Tours meet in Lenfest Hall (West Entrance).
Free for members

Take a scenic stroll along Philadelphia's beautiful Boathouse Row, with a look at sculpture and architecture in close proximity to the Museum. Moderate walking and stairs involved.

 

Tour meets in the West Lobby at the Family Cart.

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

 

Enjoy a guided tour of "Great and Mighty Things": Outsider Art from the Jill and Sheldon Bonovitz Collection.

 

Tour meets in the West Lobby at the Family Cart.

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

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Tour meets in the West Lobby at the Family Cart.

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

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Do you like to draw? All family member 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.

 

Tours gather in the Perelman Lobby
Please note that tours are weather dependant and will not take place in excessive heat or rain. Moderate walking is involved.

Resplendent with multicolored and gilded ornaments, and animated with sculptures carved in limestone and cast in terracotta and metal, the Ruth and Raymond G. Perelman Building is the most richly embellished example of Art Deco architecture to be erected in Philadelphia in the 1920s. Come discover it all in this fascinating tour!

 

Tour departs from the West Entrance.
$38 ($30 member), ticket required

Hear the compelling stories of the early American women who led the households at Mount Pleasant (an architectural masterpiece built in 1762–65), Woodford, and Laurel Hill (completed by 1767).

 

Enjoy a guided tour of "Great and Mighty Things": Outsider Art from the Jill and Sheldon Bonovitz 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.

 

Location: Van Pelt Auditorium
$12 ($10 members, $5 students with ID), ticket required
Ticket includes admission to lecture only; admission to galleries requires a separate ticket.

With Carol Troyen, Kristin and Roger Servison Curator Emerita of American Paintings, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

A showcase for recent American art as well as a survey of European painting, the Armory Show was met with both derision and enthusiasm. It revolutionized modernism in the United States--this lecture will describe how that happened.

 

Location: Perelman Media Room and Café
Free event; includes Perelman Admission

Join Collab and PennDesign's Orkan Telhan for an illustrated lecture on how children play. Trained at the MIT Media Laboratory, Telhan will discuss his research with the LEGO Learning Institute and other forums exploring the educational and social components that motivate kids to be creative alone and with each other. The Assistant Professor of Fine Arts, Emerging Design Practices at the University of Pennsylvania, Telhan is an interdisciplinary artist, designer and researcher.

 

Tours gather in Museum's West Entrance
Tickets may be purchased at the Admissions Ticket Desk, no advanced reservations are necessary. Please note that tours are weather dependant and will not take place in excessive heat or rain. Moderate walking is involved.

Join Park House Guides on a tour of the Fairmount Water Works, an engineering marvel of its time, which was described by Edgar Allan Poe as "wondrous to behold".