Opening June 20, 2012
Through August 12, 2012
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The entire Museum will be open Monday, May 28, as part of our holiday Monday opening schedule. Tuesday, May 22, 2012 As one of the largest museums in the United States, the Philadelphia Museum of Art invites visitors from around the world to explore its renowned collections, acclaimed special exhibitions, and enriching programs, both in person and online.
Free Admission to Military Personnel & their Families Memorial Day through Labor Day 2012
The Philadelphia Museum of Art will participate in Blue Star Museums, a partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts, Blue Star Families, the Department of Defense, and more than 1,500 museums across America to offer free admission to all active duty military personnel and their families from Memorial Day through Labor Day 2012. Leadership support has been provided by MetLife Foundation through Blue Star Families.
Visit the Museum >>Also On View Now Through August 05, 2012 From the fourteenth through eighteenth
centuries, stoneware ceramics from Germanspeaking
centers in modern-day Germany
and the Low Countries were valued and
widely traded throughout northern Europe.
In the 1600s—the heyday of stoneware
production—they found an enthusiastic
market in colonial North America. Now Through July 29, 2012 Famous in his own time as a painter, author, arctic adventurer, and political activist,
Rockwell Kent (1882–1971) left his most enduring legacy as a printmaker and
illustrator of books. His bold and enigmatic images of mysterious, statuesque
figures in spiritual communion with the natural world proved equally effective in
corporate advertising campaigns and book projects alike.In the Galleries Galleries 241-243, second floor The objects in this installation have been grouped to approximate the sequence of activities during a tea ceremony: host and guest preparation; a light meal; sweet cakes and sake; a serving of “thick” tea; more sweets; and finally, a round of “thin” tea. Additionally, the video in gallery 244 provides an overview of a tea gathering.  Gallery 237 and Baldeck Gallery 238 Heavenly Bliss explores the ways in which Korean societies have responded to death, loss, and ideas about life after death through art and craft spanning over 1,500 years. Focusing on works that relate to the wish for a good afterlife, it features religious pieces--including Buddhist paintings and sculptures--as well as secular burial objects. Most "Loved" Object
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