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Irving Berlin, sheet music for "Oh! How I Hate to Get Up in the Morning," 1918. (Image courtesy of National Museum of American Jewish History)

NMAJH presents 1917: How One Year Changed the World

Past tense, present tense
The National Museum of American Jewish History takes a look at the year 1917 and how it changed the world. Pamela Forsythe reviews.

Pamela J. Forsythe

Articles 5 minute read
Jenn Bonawitz and daughter Vanessa in the Penn Museum's Egypt Gallery. (Photo by Victoria Meng)

Philadelphia museums welcome visitors with disabilities

Museums open their doors a little wider
Philadelphia's museums are becoming a lot more welcoming to visitors with disabilities. Gabrielle Kaplan-Mayer, an author, disability educator, and mother of a son with autism, goes inside.
Gabrielle Kaplan-Mayer

Gabrielle Kaplan-Mayer

Articles 4 minute read
Sharing the love at the Penn Museum's Holi celebration.

Penn Museum presents 'Hello India!'

Happy Holi-days!
Brittany Barbato's photo essay highlights the Penn Museum's daylong celebration of Indian culture, which culminated in a Holi celebration. Holi is the traditional festival of colors and love.
Brittany Barbato

Brittany Barbato

Articles 1 minute read
One of the exhibition's more brightly accented Phulkari textiles. (Photo courtesy of the Philadelphia Museum of Art)

Philadelphia Museum of Art's 'Phulkari: The Embroidered Textiles of Punjab'

A Common Thread
The Philadelphia Museum of Art's Phulkari: The Embroidered Textiles of Punjab, visits a time when religious differences yielded cultural enrichment. Stacia Friedman reviews.
Stacia Friedman

Stacia Friedman

Articles 2 minute read
'It was Time,' 1997, by Jerry Pinkney. (Image courtesy of the artist)

Woodmere Art Museum presents 'The Storybook Magic of Jerry Pinkney'

Thinking in pictures
The Woodmere Art Museum's exhibition of Jerry Pinkney's watercolor illustrations makes a great companion to the Philadelphia Museum of Art's new watercolor show. Pamela Forsythe reviews.

Pamela J. Forsythe

Articles 4 minute read
Brett Day Windham, 'Rosary,' 2008-2013, mixed media. (Photo courtesy of Brett Day Windham)

Barnes Foundation's Person of the Crowd: The Contemporary Art of Flânerie

Walk it out
Person of the Crowd, the latest installation at the Barnes Foundation, is a far cry from what the museum's founder considered to be art. Steve Cohen reviews.
Steve Cohen

Steve Cohen

Articles 3 minute read
The exhibition catalog features one of Homer's typically turbulent seascapes. (Image courtesy of the Philadelphia Museum of Art)

Philadelphia Museum of Art's Watercolor in the Age of Homer and Sargent

American watercolor: A Philadelphia story
The Philadelphia Museum of Art's new exhibition traces the growth of watercolor in the United States, in Philadelphia in particular. Stacia Friedman reviews.
Stacia Friedman

Stacia Friedman

Articles 3 minute read
Detail from a bookplate. The inscription reads, "Three things to me God lends, Old Place, old books, old friends." (Photo courtesy of the Rosenbach Museum and Library)

The Rosenbach Museum's The Art of Ownership: Bookplates and Book Collectors from 1480 to the Present

Tiny art, big stories
An exhibition of bookplates at the Rosenbach Museum gives a picture of people, too. Anne Schuster Hunter reviews.
Anne Schuster Hunter

Anne Schuster Hunter

Articles 3 minute read
Rodin's 'Damned Women' don't seem to mind. (Photo courtesy of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, bequest of Jules E. Mastbaum, 1929)

The Rodin Museum presents a new installation of 'The Kiss'

Feels like the first time
Auguste Rodin's 'The Kiss' is presented in a whole new way with an installation that pairs the sculpture with others from the Rodin Museum's collection. Steve Cohen reviews.
Steve Cohen

Steve Cohen

Articles 3 minute read
Mr. Franklin doesn't like what you've done with the place (your republic, that is; his museum is pretty nice). (Image by Karen Molinar via Creative Commons/Wikimedia)

Looking to the Benjamin Franklin Museum for answers

WWBFD?
When Pamela Forsythe wondered what Benjamin Franklin might think of these uncertain times, she visited the Benjamin Franklin Museum and found quite a few clues.

Pamela J. Forsythe

Articles 4 minute read