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ON-GOING EXHIBITS at MUSEUMS
Philadelphia, New York, Delaware, Washington, D.C. and Bucks County
Museum of Modern Art, New York 11 West 53rd Street New York, NY 10019 (888) 999-8861 or www.moma.org
Now - on-going
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Existing Collections : Restored/Renovated the American Wing displays the interior of a Frank Lloyd Wright house - perfect for 4th graders' architecture unit. Also the American Wing has re-hung many paintings including re-known Emmanuel Leutze' "Washington Crossing the Delaware" Also, The Temple of Dendur - True Egyptian Art and Architecture experience for 3rd graders. The Egyptian Wing displays actual mummy cases! Outside behind the Metropolitan Museum, visit Cleopatra's Needle , a genuine, 2000 year-old 71 foot high Egyptian obelisk. (32 horses had to drag it to its current location from New York Port in 1880, when it was presented as a gift to the United States by Egypt. The obelisk form inspired the Washington Monument in Washington, D.C.).
1071 Fifth Avenue (at 89th Street)
New York, NY (212) 423 - 3500 www.guggenheim.org/new-york Mostly Modern and Contemporary Art, Photography and Design. The building itself is a work of Art designed by Architect Frank Lloyd Wright. The main gallery section from the exterior view resembles a tornado made of stone - inside it is a continuous spiral ramp (not staircase.) Take your children to walk inside one of the most famous Frank Lloyd Wright buildings! Our 4th graders study his "Form follows Function" architecture by learning about his masterpiece "Falling Water".
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ The Brooklyn Museum
200 Eastern Parkway
Brooklyn. NY
(718) 638-5000 www.brooklynmuseum.org Long-Term Installation: American Identities: A New Look An extensive collection of American Art - among the works one of Edward Hicks' "Peaceable Kingdom" . At the Luce Center for American Art. Also on display: African Innovations - on going The Mummy Chamber - on going
Decorative Arts Galleries and Period Rooms - on going
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Philadelphia Museum of Art Ben Franklin Parkway, Philadelphia, PA www.philamuseum.org. Philadelphia Treasures Eakin's Gross Clinic and Saint-Gauden's Angel of Purity This painting was almost sold away, but saved by Philadelphians to be shown where it was painted. 3rd graders have a chance to see the painting they study - how large it is, how it looks up close! An Eakins Masterpiece Restored: Seeing The Gross Clinic Anew Within this wonderful museum so close - A Japanese Tea House, The Interior of a Chinese Temple, A Renaissance Cloister, Medeival Arms and Armor, Impressionists paintings, a cast of Degas "Little Dancer" ballerina statue and more! ____________________________________________________________________________ PAFA The Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts 118 North Broad Street Philadelphia, PA 215 - 972 - 7600 www.pafa.org/Museum The building is itself an example of architectural sculpture with its Grand Staircase and Moroccan arches in the main entrance. The building was designed by Frank Furness and George Hewitt - famous Philadelphia Architects. This is an Art Museum and an Art School. When you visit, you may see some classes attending an Art History talk in one of the galleries or students drawing or painting in front of a statue or painting!
Current Exhibit: The exciting installation of Claes Oldenberg's giant "Paint Torch" outdoor Public Sculpture in the newly designed Lenfest Plaza adjacent to the museum !
American Art Starts Here: PAFA Refreshed, Reloaded Ongoing exhibition of the Collection with many addtional pieces from Thomas Eakins, Charles Wilson Peale, Gilbert Stuart,Benjamin West, Cecelia Beaux and more. _____________________________________________________________________________________ National Geographic Museum, Washington, D.C. 17th and M Streets NW, Washington, D.C. 20036 www.nationalgeographic.com Discovery Times Square Exposition 226 West 44th Street, New York, NY
_____________________________________________________________________________________ National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. National Mall between 3rd and 7th Sts. at Constitution Ave. www.nga.gov In the East Building designed by I.M.Pei hangs the giant Mobile by Alexander Calder (weighing more than 920 pounds appears to be very lightweight!) Our 4th graders study the architecture of the building; our 1st graders study Calder Mobiles Matisse Cutouts - colorful works of cut paper shapes, abstract and natural forms Our 5th graders look at Matisse's work ______________________________________________________________ Delaware Art Museum 2301 Kentmere Parkway, Wilmington, Del. www.delart.org __________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Baltimore Museum of Art 10 Art Museum Drive, Baltimore , MD www.artbma.org ** Admission Free Everyday for Everyone! Artwork on display includes Louis Comfort Tiffany's stained Glass Windows, other Decorative Arts masterpieces, galleries dedicated to Modern Artists such as Georgia O'Keefe, Marsden Hartley, Joseph Stella and others.
Contemporary Art Wing Re-Opening !
Ongoing: The Cone collection of artwork from Matisse, Picasso, Guagin and more. _______________________________________________________________________________ MICHENER ART MUSEUM 138 South Pine St., Doylestown, PA 215-340-9800 www.MichenerArtMuseum.org Permanent collection of Pennsylvania Impressionists depicting local landscape scenes of Bucks County. Many changing, visiting exhibits of paintings, photographs and sculpture. _________________________________________________________________________________
THE FRANKLIN INSTITUTE 222 N. 20th Street Philadelphia, PA 19103 www.fi.edu
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ BRANDYWINE RIVER MUSEUM U.S. Route 1 Chadds Ford, PA 19317 610-388-2700 Extensive collections of works by N.C. Wyeth, Andrew Wyeth, and Jamie Wyeth Also works of other famous Illustrators such as Howard Pyle. Many of these and N.C. Wyeth's illustrations were published with well known stories such as Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island. To view the original paintings is a wonderful experience for children and adults alike! Andrew Wyeth's Studio Now Open for Tours!
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ PRINCETON UNIVERSITY ART MUSEUM Near Nassau St. at Elm Drive
Princeton, NJ 08544
(609) 258-3788 www.princetonartmuseum.org The Princeton Art Museum is closed to visitors as construction for the new museum - anticipated to open in late 2024. Go to website for links to :on-line exhibits, art-makig classes, art for families. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ MUSEUM OF SCIENCE BOSTON 1 Science Park Boston, MA 02114-1099 617-723-2500 mos.org _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Museum of Fine Arts Boston
465 Huntington Ave. Boston, MA 02115 www.mfa.org
Museum of Modern Art, New York 11 West 53rd Street New York, NY 10019 (888) 999-8861 or www.moma.org
On Line: Check out The MoMA PS1 Young Architects Program
Arms and Armor: Notable Acquisitions 2003 -2014
Now - on-going
Intricate objects of armor, textiles of pageantry from Europe, Japan, India and Tibet. Drawings and prints as well.
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Existing Collections : Restored/Renovated the American Wing displays the interior of a Frank Lloyd Wright house - perfect for 4th graders' architecture unit. Also the American Wing has re-hung many paintings including re-known Emmanuel Leutze' "Washington Crossing the Delaware" Also, The Temple of Dendur - True Egyptian Art and Architecture experience for 3rd graders. The Egyptian Wing displays actual mummy cases! Outside behind the Metropolitan Museum, visit Cleopatra's Needle , a genuine, 2000 year-old 71 foot high Egyptian obelisk. (32 horses had to drag it to its current location from New York Port in 1880, when it was presented as a gift to the United States by Egypt. The obelisk form inspired the Washington Monument in Washington, D.C.).
Works of Renoir, Monet and Degas are always on display in the Impressionism Rooms, including one of the casts of Degas' statue "Little Dancer" of the young ballerina. (our 3rd graders study these artists)
1071 Fifth Avenue (at 89th Street)
New York, NY (212) 423 - 3500 www.guggenheim.org/new-york Mostly Modern and Contemporary Art, Photography and Design. The building itself is a work of Art designed by Architect Frank Lloyd Wright. The main gallery section from the exterior view resembles a tornado made of stone - inside it is a continuous spiral ramp (not staircase.) Take your children to walk inside one of the most famous Frank Lloyd Wright buildings! Our 4th graders study his "Form follows Function" architecture by learning about his masterpiece "Falling Water".
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ The Brooklyn Museum
200 Eastern Parkway
Brooklyn. NY
(718) 638-5000 www.brooklynmuseum.org Long-Term Installation: American Identities: A New Look An extensive collection of American Art - among the works one of Edward Hicks' "Peaceable Kingdom" . At the Luce Center for American Art. Also on display: African Innovations - on going The Mummy Chamber - on going
Decorative Arts Galleries and Period Rooms - on going
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Philadelphia Museum of Art Ben Franklin Parkway, Philadelphia, PA www.philamuseum.org. Philadelphia Treasures Eakin's Gross Clinic and Saint-Gauden's Angel of Purity This painting was almost sold away, but saved by Philadelphians to be shown where it was painted. 3rd graders have a chance to see the painting they study - how large it is, how it looks up close! An Eakins Masterpiece Restored: Seeing The Gross Clinic Anew Within this wonderful museum so close - A Japanese Tea House, The Interior of a Chinese Temple, A Renaissance Cloister, Medeival Arms and Armor, Impressionists paintings, a cast of Degas "Little Dancer" ballerina statue and more! ____________________________________________________________________________ PAFA The Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts 118 North Broad Street Philadelphia, PA 215 - 972 - 7600 www.pafa.org/Museum The building is itself an example of architectural sculpture with its Grand Staircase and Moroccan arches in the main entrance. The building was designed by Frank Furness and George Hewitt - famous Philadelphia Architects. This is an Art Museum and an Art School. When you visit, you may see some classes attending an Art History talk in one of the galleries or students drawing or painting in front of a statue or painting!
Current Exhibit: The exciting installation of Claes Oldenberg's giant "Paint Torch" outdoor Public Sculpture in the newly designed Lenfest Plaza adjacent to the museum !
American Art Starts Here: PAFA Refreshed, Reloaded Ongoing exhibition of the Collection with many addtional pieces from Thomas Eakins, Charles Wilson Peale, Gilbert Stuart,Benjamin West, Cecelia Beaux and more. _____________________________________________________________________________________ National Geographic Museum, Washington, D.C. 17th and M Streets NW, Washington, D.C. 20036 www.nationalgeographic.com Discovery Times Square Exposition 226 West 44th Street, New York, NY
Changing exhibits
_____________________________________________________________________________________ National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. National Mall between 3rd and 7th Sts. at Constitution Ave. www.nga.gov In the East Building designed by I.M.Pei hangs the giant Mobile by Alexander Calder (weighing more than 920 pounds appears to be very lightweight!) Our 4th graders study the architecture of the building; our 1st graders study Calder Mobiles Matisse Cutouts - colorful works of cut paper shapes, abstract and natural forms Our 5th graders look at Matisse's work ______________________________________________________________ Delaware Art Museum 2301 Kentmere Parkway, Wilmington, Del. www.delart.org __________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Baltimore Museum of Art 10 Art Museum Drive, Baltimore , MD www.artbma.org ** Admission Free Everyday for Everyone! Artwork on display includes Louis Comfort Tiffany's stained Glass Windows, other Decorative Arts masterpieces, galleries dedicated to Modern Artists such as Georgia O'Keefe, Marsden Hartley, Joseph Stella and others.
Contemporary Art Wing Re-Opening !
Ongoing: The Cone collection of artwork from Matisse, Picasso, Guagin and more. _______________________________________________________________________________ MICHENER ART MUSEUM 138 South Pine St., Doylestown, PA 215-340-9800 www.MichenerArtMuseum.org Permanent collection of Pennsylvania Impressionists depicting local landscape scenes of Bucks County. Many changing, visiting exhibits of paintings, photographs and sculpture. _________________________________________________________________________________
THE FRANKLIN INSTITUTE 222 N. 20th Street Philadelphia, PA 19103 www.fi.edu
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ BRANDYWINE RIVER MUSEUM U.S. Route 1 Chadds Ford, PA 19317 610-388-2700 Extensive collections of works by N.C. Wyeth, Andrew Wyeth, and Jamie Wyeth Also works of other famous Illustrators such as Howard Pyle. Many of these and N.C. Wyeth's illustrations were published with well known stories such as Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island. To view the original paintings is a wonderful experience for children and adults alike! Andrew Wyeth's Studio Now Open for Tours!
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ PRINCETON UNIVERSITY ART MUSEUM Near Nassau St. at Elm Drive
Princeton, NJ 08544
(609) 258-3788 www.princetonartmuseum.org The Princeton Art Museum is closed to visitors as construction for the new museum - anticipated to open in late 2024. Go to website for links to :on-line exhibits, art-makig classes, art for families. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ MUSEUM OF SCIENCE BOSTON 1 Science Park Boston, MA 02114-1099 617-723-2500 mos.org _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Museum of Fine Arts Boston
465 Huntington Ave. Boston, MA 02115 www.mfa.org