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May 18, 2013
Saturday, May 18
Today's Exhibitions
 
10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Reservations required
Teacher Workshops
Sneak Preview of an Upcoming Exhibition: Art of the Joseon Dynasty
3 NJ or PA hours
Seminar Room
$25 (Members $20)
Full 2-day General Admission

Art of the Joseon Dynasty: Treasures from the National Museum of Korea (scheduled to open in the spring of 2014) is the first major exhibition of works of art from the entire span of Korea’s Joseon dynasty, which reigned from 1392 through 1910. This exhibition of one of the world’s longest dynasties will include some 120 objects in various media. Join us for a preview with Hyunsoo Woo, the Maxine and Howard Lewis Associate Curator of Korean Art, and start brainstorming ideas for your classrooms.
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Starts at 11:00 a.m.
Free after admission
Collection Tours
Introduction to the Collection

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.
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Starts at 11:00 a.m.
Free after admission
Gallery Programs
Spotlight Gallery Conversation
Architectural elements in the Museum's Stiegerhof period room (Gallery 256)
Location: Meet at Diego Rivera’s mural Liberation of the Peon, near the Balcony Shop, first floor

Philadelphia Museum of Art educators and graduate students from Temple University and the University of Pennsylvania bring objects from the permanent collection to life during a 45-minute conversation in one of the Museum’s two hundred galleries.

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Starts at 11:30 a.m.
Free after admission
Exhibition Tours
"Great and Mighty Things": Outsider Art from the Jill and Sheldon Bonovitz Collection
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Starts at 12:00 p.m.
Free after admission
Collection Tours
Flowers in Art

Discover how flowers have been portrayed in works of art throughout the centuries.
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Starts at 1:00 p.m.
Free after admission
Walking Tours
Anne d’Harnoncourt Sculpture Garden
Tours gather in Museum's West Entrance
Please note that tours are weather dependant and will not take place in excessive heat or rain. Moderate walking is involved.

Take a stroll around the Museum and into the new Anne d’Harnoncourt Memorial Sculpture Garden to explore some of its outdoor artwork and landscape views. This one-acre site hosts two gallery areas, which currently contain the stone sculptures of Isamu Noguchi. The plantings along the lawns and terraces contain trees, shrubs, and perennials that support local wildlife and bloom at various seasons.
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Starts at 1:30 p.m.
Free after admission
Exhibition Tours
"Great and Mighty Things": Outsider Art from the Jill and Sheldon Bonovitz Collection
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Starts at 2:00 p.m.
Free after admission
Collection Tours
Introduction to the Collection

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.
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