Art Tours

• Arms and Armor

  Learn the history of the Museum's extraordinary collection of armor and weaponry, and discover the facts and myths behind objects used not only in war, but also in various forms of tournament and ceremonies.

  Stop 166 The Kienbusch Collection
  Stop 167 The History of Armor
  Stop 168-2 The Ten Commandments of Chivalry
  Stop 168 Who Was a Knight?
  Stop 169 Wearing Armor
  Stop 170 Keeping Armor Clean
  Stop 171 Heraldry
  Stop 172 Corinthian Helmet
  Stop 173 Scottish Sword
  Stop 174 Visored Sallet
  Stop 175 Breastplate, Fauld and Tassets
  Stop 176 Field Armor
  Stop 177 Polearms
  Stop 178 Boy's Armor
  Stop 179 Gestech Armor
  Stop 180 Tournament Armor
  Stop 181 Cuirass for a Large Man
  Stop 182 Waistcoat Corselet for Shipboard Combat
  Stop 183 Muzzles and Chanfrons
  Stop 184 A Knight's Horse
  Stop 185 Armor for Tournaments on Foot
  Stop 186 Painted Rondache
  Stop 187 Stained Glass Coats of Arms
  Stop 188 Two-Handed Sword
  Stop 189 Helmets
  Stop 190 Cuirass and Gorget of Field Armor
  Stop 191 Painted Targe
  Stop 192 Brigandine
  Stop 193 Pauldron
  Stop 194 Ceremonial Buckler
  Stop 195 Gauntlets
  Stop 196 Armor Simulating Ottoman Armor
  Stop 197 Alexandria Sword
  Stop 198 Cup Hilted Rapiers
  Stop 199 Crossbows
  Stop 200 Hunting
  Stop 204 Hungarian Mail Shirt
  Stop 205 Pair of Flintock Pistols
  Stop 206 Turban Helmet
  Stop 207 Miniature Pistols
  Stop 208 Kentucky Rifles
  



• Historic America: Family Tour

  Take a stroll through the history of the United States, and let furniture, decorative objects, paintings, and sculpture shed light on the ways American families lived in centuries past.

  Stop 657 Carousel Pig
  Stop 658 David Drake - Storage Jar
  Stop 659 Rush - Tragedy and Comedy
  Stop 660 Latrobe Furniture Suite
  Stop 661 18th-Century Furniture
  Stop 662 Copley - Boy with Squirrel
  Stop 663 Colonial Silver
  Stop 664 A Bed-Chair
  Stop 665 Tall Case Clock
  Stop 666 Peale - Staircase Group
  Stop 667 Symbols of a New Nation
  Stop 668 Dining Room Sideboard
  Stop 669 African American Face Jugs
  Stop 670 Wood-Burning Stove
  Stop 671 Shaker Inventions - part 1
  Stop 671-2 Shaker Inventions - part 2
  Stop 671-3 Shaker Inventions - part 3
  Stop 671-4 Shaker Inventions - part 4
  Stop 672 Glass Pungents
  Stop 673 Making Glass
  Stop 674 Victorian chairs
  Stop 675 Punch Bowl
  Stop 676 Moran - Grand Canyon
  Stop 677 Pennsylvania German Furniture - part 1
  Stop 677-2 Pennsylvania German Furniture - part 2
  Stop 677-3 Pennsylvania German Furniture - part 3
  Stop 678 Pennsylvania German Show plates
  Stop 679 Fish Decoys
  Stop 680 Hicks - Noah's Arc
  Stop 681 Raleigh - Chilly Observation
  Stop 682 Church - Scene in the Andes
  Stop 683 Hovenden - Breaking Home Ties
  Stop 684 Homer - Lifeline
  Stop 685 Tanner - Portrait of Mother
  Stop 686 Harnett - Five-Dollar Bill
  Stop 687 Herter Bedroom Suite
  Stop 688 Cup and Saucer
  Stop 689 Pippin - End of War
  Stop 690 Garber - Orchard Window
  Stop 691 Wyeth - Groundhog Day
  Stop 692 Eakins - Concert Singer
  Stop 693 Eakins - Old Fashioned Dress
  Stop 694 Eakins - Between Rounds
  Stop 695 Esherick - Fireplace
  Stop 696 Catlett - Mother and Child
  



• Director's Delights

  Travel through time and around the globe as you enjoy the treasures of the collection Director Anne d'Harnoncourt counts among her favorites.

  Stop 900 Director's Introduction
  Stop 901 Chagall - Wheatfield on a Summer's Afternoon
  Stop 902 David Drake - Storage Jar
  Stop 903 Rush - Comedy and Tragedy
  Stop 904 Copley - Portrait of the Mifflins
  Stop 905 Latrobe - Suite of Furniture
  Stop 906 Esherick - Fireplace and Doorway
  Stop 907 Peale - Staircase Group
  Stop 908 Pennsylvania German Bird Tree
  Stop 909 Eakins - Portrait of Leslie W. Miller
  Stop 910 Furness - Desk and Chair
  Stop 911 Ganesha Dancing
  Stop 912 Cambodian Lord of Mercy
  Stop 913 Chinese Dog Cage
  Stop 914 Japanese Tea House and Garden
  Stop 915 "A Walk through Time"
  Stop 916 Rogier van der Weyden
  Stop 917 Van Eyck - St. Francis of Assisi
  Stop 918 Great Stair Hall
  Stop 919 Choir Screen and Altarpiece
  Stop 920 Goltzius - Without Ceres and Bacchus
  Stop 921 Rubens - Prometheus Bound
  Stop 922 Pair of Porcelain Goats
  Stop 923 Houdon - Benjamin Franklin
  Stop 924 Lansdowne Room
  Stop 925 Eye Miniatures
  Stop 926 Sol LeWitt Ceiling
  Stop 927 Duchamp Gallery
  Stop 928 Brancusi Gallery
  Stop 929 Dalí - Soft Construction
  Stop 930 Leger - The City
  Stop 931 Delaney - Portrait of James Baldwin
  Stop 932 Cézanne - The Large Bathers
  Stop 933 van Gogh - Sunflowers
  Stop 934 Charlemont - The Moorish Chief
  Stop 935 Monet - The Epte River
  Stop 936 Mary Cassatt - Alexander and Son
  



• Modern and Contemporary

  Explore exciting, thought-provoking, and sometimes controversial works of art from the Museum's world-class collection of modern and contemporary art.

  Stop 401 Picasso - Self Portrait
  Stop 402 Kandinsky - Improvisation No. 29
  Stop 403 Kupka - Disks of Newton
  Stop 404 Giorgio de Chirico - The Soothsayer's Recompense
  Stop 405 Duchamp - Villon Gallery
  Stop 407 Duchamp - The Large Glass - part 1
  Stop 407-2 Duchamp - The Large Glass - part 2
  Stop 408 Picasso - Absinthe Glass
  Stop 409 Hartley - Painting No. 4 (Black Horse)
  Stop 410 Mondrian
  Stop 411 Miró - Horse, Pipe and Red Flower
  Stop 412 El Lissitzky - Proun 2 (Construction)
  Stop 413 Brancusi - Bird in Space - part 1
  Stop 413-2 Brancusi - Bird in Space - part 2
  Stop 414 Magritte - The Six Elements
  Stop 415 Matisse - Woman in Blue
  Stop 416 O'Keeffe - Red Hills and Bones
  Stop 417 Pollock - Male and Female
  Stop 419 Gorky - Dark Green Painting
  Stop 421 Sam Francis - Red
  Stop 422 Newman - Black Fire
  Stop 423 Motherwell - Elegy to Spanish Republic
  Stop 425 Johns - Painted Bronze
  Stop 428 Broodthaers - Triumph of the Mussels
  Stop 429 Hesse - Tori
  Stop 430 Richter - Color Chart
  Stop 431 Judd - Untitled 1974
  Stop 434 Kiefer - Nigredo
  Stop 435 Warhol - Self Portrait
  Stop 436 Polke - Gingko
  Stop 438 Franz West - Delivery
  

• Asian

  Visit rare architectural settings and discover intriguing works of art from all parts of Asia, including some of the oldest objects in the collection.

  Stop 16 Pillared Temple Hall, India
  Stop 17 Avalokiteshvara, India
  Stop 18 Dancing Ganesha, India
  Stop 19 Tang Dynasty Ceramics, China
  Stop 21 Moon Crystal, China
  Stop 22 Palace Reception Hall, China
  Stop 23 Vase, Korea
  Stop 24 Tea House and Temple, Japan
  Stop 25 Avalokiteshvara, Khmer Empire
  Stop 601 Seated Bodhisattva, China
  Stop 602 Seated Guanyin, China
  Stop 603 Ceremonial Blade, China
  Stop 605 Model of a Building, China
  Stop 606 Hill Jar with Lid, China
  Stop 607 Coffin Base from a Tomb, China
  Stop 608 Vase with Eight Daoist Immortals, China
  Stop 609 Bowl with the Three Friends of Winter, China
  Stop 610 Scholar's Study, China
  Stop 611 Ming Lacquer Tray, China
  Stop 612 Ting Ritual Food Vessel, China
  Stop 614 Calendrical Figures from a Tang Tomb, China
  Stop 615 Dragon Jar, Korea
  Stop 616 Blanket Chest, Korea
  Stop 617 Tiger, Korea
  Stop 618 Buddha, Korea
  Stop 619 Boy Attendant, Korea
  Stop 620 Head of Buddha, Thailand
  Stop 621 Headpiece, Thailand
  Stop 622 Cabinet, Thailand
  Stop 623 Porcelain, China
  Stop 625 Nandi, the Sacred Bull of Shiva, India
  Stop 626 Jina Seated in Meditation, India
  Stop 627 Head of a Bodhisattva, Pakistan
  Stop 628 The Goddess Varahi, India
  Stop 629 The Goddess Durga Killing the Buffalo Demon, India
  Stop 630 Surya, the Sun God, India
  Stop 631 Mask of the God Shiva, India
  Stop 633 Ekamukha Shiva Linga (One-Faced Mark of the God Shiva), India
  Stop 634 Dakini (Sarvabuddhadakini), Tibet
  Stop 635 Green Tara, Tibet
  Stop 636 Indra, King of the God's Heaven, Nepal
  Stop 637 Illuminated Koran, Turkey
  Stop 638 Cradle, Turkey
  Stop 639 Handled Jug, Turkey
  Stop 640 Enamelled Bowls, Persia (Iran)
  Stop 641 Inkwell, Persia (Iran)
  Stop 642 Tabouret, Persia (Iran)
  Stop 643 Ceramic Mosaic Tile Panels, Persia (Iran)
  Stop 644 Star-Shaped Ceramic Tile, Persia (Iran)
  Stop 646 Shah Abbas Cubiculum, Persia (Iran)
  Stop 647 Sasanian Palace Decoration, Persia (Iran)
  Stop 648 Tree Carpet, Persia (Iran)
  Stop 649 "Lotto" Rug, Turkey
  Stop 650 "Holbein" Rug, Turkey
  Stop 651 Bird Rug, Turkey
  Stop 652 Marquand Medallion Carpet, Persia (Iran)
  Stop 653 Dragon Rug, Caucasus
  Stop 654 Mamluk Rug, Egypt
  Stop 655 "Admiral" Heraldic Carpet, Spain
  Stop 656 Vine-Scroll and Palmette Rug, Persia (Iran)
  

• Constantine Tapestries

  Explore the illustrious history of the Constantine Tapestries.

  Stop 470 Discovering the Constantine Tapestries
  Stop 471 Sea Battle between the Fleets of Constantine and Licinius
  Stop 472 Marriage of Constantine and Fausta
  Stop 473 Baptism of Constantine
  Stop 474 Battle of the Milvian Bridge
  Stop 475 Statue of Constantine
  Stop 476 What sources inspired the design
  Stop 477 Constantine Burning the Memorials
  Stop 478 Triumphal Entry into Rome
  Stop 479 Death of Constantine
  Stop 480 Building of Constantinople
  Stop 481 What do the symbols in the border mean
  Stop 482 What is a tapestry
  Stop 483 How were these tapestries made
  Stop 484 Who owned these tapestries
  Stop 485 Who was Constantine the Great