Philadelphia Museum of Art

Exhibitions, curatorial, and collections(see schedule o for additional information)since our founding at the 1876 centennial exhibition, pma has accumulated one of the world's leading Art collections with 250,000 works spanning 4,000 years. Highlights of the collection include:- the world's largest and most important collection of works by marcel duchamp.- the greatest collection of sculpture by constantin brancusi outside europe.- the finest public collection of auguste rodin's sculpture in the united states.- superb impressionist and post-impressionist paintings, including paul cezanne's the large bathers, vincent van gogh's sunflowers, and important paintings by edouard manet, claude monet, pierre-auguste renoir, camille pissarro, and edgar degas.- exceptional american painting, sculpture, furniture, silver, and ceramics-including the remarkable creations of the shakers and Pennsylvania germans that reflect Philadelphia's central role in american history.- extraordinary period rooms and architectural ensembles from around the world.the Museum's landmark main building opened in 1928 at the western end of the benjamin franklin parkway. Other buildings that make up the campus include the perelman building, the rodin Museum, and the two great eighteenth century houses in fairmount park, mount pleasant, and cedar grove.in the galleries, in fiscal year 2023 the Museum presented over two dozen exhibitions and collection installations, including: oneness: nature & connectivity in chinese Art (july 30, 2022 october 29, 2023), far & away (august 27, 2022 january 22, 2023), in with the new (august 27, 2022 january 22, 2023), river of forms: giuseppe penone's drawings (september 24, 2022 february 26, 2023), matisse in the 1930s (october 20, 2022 january 29, 2023), rhythms of nature: the Art & design of drift (november 20, 2022 september 10, 2023), isaac julien: lina bo bardia marvelous entanglement (january 28 may 29, 2023), house of photographs: the kasakoff-adams collection (february 18 july 10, 2023), judith joy ross (april 24 august 6, 2023), martine syms: neural swamp/the future fields commission (may 14 july 9, 2023), and the artist's mother: whistler & Philadelphia (june 10 october 29, 2023).in fiscal year 2023, the Museum also published Art of japan: highlights from the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the fifth volume in its series focusing on aspects of the collection. In the spring, the Museum opened elegy: lament in the 20th century (february 12-july 24, 2022) and sean scully: the shape of ideas (april 11-july 31, 2022), which had 62,258 and 68,498 visitors, respectively jasper johns: mind/mirror (september 29, 2021-february 13, 2022), organized in partnership with the whitney Museum of american Art, attracted 94,222 visitors during its 20-week run in Philadelphia. Emma amos: color odyssey (october 11, 2021-january 17, 2022) drew 40,444 visitors, and both of these shows were named among the best Art exhibitions of 2021 by the new york times. Richard benson: the world is smarter than you are (october 3, 2021-january 23, 2022) drew 44,345 visitors . . . The Museum continued to progress on the comprehensive diversity, equity, inclusion, and access (deia) initiative that launched in 2020. In june 2021, alphonso atkins jr. Joined pma as the inaugural miller worley deputy director for deia. Since then, he has met with each Museum department and trustees, and volunteers to conduct the first museum-wide deia equity audit. The equity audit will be an ongoing process and will promote regular habits of forecasting deia actions and documenting progress. It allows each department to analyze its workflows and pinpoint specific improvements. Having completed the first annual museum-wide equity audit in 2022, pma stands at the outset of a long-term journey that will be the defining priority for our Museum.

Auxiliary activities and public relations(see schedule o for additional information)under new leadership the pma is planning for the next era with a changing model. We are expanding opportunities to benefit diverse audiences, strengthen our position as a community-centric institution, and address the needs of future generations.during the fiscal year ending june 30, 2023, the Museum welcomed 631,737 visitors. We engage visitors through creativity in the presentation and interpretation of our collection and special exhibitions. We recognize that surprise, delight, and inspiration are essential to the experience of great works of Art.

Education, library, and community programs for children, the disabled, and the general public provide a better understanding of the Museum's collection and Art in general. (see schedule o for additional information)education is at the heart of our mission and a primary means of serving our visitors and engaging new audiences. Working collaboratively with partners like the school district of Philadelphia (sdp) and other community stakeholders allows pma to create programs for our visitors that respond directly to their needs. The Museum's longstanding relationship with the sdp has resulted in making virtual field trips modeled on our most popular school offering: single-visit tours. These virtual field trips are free of charge for Philadelphia public and charter schools. We served more than 6,300 students through virtual and in-person engagements. Participants represent Philadelphia public and charter schools. We also continued offering virtual and in-person educator professional development and provided digital curriculum resources for educators and children.the department of family programs has developed a robust schedule of in-person and virtual offerings designed to nurture creativity in kids of all ages. The Museum is thrilled to see the return of in-person family programming under the Art kids umbrella. Art kids is an initiative to build and expand our family audience through year-long programming primarily for children ages 3-10 and their caretakers. The program successfully engaged with thousands of children and families this past year through activities like Art kids studio, gallery tours, family festivals, and virtual programs. Building lasting relationships with local families is key to the initiative, which seeks to connect children with the arts at a young age, provide caregivers with the support they need to engage their children with the visual arts and develop the next generation of museumgoers and Art enthusiasts.