturdays: 2 lectures, March 13 and 27; 1:30 - 3:45 p.m.
Lecturer: Elizabeth A. Anderson, Independent Art Historian
Location: Van Pelt Auditorium
Members: $80
Nonmembers: $100

This course concentrates on the development of architecture, painting, and sculpture in Italy from the late thirteenth century into the sixteenth century. The final lecture investigates art produced north of the Alps during that same period. We’ll explore issues such as the awareness of antiquity, a growing secular patronage, and the creation of new materials.

• The Art of Florence and Siena in the Fourteenth Century
• Fifteenth-Century Florentine Art
• High Renaissance and Mannerist Art
• Northern European Art in the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Centuries

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Thursday afternoons: March 4, 11, 18, and 25, 3:00–4:00 p.m
or
Saturdays: March 13 and 27, 10:00 a.m.–12:15 p.m.
Lecturer: Suzanne Singletary, Associate Professor, History and Theory, and Director, Architectural Studies Program, School of Architecture, Philadelphia University
Location: Van Pelt Auditorium
$100 ($80 members)

Pablo Picasso once described his mural-scaled painting Guernica as revealing “the inside and outside of a room,” and Georges Braque called the simultaneous views of Cubist works “a house drawn in plan, section, and elevation.” This course explores the rich interplay between avant-garde artists and architects during the years highlighted by the Picasso and the Avant-Garde in Paris exhibition, when artists and architects struggled to give form to the modern Zeitgeist or “Spirit of the Times.”

• Cubism as Catalyst: Mondrian and the De Stijl Environment
• Building for Political Revolution: Malevich, El Lissitsky, and Constructivism
• From Glass House to Bauhaus: Expressionism and the International Style
• Architecture after Cubism: Léger, Le Corbusier, and Purism as Built Form

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Thursday March 25, 2010, 5:00–7:00 p.m.
or
Saturday March 27, 2010, 10:00 a.m.–noon
Location: Wachovia Education Resource Center, Perelman Building
2 NJ or PA hours
Free
Limit 15 teachers

Part demonstration and part brainstorming session, this workshop explores the use of art in the study of history, culture, government, psychology, sociology, and other social sciences. The possible connections between art and social studies are numerous so this workshop examines the best practices in reinforcing these natural connections. Participants receive samples of the many art- and social studies–based lessons created at the Resource Center.

 

University of Pennsylvania and Temple University graduate students, and members of the Philadelphia Museum of Art staff, offer a series of 45-minute gallery lectures focusing on the Museum's rich resources in each of their respective areas of study. This program gives visitors an in-depth look at individual masterpieces and an opportunity for discussion.

All topics are subject to change.

Learn More >>

 

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.

 

Tours meet at the West Entrance.
Free members event. Space is limited.

Lovingly created from the remnants of worn garments, kanthas are embroidered with motifs and tales drawn from a rich local repertoire and used especially in the celebration of births, weddings, and other family occasions. This tour will look in depth at some of the forty superb examples in the exhibition that were created during the nineteenth and first half of the twentieth centuries.

 

January 22 - March 26, 2010
3:30 - 4:45 p.m.

Tuition: Members $100, Non-members $120

• Ages 3–4 with parent
• Ages 5–6
• Ages 7–8
• Ages 9–12

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Born in São Paulo, Brazil, Alexandre Kautz is a jazz drummer and graduate of the prestigious Berklee College of Music. Based in New York City, he has shared the stage with Tim Ries, Ingrid Jensen, Jorge Molina, and wife Magos Herrera.

 

Discover three centuries of paintings, furniture, sculpture, and decorative arts with a special emphasis on Philadelphia's rich traditions.

 

Free Museum admission for art and art history students from select area art schools.

This screening is part of Film for All, an ongoing program that focuses on important artists, movements, themes, or historical events highlighted in the world of film.

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Discover exciting, innovative, and sometimes controversial works of art created in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.

 

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

 

Thursday March 25, 2010, 5:00–7:00 p.m.
or
Saturday March 27, 2010, 10:00 a.m.–noon
Location: Wachovia Education Resource Center, Perelman Building
2 NJ or PA hours
Free
Limit 15 teachers

Part demonstration and part brainstorming session, this workshop explores the use of art in the study of history, culture, government, psychology, sociology, and other social sciences. The possible connections between art and social studies are numerous so this workshop examines the best practices in reinforcing these natural connections. Participants receive samples of the many art- and social studies–based lessons created at the Resource Center.

 

Thursday afternoons: March 4, 11, 18, and 25, 3:00–4:00 p.m
or
Saturdays: March 13 and 27, 10:00 a.m.–12:15 p.m.
Lecturer: Suzanne Singletary, Associate Professor, History and Theory, and Director, Architectural Studies Program, School of Architecture, Philadelphia University
Location: Van Pelt Auditorium
$100 ($80 members)

Pablo Picasso once described his mural-scaled painting Guernica as revealing “the inside and outside of a room,” and Georges Braque called the simultaneous views of Cubist works “a house drawn in plan, section, and elevation.” This course explores the rich interplay between avant-garde artists and architects during the years highlighted by the Picasso and the Avant-Garde in Paris exhibition, when artists and architects struggled to give form to the modern Zeitgeist or “Spirit of the Times.”

• Cubism as Catalyst: Mondrian and the De Stijl Environment
• Building for Political Revolution: Malevich, El Lissitsky, and Constructivism
• From Glass House to Bauhaus: Expressionism and the International Style
• Architecture after Cubism: Léger, Le Corbusier, and Purism as Built Form

Learn More >>

 

January 23 - March 27, 2010
Tuition: Members $120, Nonmembers $150

Ages 3–4 with a parent
10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.

Ages 5–6
10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.

Ages 7–8
10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.

Ages 9–12
10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.

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January 23 - March 27, 2010
Tuition: Members $120, Nonmembers $150

Ages 3–4 with a parent
10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.

Ages 5–6
10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.

Ages 7–8
10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.

Ages 9–12
10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.

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Meet the artists who, along with Édouard Manet, created revolutionary styles of painting in nineteenth-century France.

 

January 23 - March 27, 2010
Tuition: Members $120, Nonmembers $150

Ages 3–4 with a parent
10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.

Ages 5–6
10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.

Ages 7–8
10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.

Ages 9–12
10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.

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January 23 - March 27, 2010
Tuition: Members $120, Nonmembers $150

Ages 3–4 with a parent
10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.

Ages 5–6
10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.

Ages 7–8
10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.

Ages 9–12
10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.

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Thursdays: 4 sessions, March 4, 11, 18, and 25; 1:30 - 2:30 p.m.
- or -
Saturdays: 2 lectures, March 13 and 27; 1:30 - 3:45 p.m.
Lecturer: Elizabeth A. Anderson, Independent Art Historian
Location: Van Pelt Auditorium
Members: $80
Nonmembers: $100

This course concentrates on the development of architecture, painting, and sculpture in Italy from the late thirteenth century into the sixteenth century. The final lecture investigates art produced north of the Alps during that same period. We’ll explore issues such as the awareness of antiquity, a growing secular patronage, and the creation of new materials.

• The Art of Florence and Siena in the Fourteenth Century
• Fifteenth-Century Florentine Art
• High Renaissance and Mannerist Art
• Northern European Art in the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Centuries

Learn More >>

 

Members $28,
Nonmembers $34

Fee is nonrefundable and members’ exhibition tickets may not be applied to the cost of the program. Space is limited.

Enjoy a guided tour of the exhibition before public hours, an intimate setting to view the masterpieces of Picasso. Price includes a one-hour exhibition tour and general Museum admission.

 

Members $28,
Nonmembers $34

Fee is nonrefundable and members’ exhibition tickets may not be applied to the cost of the program. Space is limited.

Enjoy a guided tour of the exhibition before public hours, an intimate setting to view the masterpieces of Picasso. Price includes a one-hour exhibition tour and general Museum admission.

 

Sunday, March 28, 9:15 a.m.–4:30 p.m.
or
Sunday, April 25, 9:15 a.m.–4:30 p.m.
Instructor: Artist and Philagrafika 2010 printmaker Shelley Thorstensen
Location: Education Studios I and II
Members: $80
Nonmembers: $100
plus $35 supplies fee; a limited number of scholarships are available

Have you really wanted to make prints, but don’t have access to a press? Good news! It’s entirely possible to make prints without one. Bring your ideas, sketches, and photographs (only those you’ve taken yourself) as inspiration. We’ll learn a variety of ways to make prints, complete a small body of work without a press, and be immersed in the printmaking experience. We’ll also make relief and frottage prints, then incorporate them into making gelatin prints for a layered and thematically rich series. For all levels, beginner to more experienced. We’ll also visit the exhibition PHILAGRAFIKA 2010: The Graphic Unconscious―Works by Oscar Muñoz and Tabaimo. Enrollment limited to 14 participants per Sunday Studio.

 

Preschoolers and their families enjoy picture books and art projects presented in the Museum galleries.

Learn More >>

 

Discover the secrets behind illuminated manuscripts, masonry, and panel painting. Our friendly staff will demonstrate ancient techniques and provide you with fun facts.

 

You are never too young to explore the Museum! Movement, play, and hands-on activities make up this fun tour designed especially for preschoolers and their families.

Learn More >>

 

Children and their families are led on a gallery tour to explore themes and discover works of art.

Learn More >>

 

Do you like to draw? All family members are welcome to try their drawing skills in the Museum galleries. An artist is on hand to provide materials and encouragement. Drop in anytime between noon and 3:00 p.m. to sketch, doodle, or create a masterpiece.

Learn More >>

 

Ticket required unless otherwise indicated. Free Museum admission for art and art history students from select area art schools.

This ongoing program focuses on important artists, movements, themes, or historical events highlighted in the world of film.

Learn More >>

 

Members $28,
Nonmembers $34

Fee is nonrefundable and members’ exhibition tickets may not be applied to the cost of the program. Space is limited.

Enjoy a guided tour of the exhibition before public hours, an intimate setting to view the masterpieces of Picasso. Price includes a one-hour exhibition tour and general Museum admission.

 

Members $28,
Nonmembers $34

Fee is nonrefundable and members’ exhibition tickets may not be applied to the cost of the program. Space is limited.

Enjoy a guided tour of the exhibition before public hours, an intimate setting to view the masterpieces of Picasso. Price includes a one-hour exhibition tour and general Museum admission.

 

From classical Noh Theater with its gorgeous costumes, musical instruments & librettos, to poetry competitions, to the every day pleasures of fishing, the pleasures and pastimes depicted in Japanese art are many and varied.

 

Members $70, nonmembers $85.

Enjoy a private tour of the Barnes Foundation highlighting Picasso’s works, as well as masterworks by other artists. Closed to the public on Tuesdays, the Barnes is opening its doors just for the Philadelphia Museum of Art.

 

Tours meet at the West Entrance.
Free members event. Space is limited.

Lovingly created from the remnants of worn garments, kanthas are embroidered with motifs and tales drawn from a rich local repertoire and used especially in the celebration of births, weddings, and other family occasions. This tour will look in depth at some of the forty superb examples in the exhibition that were created during the nineteenth and first half of the twentieth centuries.

 

Home to the largest collection of Brancusi’s sculpture outside of Paris, the intimate gallery in the PMA is the perfect setting to explore the works of one of the founding figures of modern sculpture.