The Museum’s main building will be open until 8:45 p.m. every Wednesday. Pay-What-You-Wish Wednesday Nights are casual, exciting, and illuminating. Come on your own or with family or friends! Explore the Museum and its remarkable collections in inventive, interactive, and dynamic new ways. Gallery conversations take unexpected forms such as “triple play,” when we invite visitors to talk about three works united by a common theme. Mini-film festivals will be screened showcasing international independent films and artist’s films as well as old favorites. Regional artists will offer in-gallery experiences or performance pieces. Once a month, visitors can play games inspired by the collection. ”Pop-up” programs will include sketching in the galleries and story-telling. Every week, music will bring evocative aural sensations to the Great Stair Hall, and once a month, musicians will perform live in the galleries.
Make Stuff: Make a Puzzle, Solve a Puzzle
Wednesday, May 8, 2013
5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
Location: Toll Gallery 152
Solve a jigsaw puzzle with your friends and family or make your own.
Stephen Starr Events Interactive Chef Demonstration Series
Location: The Cafeteria
The intimate, 90-minute classes will offer participants first-hand tutorials on cooking various dishes, ranging from sushi and maki to traditional Spanish tapas. Executive Chef Gerald Drummond will lead the demonstrations for each class and assistant chefs will be on hand to offer extra attention and to help with techniques. Each participant will sample the food created during class and will receive recipes for all dishes, as well as a special parting gift.
- The Art of Sushi
- Wednesday, May 8, 2013, 6:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
Master the art of making sushi with former Executive Chef of Morimoto restaurant, Gerald Drummond. The interactive class will offer a unique opportunity to learn basic sushi-making techniques straight from the experts and will tackle making your favorite Maki rolls and Nigiri.
- Wednesday, May 8, 2013, 6:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
- The Famous Granite Hill Crab Cake
- Wednesday, June 12, 2013, 6:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
Since opening in 2010, The Philadelphia Museum of Art’s flagship restaurant, Granite Hill has featured their famous Crab Cake, which always remains on the seasonal menu year-round due to popular demand. Hands-on experience with Chef Gerald Drummond will take you through each component of the dish so you can learn how to create this classic fan favorite for your loved ones at home.
- Wednesday, June 12, 2013, 6:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
- Grilling Season
- Wednesday, July 10, 2013, 6:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
Just in time for the summer season, become the ultimate grill master with an exciting class focusing on Grilling and Smoking techniques. Learn the tricks of the trade on crafting the perfect barbeque chicken, baby back ribs and seasonal vegetables.
- Wednesday, July 10, 2013, 6:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
- Traditional Spanish Tapas
- Wednesday, August 14, 2013, 6:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
Take a trip around Spain as you enjoy the flavors of this beloved Spanish cuisine. Designed to encourage conversation amongst dinner guests, traditional Spanish tapas make for a perfect menu for entertaining guests or pleasing a family of differing palettes. Walk away with new techniques and recipes for these delectable dishes.
- Wednesday, August 14, 2013, 6:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
Yoga - Practice Your Poses with Dhyana Yoga
Location: Great Stair Hall Balcony
Bring your own mat!
Wednesday Nights are “Pay What You Wish” Museum Admission- Wednesday, May 8, 2013, 6:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
- Wednesday, May 15, 2013, 6:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
- Wednesday, May 22, 2013, 6:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
- Wednesday, May 29, 2013, 6:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
- Wednesday, June 5, 2013, 6:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
- Wednesday, June 12, 2013, 6:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
- Wednesday, June 19, 2013, 6:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
- Wednesday, June 26, 2013, 6:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
May Film Series: Celebrate Golf!
Location: Van Pelt Auditorium
The May film series Celebrate Golf! honors all things golf-related through four amusing and quirky films. Visit gallery 280 before the films to see the Art of Golf exhibition, including works on loan from the National Galleries of Scotland.
Wednesday Nights are “Pay What You Wish” Museum Admission.- Pat and Mike (1952), 95 minutes
- Wednesday, May 8, 2013, 6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
A bright and engaging romantic comedy starring Katharine Hepburn as Pat, a competitive golfer, and Spencer Tracy as Mike, her manager. Pat is a brilliant athlete as long as her finance (William Ching) is not around. And her romantic feelings for her manager don't make things any easier! Director George Cukor contributed his usual impeccable style and wit to this classic golf film.
- Wednesday, May 8, 2013, 6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
- Caddyshack (1980), 98 minutes
- Wednesday, May 15, 2013, 6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
Danny Noonan (Michael O'Keefe), a teen down on his luck, works as a caddy at the snob-infested Bushwood Country Club to raise money for college. In an attempt to gain votes for a scholarship reserved for caddies, Noonan volunteers to caddy for a prominent and influential club member (Ted Knight). Also starring Chevy Chase, Rodney Dangerfield, and Bill Murray, this classic film paved the way for slapstick comedy in the 1980s. (Rated R.)
- Wednesday, May 15, 2013, 6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
- The Greatest Game Ever Played (2005), 115 minutes
- Wednesday, May 22, 2013, 6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
This is the true story of the courage and passion of one of America’s greatest sports heroes. At the 1913 US Open, Francis Ouimet (Shia LeBeouf), an amateur working-class boy, shocked the world when he beat the defending British champion in what was formerly only a gentleman’s game. (Rated PG.)
- Wednesday, May 22, 2013, 6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
- Happy Gilmore (1996), 92 minutes
- Wednesday, May 29, 2013, 6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
Adam Sandler stars in Happy Gilmore, raucous comedy about a diehard hockey player who turns the snobbish world of an upscale golf course into absolute mayhem. (Rated PG-13.)
- Wednesday, May 29, 2013, 6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
Art Talk - Triple Play
Meets at the base of the Great Stair Hall steps.
Explore 3 artworks in 33 minutes! Triple Play is part conversation, part gallery talk – all informal and fun.
Wednesday Nights are “Pay What You Wish” Museum Admission- Making the Invisible Visible: Wind in Art
- Wednesday, May 8, 2013, Starts at 7:00 p.m., and 8:00 p.m.
With Rebecca Mitchell, Museum Educator and Coordinator of Teacher Programs
- Wednesday, May 8, 2013, Starts at 7:00 p.m., and 8:00 p.m.
- Decorative Mysteries
- Wednesday, May 22, 2013, Starts at 7:00 p.m., and 8:00 p.m.
With Erica Warren, Curatorial Fellow, of European Decorative Arts.
- Wednesday, May 22, 2013, Starts at 7:00 p.m., and 8:00 p.m.
Make Stuff: Sketching in the Galleries
Wednesday, May 15, 2013
5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
Location: Gallery 255
You get to be the artist in the Museum. Find inspiration in the European artworks on view and then let your imagination run wild.
Happenings—Two-Wheel Tour: Thomas Eakins's Philadelphia
Wednesday, May 29, 2013
5:30 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
5:30 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
Location: Meet at the base of the East Entrance steps. The tour ends at the West Entrance.
Reservations requiredExplore the life of artist Thomas Eakins (1844‒1916), who painted The Gross Clinic and lived in Philadelphia's Fairmount neighborhood, by visiting some of the sites that influenced his life and work. This bike tour focuses on Center City Philadelphia and lasts approximately 1.5 hours.
Following the tour, Pay What You Wish for Museum admission to see Eakins’s works up close in the Museum’s American art galleries (111 and Provident National Bank Gallery 118). This event is offered in partnership with the Bicycle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia. Space is limited, and bikes and helmets are required. For more information and to register for the ride, visit www.eakinsride.eventbrite.comArt Talk - Staff Picks
Meets at the base of the Great Stair Hall steps.
Curators, conservators, or educators present an insider’s guide to the Museum’s collection.
- Look Up! The Museum's Chinese Ming Dynasty Architectural Interiors from Beijing
- Wednesday, May 15, 2013, Starts at 7:00 p.m.
With Hiromi Kinoshita, The Hannah L. and J. Welles Henderson Associate Curator of Chinese Art.
- Wednesday, May 15, 2013, Starts at 7:00 p.m.
- Mother Power - A Goddess from Nepal
- Wednesday, May 29, 2013, Starts at 7:00 p.m.
With Darielle Mason, The Stella Kramrisch Curator of Indian and Himalayan Art.
- Wednesday, May 29, 2013, Starts at 7:00 p.m.
Night Owl Read and Look (ages 3-7)
Tour meets in the West Lobby at the Family Cart
Free tickets required after Museum admissionDo you love our Early Bird program? Then join us for Night Owl Read and Look on Wednesday evenings, when the Museum stays open late! Enjoy a pre-bedtime story and an art project in the galleries. Pajamas welcome!
Wednesday Nights are “Pay What You Wish” Museum Admission.- The Empty Pot
- Wednesday, June 5, 2013, 5:15 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
July Film Series: Portrait of the Artist
Location: Van Pelt Auditorium
The July film series, "Portrait of the Artist," will be introduced by longtime Philadelphia Inquirer film critic Carrie Rickey. The Wednesday Night film series is supported by the Dean and Zoë Pappas Family Foundation.
- Rembrandt (1936), 85 minutes
- Wednesday, July 10, 2013, 6:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
Directed by Alexander Korda, this film focuses on Rembrandt's later life, particularly at the height of his fame in the mid-1600's. The artist is portrayed by actor Charles Laughton.
- Wednesday, July 10, 2013, 6:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
- Camille Claudel (1988), 175 minutes
- Wednesday, July 17, 2013, 6:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
The troubled life of French sculptor Camille Claudel (Isabelle Adjani) and her long relationship with sculptor Auguste Rodin (Gérard Depardieu) are portrayed in this passionate biographical drama by director Bruno Nuytten. The growth of their relationship coincides with her rising career, but she is nearly driven to insanity when their romance sours due to Rodin's increasing fame and his love for another woman.
- Wednesday, July 17, 2013, 6:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
- Vincent and Theo (1990), 138 minutes
- Wednesday, July 24, 2013, 6:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
The relationship between the obsessive yet brilliant painter Vincent van Gogh (Tim Roth) and his more practical businessman brother Theo (Paul Rhys) is the main focal point of director Robert Altman's biography.
- Wednesday, July 24, 2013, 6:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
- Frida (2002), 123 minutes
- Wednesday, July 31, 2013, 6:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
Director Julie Taymor presents a biography of one of Mexico's most prominent and original artists, Frida Kahlo (Salma Hayek). The film focuses on Kahlo's determination to paint, despite being bedridden at times, and her tumultous yet romantic relationship with older artist Diego Rivera (Alfred Molina).
- Wednesday, July 31, 2013, 6:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
