A full retrospective of Marcel Duchamp, from painting and sculpture to readymades, photography and film, at the museum that holds the world’s largest Duchamp collection.

Marian: The American Story

Gowns, letters and memorabilia celebrating opera singer and civil rights icon Marian Anderson, in her South Philadelphia home.

Mütter Museum 250th Anniversary Exhibitions

A year of exhibitions on Philadelphia’s medical history for the nation’s 250th, including Revolutionary Botany, The Philly Killer and Creating a City of Medicine.

Pennsylvania’s Founding: How a City and a Colony Shaped America’s Civic DNA

Presented with Drexel University, this exhibition features Benjamin Franklin’s 1556 Magna Carta printing, an original 1681 Pennsylvania Charter and Thomas Holme’s 1683 plan of Philadelphia, and looks at Penn’s ideals alongside Indigenous displacement and slavery.

Seeking Profit and Power

About 150 artifacts on how the young United States rebuilt its economy through maritime trade, including with China.

The First Salute

Stories of Jewish connections to the American Revolution, from religious freedom to trade.

WE WILL NOT HIDE

A year-long exhibition and program series amplifying Puerto Rican and Afro-Latine perspectives.

RECENT ADDITIONS

Art Gallery with Framed Paintings and Historic Frescoes

Philadelphia Sketch Club

Philadelphia Sketch Club, founded in 1860, is one of the oldest artists' clubs in the United States, with a public gallery.

Slought

Slought is a nonprofit cultural organization presenting exhibitions and public conversations on art and society.

Arthur Ross Gallery

Arthur Ross Gallery is the University of Pennsylvania's gallery, presenting art from the university's collections and beyond.

American Swedish Historical Museum

American Swedish Historical Museum is the oldest Swedish museum in the United States, in FDR Park.

Charles Library

Charles Library is the main library of Temple University and home to the Charles L. Blockson Afro-American Collection.

Van Pelt-Dietrich Library Center

Van Pelt-Dietrich Library Center is the main library of the University of Pennsylvania, home to the Kislak Center for Special Collections.

National Liberty Museum

National Liberty Museum explores liberty and the heroes who defend it, through art and exhibitions.

Science History Institute

Science History Institute is a museum and library documenting the history of chemistry and the sciences.

The Athenaeum of Philadelphia

The Athenaeum of Philadelphia is a member library and museum with major collections on American architecture and design.

American Philosophical Society Museum

American Philosophical Society Museum presents exhibitions drawn from the society's collections on science, history and culture.

Parkway Central Library

Parkway Central Library is the main library of the Free Library of Philadelphia, including its Rare Book Department.

Historical Society of Pennsylvania

Historical Society of Pennsylvania is one of the oldest historical societies in the country, with major archives of American history.

Library Company of Philadelphia

Library Company of Philadelphia, founded by Benjamin Franklin in 1731, is an independent research library of American history and culture.

The Rosenbach

The Rosenbach is a museum and library of rare books, manuscripts and decorative arts in two 19th-century townhouses.

Please Touch Museum

Please Touch Museum is a children's museum in historic Memorial Hall in Fairmount Park.

Events in Philadelphia

On view now

Arc of Promise

Black + Gold Artists Exchange Exhibition (Gallery Hours Saturday 11/14)

Black + Gold Artists Exchange Exhibition (Gallery Hours Sunday 11/15)

From Invisible to Invincible: Honoring the Art of Color

Marcel Duchamp

Marian: The American Story

Mütter Museum 250th Anniversary Exhibitions

Pennsylvania’s Founding: How a City and a Colony Shaped America’s Civic DNA

Seeking Profit and Power

The First Salute

WE WILL NOT HIDE

Philadelphia Sketch Club

Slought

Arthur Ross Gallery

American Swedish Historical Museum

Charles Library

Van Pelt-Dietrich Library Center

National Liberty Museum

Science History Institute

The Athenaeum of Philadelphia

American Philosophical Society Museum

Parkway Central Library

Historical Society of Pennsylvania

Library Company of Philadelphia

The Rosenbach

Please Touch Museum

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