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Philadelphia Museum of Art
Founded in 1876, the Philadelphia Museum of Art showcases more than 2,000 years of human creativity, the collections and special exhibitions present masterpieces of painting, sculpture, decorative arts and architectural settings from Europe, Asia and the Americas. The striking neo-classical building provides an oasis of beauty, and a wealth of activities for visitors of all ages--just minutes from center city Philadelphia. Tours available, including cell phone tours!
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Philadelphia Museum of Art
Art Museum Drive
Philadelphia, PA 19130Phone: 215-763-8100 | Official Website
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Past Events
05/25/12 Art After 5 - Bucky Pizzarelli, Chuck Redd, and Nicki Parrott
Philadelphia Museum of Art05/18/12 Art After 5 - Francisco Mela
Philadelphia Museum of Art05/11/12 Art After 5 - Karen Gross
Philadelphia Museum of Art05/04/12 Art After 5 - Cinco de Mayo Party
Philadelphia Museum of Art04/27/12 Art After 5 - Martha Graham Cracker
Philadelphia Museum of Art04/20/12 Art after 5 - Preview of Center City Jazz Festival
Philadelphia Museum of Art04/13/12 Art after 5 - Dominick Farinacci
Philadelphia Museum of Art04/06/12 Art after 5 - La Dolce Vita
Philadelphia Museum of Art03/30/12 Art after 5 - The Other Philly Sound
Philadelphia Museum of Art03/23/12 Art after 5 - Orrin Evans
Philadelphia Museum of Art03/16/12 Art after 5 - Cyro Baptista
Philadelphia Museum of Art03/09/12 Art after 5 - Japan Night
Philadelphia Museum of Art03/09/12 Lecture - Van Gogh Up Close with Curator Joseph Rishel
Philadelphia Museum of Art03/09/12 Collab Program: Kenny Schachter - Zaha Hadid: The Need for Speed
Philadelphia Museum of Art03/04/12 Artist Talk: Zoe Strauss on Bruce Springsteen
Philadelphia Museum of Art03/02/12 Art after 5 - West Philadelphia Orchestra and Drummer Chris Powell
Philadelphia Museum of Art02/25/12 The Young Friends Winter Gala: Van Gogh Up Close
Philadelphia Museum of Art02/24/12 Avi Wisnia
Philadelphia Museum of Art02/10/12 Valentine's Prix Fixe
Philadelphia Museum of Art - Museum Restaurant02/01/12-
05/06/12Van Gogh Up Close
Philadelphia Museum of Art01/28/12 Conversation: Steve Earle and Zoe Strauss
01/14/12-
04/22/12Zoe Strauss: Ten Years
Philadelphia Museum of Art12/30/11 Art After 5 - New Year’s Eve Pre-Party
Philadelphia Museum of Art12/29/11 Keystone State Boyschoir
Philadelphia Museum of Art12/28/11 St. Thomas African Episcopal Gospel Choir
Philadelphia Museum of Art12/27/11 West Philadelphia Orchestra
Philadelphia Museum of Art12/26/11 Haddonfield Memorial High School Madrigal Singers
Philadelphia Museum of Art12/26/11-
12/31/11Winter Family Studio
Philadelphia Museum of Art12/26/11 Dutch Apple Treat - Learn to Draw an Apple
Philadelphia Museum of Art12/26/11-
12/31/11Special Holiday Tour: The Christmas Story in Art
Philadelphia Museum of Art12/23/11 Art After 5 - Escape to Toyland
Philadelphia Museum of Art12/16/11 Art After 5 - Mistletoe Hop
Philadelphia Museum of Art12/16/11 First Persons Arts StorySlam: Stories of Gifts
Philadelphia Museum of Art12/11/11 Winter Wonderland
Philadelphia Museum of Art12/10/11-
12/11/11Caroling Through the Galleries
Philadelphia Museum of Art12/09/11 Art After 5 - Holiday Klezmer
Philadelphia Museum of Art12/04/11-
12/18/11The Christmas Story in Art
Philadelphia Museum of Art12/02/11 Art After 5 - Just Breathe: Yoga Night
Philadelphia Museum of Art - Stairs11/25/11 Art After 5 - Sonny Fortune
Philadelphia Museum of Art - Stairs11/23/11-
01/01/12Dutch Treat: A Glimpse of Holland's Golden Age
Philadelphia Museum of Art11/18/11 Art After 5 - Neil Leonard: Inspired by Calder and Duchamp
Philadelphia Museum of Art - Stairs11/12/11 Every Family Party at the Philadelphia Museum of Art
Philadelphia Museum of Art10/02/11 The Art of South Asia Family Day
Philadelphia Museum of Art09/20/11-
03/25/12Zaha Hadid: Form in Motion
Philadelphia Museum of Art - Perelman Building08/07/11 Sunday Movie Matinee: Little Big Man
Philadelphia Museum of Art08/03/11-
10/30/11Rembrandt and the Face of Jesus
Philadelphia Museum of Art07/17/11 Sunday Movie Matinée: Jeremiah Johnson
Philadelphia Museum of Art07/03/11 Sunday Movie Matinee: The Searchers
Philadelphia Museum of Art06/05/11-
08/28/11Summer Family Studio
Philadelphia Museum of Art05/27/11 Art After 5 - Chris Potter
Philadelphia Museum of Art05/20/11 Art After 5 - Joe Lovano
Philadelphia Museum of Art05/18/11 International Museum Day - Philadelphia Museum of Art
Philadelphia Museum of Art05/13/11 XPN Welcomes Art After Five with Dutch
Philadelphia Museum of Art05/08/11 Mother's Day Brunch at Granite Hill
Philadelphia Museum of Art04/29/11 Jazz Month: Art After 5 - Philadelphia Freedom Jazz Orchestra
Philadelphia Museum of Art04/24/11 Easter Champagne Brunch at Granite Hill
Philadelphia Museum of Art03/18/11-
06/03/11Capucci Prix Fixe Menu at Granite Hill
Philadelphia Museum of Art03/16/11-
06/05/11Roberto Capucci: Art into Fashion
Philadelphia Museum of Art03/12/11 XPN Welcomes Young Friends Winter Gala: Roberto Capucci--Art into Fashion
Philadelphia Museum of Art03/12/11-
05/29/11Gallery Tea at the Perelman Building
Philadelphia Museum of Art - Perelman Building03/01/11-
07/10/11Paris Through the Window: Marc Chagall and His Circle
Philadelphia Museum of Art - Perelman Building02/13/11 Gustafer Yellowgold's Show
Philadelphia Museum of Art02/11/11 Art After 5 Valentine's Hot Club
Philadelphia Museum of Art01/22/11-
06/01/11The Peacock Male: Exuberance and Extremes in Masculine Dress
Philadelphia Museum of Art - Perelman Building01/16/11 Antonioni Film Series: Il Deserto Rosso (1964)
Philadelphia Museum of Art01/14/11 Schramsberg Vineyard Sparkling Wine Dinner
Philadelphia Museum of Art12/31/10 Art After 5: New Year's Eve Party
Philadelphia Museum of Art12/26/10-
12/31/10Winter Family Studio
Philadelphia Museum of Art12/17/10 Art After 5: Denise King
Philadelphia Museum of Art12/10/10 Art After 5: RELÂCHE
Philadelphia Museum of Art12/05/10 Antonioni Film Series: La Notte (1961)
Philadelphia Museum of Art12/03/10 Art After 5: Festival of Lights
Philadelphia Museum of Art12/01/10-
01/02/11Holidays at Cedar Grove: A Woman's Place
Fairmount Park Houses - Cedar Grove11/26/10 Art After 5: Malika Zarra
Philadelphia Museum of Art11/21/10-
04/10/11Alessi: Ethical and Radical
Philadelphia Museum of Art - Perelman Building11/19/10 Art After 5: Greg Osby
Philadelphia Museum of Art11/13/10 Every Family Party 2010
Philadelphia Museum of Art11/12/10 Art After 5: Tessa Souter
Philadelphia Museum of Art11/11/10-
11/14/1034th Annual Craft Show
Pennsylvania Convention Center11/07/10 Love Difference Family Celebration
Philadelphia Museum of Art11/06/10 Antonioni Film Series: L’avventura (1960)
Philadelphia Museum of Art11/05/10 Art After 5: Tango Dance Party
Philadelphia Museum of Art11/02/10-
01/16/11Michelangelo Pistoletto: From One to Many 1956-1974
Philadelphia Museum of Art10/30/10 Walking Sculpture with Michelangelo Pistoletto
Philadelphia Museum of Art10/30/10-
10/31/10Three Conversations with Michelangelo Pistoletto, Germano Celant and Carlos Basualdo
Philadelphia Museum of Art10/29/10 Art After 5: Haunted Museum Masquerade
Philadelphia Museum of Art10/22/10 Art After 5: Jack Donahue
Philadelphia Museum of Art10/10/10 Who Doesn't Love a Picture Book? A Conversation with Jerry Pinkney
Philadelphia Museum of Art09/25/10 College Day on the Parkway
Philadelphia Museum of Art09/25/10 Back to School Event for Teachers
Philadelphia Museum of Art09/10/10 Desert Jewels: Young Friends Rodin Garden Party
Philadelphia Museum of Art - Perelman Building09/04/10-
12/05/10Desert Jewels: North African Jewelry and Photography from the Xavier Guerrand-Hermes Collection
Philadelphia Museum of Art - Perelman Building08/28/10-
11/14/10Picturing the West: Yokohama Prints 1859-1870s
Philadelphia Museum of Art07/24/10-
01/09/11An Eakins Masterpiece Restored: Seeing The Gross Clinic Anew
Philadelphia Museum of Art - Perelman Building07/17/10-
10/10/10Hanging Around: Modern and Contemporary Lighting from the Permanent Collection
Philadelphia Museum of Art - Perelman Building07/16/10 Love 'Em or Hate 'Em: Grappling with Late Renoir
Philadelphia Museum of Art07/03/10-
12/31/10To Love, Honor and Obey: Stories of Italian Renaissance Marriage Chests
Philadelphia Museum of Art07/01/10-
09/30/10Art After 5 Presents Philly Jazz
Philadelphia Museum of Art06/25/10 Art After 5: Rufus Reid Trio
Philadelphia Museum of Art06/22/10 ASL Tour of "Late Renoir"
Philadelphia Museum of Art06/21/10 Visual-Description Tour of "Late Renoir" for People Who Are Blind or Visually Impaired
Philadelphia Museum of Art06/19/10-
09/26/10Plain Beauty: Korean White Porcelain and Photographs by Bohnchang Koo
Philadelphia Museum of Art - Perelman Building06/18/10 Art After 5: Tia Fuller
Philadelphia Museum of Art06/17/10-
09/06/10Late Renoir
Philadelphia Museum of Art06/13/10-
08/29/10Summer Family Studio
Philadelphia Museum of Art06/11/10 Art After 5: Avi Wisnia
Philadelphia Museum of Art06/06/10 Art in the Open Philadelphia: June Family Studio: Summer Scenery
Philadelphia Museum of Art06/05/10 Art in the Open Philadelphia: Drawing Together, Drawing in the Open
Philadelphia Museum of Art06/04/10 Art After 5: Opera Night with Center City Opera Theater
Philadelphia Museum of Art06/03/10-
06/24/10Art in the Open Philadelphia: Writing About Art: Landscapes
Philadelphia Museum of Art - Perelman Building05/28/10 Art After 5: Mimi Jones
Philadelphia Museum of Art05/21/10 Art After 5: Edward Simon
Philadelphia Museum of Art05/15/10-
07/18/10Water Work
Philadelphia Museum of Art05/14/10 Art After 5: Magos Herrera
Philadelphia Museum of Art05/09/10 20th Anniversary Race for the Cure
Philadelphia Museum of Art05/07/10 Art After 5: David Berkeley
Philadelphia Museum of Art04/30/10 Art After 5: Live Cinema Live with Martha Colburn, Thollem McDonas, and Tsigoti
Philadelphia Museum of Art04/30/10-
07/25/10Live Cinema: Histories in Motion
Philadelphia Museum of Art04/25/10 Discover Kanthas and the Fairmount Arts Crawl
Philadelphia Museum of Art - Perelman Building04/24/10-
07/18/10Visions of Venice: Eighteenth-Century Prints from the Collection
Philadelphia Museum of Art04/24/10-
09/30/10Forms of Contingency: New York and Turin: 1960s-1970s
Philadelphia Museum of Art04/23/10 Art After 5: Wayne Shorter
Philadelphia Museum of Art04/17/10-
01/31/11Art in Revolutionary Philadelphia
Philadelphia Museum of Art04/16/10 Art After 5: Jim Ridl
Philadelphia Museum of Art04/09/10 Art After 5: Paula West
Philadelphia Museum of Art04/02/10 Art After 5: Sharon Katz & The Peace Train
Philadelphia Museum of Art03/31/10-
07/11/10Ceramic Interactions: Anne Agee, Walter McConnell, Paul Sacardiz, Betty Woodman
Philadelphia Museum of Art03/26/10 Art After 5: Alexandre Kautz
Philadelphia Museum of Art03/20/10-
03/21/10Flirtation...Scandal...Survival: Women's Lives in Early America Trolley Tour
Philadelphia Museum of Art03/19/10 Art After 5: Martha Graham Cracker Cabaret
Philadelphia Museum of Art03/14/10 Celebrate Norooz
Philadelphia Museum of Art03/12/10 Art After 5: Sofía Rei Koutsovitis
Philadelphia Museum of Art03/05/10 Art After 5: Japan Night featuring Miho Hatori
Philadelphia Museum of Art03/02/10-
04/18/10Jun Kaneko: Dangos
Philadelphia Museum of Art - Perelman Building02/27/10-
05/23/10The Platinum Process: Photographs from the Nineteenth to the Twenty-First Century
Philadelphia Museum of Art - Perelman Building02/24/10-
05/02/10Picasso and the Avant-Garde in Paris
Philadelphia Museum of Art02/20/10 Midnight Masquerade: Young Friends Winter Gala
Philadelphia Museum of Art02/20/10 XPN Welcomes Midnight Masquerade: Young Friends of the Philadelphia Museum of Art Winter Gala
Philadelphia Museum of Art02/20/10 Midnight Masquerade - Young Friends Winter Gala
Philadelphia Museum of Art02/12/10 Art After 5: Valentine’s Day Prom featuring Joanna Pascale
Philadelphia Museum of Art01/31/10 Asian New Year Party: The Year of the Tiger
Philadelphia Museum of Art01/29/10-
04/11/10Philagrafika 2010: The Graphic Unconscious
Philadelphia Museum of Art01/09/10 The Montiers of Philadelphia: An African American Journey from the City's Founding to Today
Philadelphia Museum of Art12/12/09-
07/25/10Kantha: The Embroidered Quilts of Bengal from the Jill and Sheldon Bonovitz and the Stella Kramrisch Collections
Philadelphia Museum of Art11/29/09-
06/13/10Marcel Wanders: Daydreams
Philadelphia Museum of Art - Perelman Building11/17/09 Philadelphia Museum of Art Touch Tour
Philadelphia Museum of Art11/07/09-
11/13/09Philadelphia Museum of Art ASL Tour
Philadelphia Museum of Art10/30/09 Art After 5: Halloween & Day of the Dead Dance Party
Philadelphia Museum of Art10/23/09-
10/27/09Common Ground: 8 Philadelphia Photographers in the '60s & '70s
Philadelphia Museum of Art - Perelman Building10/21/09-
01/10/10Arshile Gorky: A Retrospective
Philadelphia Museum of Art10/11/09 Music from the Closing Decade of the Twentieth Century
Philadelphia Museum of Art09/12/09-
01/31/10Common Ground: Eight Philadelphia Photographers of the 1960s and 1970s
Philadelphia Museum of Art09/12/09-
08/31/10Inspiring Fashion: Gifts from Designers Honoring Tom Marotta
Philadelphia Museum of Art - Perelman Building09/11/09 From the Garden to the Galleria: Young Friends Party
Philadelphia Museum of Art - Perelman Building09/07/09 Visit the Philadelphia Museum of Art this Labor Day
Philadelphia Museum of Art05/15/09-
09/25/09Art After 5
Philadelphia Museum of Art04/27/09-
05/03/09Museum Week at the Philadelphia Museum of Art
Philadelphia Museum of Art04/19/09 The Philadelphia Orchestra Connection: Jeffrey Khaner
Philadelphia Museum of Art04/05/09 Richard Schultz: Five Decades of Design
Philadelphia Museum of Art - Perelman Building02/28/09-
06/30/09Daido Moriyama: Tokyo Photographs
Philadelphia Museum of Art - Perelman Building02/26/09-
05/31/09Cezanne and Beyond
Philadelphia Museum of Art01/31/09-
04/26/09Monumental Prints in the Age of D
Philadelphia Museum of Art12/13/08-
11/01/09Henri Matisse and Modern Art on the French Riviera
Philadelphia Museum of Art - Perelman Building11/08/08-
04/05/09Frank O. Gehry: Design Process and the Lewis House
Philadelphia Museum of Art - Perelman Building05/24/08-
04/01/09Hello! Fashion: Kansai Yamamoto, 1971-1973
Philadelphia Museum of Art - Perelman Building
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