Locations & Hours
Explore art, design, and architecture from all around the world.
Main Building
Explore 200 galleries of art at our iconic building.
Visitor Alerts
Health & Safety Measures
To ensure a safe and comfortable visit for all, we’ve made a number of changes. Please visit our tips and policies page for more info.
Enter Via the North Entrance
Enter and exit the main building through our North Entrance, just off Kelly Drive and down the hill from our parking garage. The Rocky steps are still open for selfies but the East and West Entrances are closed.
If you park in our garage, exit through the terrace level (top) via the elevator pavilion, cross the street, and walk down the hill to the North Entrance. For your safety, return to your car the same way. There is a drop-off area near the North Entrance for anyone with accessibility concerns.
Gallery Closures
The Dorrance Special Exhibition Galleries will be closed until further notice, along with two small galleries where social distancing and other safety precautions are not possible: gallery 361 (room from Het Scheepje, or The Little Ship) and gallery 283 (Marcel Duchamp’s Étant donnés).
Things to Know
- The Philadelphia Museum of Art is one of the country’s oldest public art museums. See what exhibitions are on view
- Our landmark main building houses one of the most comprehensive collections in the country, featuring some of the greatest gatherings of American, Asian, and European art anywhere.
- Our main building is getting an update. Learn more about our renovation project and how we’re expanding and enhancing the museum.
- We have the world’s largest Marcel Duchamp collection as well as superb Impressionist and Post-Impressionist paintings, including important works by Monet, Renoir, Degas, Cézanne, and Van Gogh.
- Don’t miss our audio tour, which offers a deeper look at some of the museum’s greatest hits. Devices can be rented at the North Admissions Desk for $5 each ($4 for members). Currently offered in English, Mandarin, French, German, Japanese, Spanish, and Korean.
- Our main building overlooks the Benjamin Franklin Parkway. View directions & parking
Anne d’Harnoncourt Sculpture Garden
Our vast galleries extend to the outdoors. Explore our one-acre Sculpture Garden and experience large-scale contemporary works by artists like Claes Oldenburg, Toshiko Takaezu, and Ellsworth Kelly.
Things to Know
- Designed by OLIN landscape architects and Atkin Olshin Schade Architects, the Sculpture Garden features an upper and a lower terrace, two graveled galleries, and a paved plaza.
- Through April 2021, a pair of monumental works by renowned sculptor Ursula von Rydingsvard are on view.
- This space is dedicated to our late director Anne d’Harnoncourt, whose passion for art made a lasting impact on the museum and the city of Philadelphia.
- Be sure to explore these memorable works during your visit:
- The larger-than-life Giant Three-Way Plug (Cube Tap) by Claes Oldenburg
- A bronze bell by Toshiko Takaezu
- A sculpture of a whale’s tail by Gordon Gund
- Ellsworth Kelly’s Curve I, made from two tons of steel
Perelman Building
This landmark Art Deco building was called “the Gateway to Fairmount Park” when it opened in 1927 as the headquarters for the Fidelity Mutual Life Insurance Company. Located at the intersection of Pennsylvania and Fairmount Avenues, it is a short walk from the main building.
Closure Alert
The Perelman Building is currently closed until further notice.
Rodin Museum
Head down the Parkway to the Rodin Museum’s elegant Beaux-Arts–style building and tranquil garden. There you’ll experience one of the greatest collections of works by Auguste Rodin, the father of modern sculpture. Visit the Rodin Museum website to learn more about its stunning collection.
Closure Alert
The Rodin Museum will be closed through spring 2021.
Historic House Cedar Grove
Across the Schuylkill River, this eighteenth-century stone house in West Fairmount Park offers a glimpse into Philadelphia’s history.
Closure Alert
Cedar Grove is currently closed until further notice.
Things to Know
- Cedar Grove once stood in Philadelphia’s Frankford neighborhood. Built for Elizabeth Coates Paschall in 1746, it was the summer home for five generations of the Coates, Paschall, and Morris families of Philadelphia.
- The house was presented as a gift to the city of Philadelphia in 1926. It moved to its current location in West Fairmount Park and opened to the public in 1927.
- Inside the house, you will see fine examples of early Pennsylvania furniture, as well as a charming kitchen with an open hearth and bake oven.
Historic House Mount Pleasant
Mount Pleasant in East Fairmount Park is one the grandest homes ever built along the Schuylkill River, once called “the most elegant seat in Pennsylvania” by statesman John Adams.
Closure Alert
Mount Pleasant is currently closed until further notice.
Things to Know
- Mount Pleasant is considered one of the greatest American houses of its type, still standing on its original site in what is now Fairmount Park.
- Often called “the largest object in the museum’s collection,” Mount Pleasant was the home of Scottish ship captain John Macpherson and his wife Margaret between 1762 and 1765.
- Mount Pleasant architect Thomas Nevell was an apprentice of Edmund Woolley, the builder of Independence Hall. The rooms feature craftmanship from carver Martin Jugiez, one of Philadelphia’s leading artisans.
- The Mount Pleasant estate originally included over 100 acres of land that the owners hoped to make productive through hay production, fruit and vegetable cultivation, and animal husbandry. Such a plantation involved a diversity of labor, including the enslavement of four people of African descent.