The Barnes is home to one of the world’s greatest collections of impressionist, post-impressionist, and early modern paintings, with especially deep holdings in Renoir, Cézanne, Matisse, and Picasso. Assembled by Dr. Albert C. Barnes between 1912 and 1951, the collection also includes important examples of African art, Native American pottery and jewelry, Pennsylvania German furniture, American avant-garde painting, and wrought-iron metalwork.
The Barnes’s Wawa Welcome America Free Museum Day includes access to the Barnes collection, From Paris to Provence: French Painting at the Barnes exhibition in the Roberts Gallery, and Where I’m From, an exhibition of original work created by artists from Mural Arts Philadelphia’s Rec program and artists at State Correctional Institution Phoenix (SCI Phoenix), southeast Pennsylvania’s maximum-security prison for men. The latter exhibition, presented by the Barnes and Mural Arts Philadelphia, this exhibition will be on view in the second floor classroom of Barnes Collection galleries.
Please note: Rooms 2–13 of the first-floor galleries will be closed for a floor refinishing project. Many major works will be on view in From Paris to Provence: French Painting at the Barnes.
Free; capacity is limited, and registration is required via Barnes website.