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Wednesday, May 16, 2012 As one of the largest museums in the United States, the Philadelphia Museum of Art invites visitors from around the world to explore its renowned collections, acclaimed special exhibitions, and enriching programs, both in person and online.
International Museum Day May 18th
The Philadelphia Museum of Art will offer free admission all day on Friday, May 18, in celebration of International Museum Day. Free admission will also be extended to the Museum-administered Park Houses, Cedar Grove and Mount Pleasant.
Visit the Museum >>Also On View Now Through August 05, 2012 From the fourteenth through eighteenth
centuries, stoneware ceramics from Germanspeaking
centers in modern-day Germany
and the Low Countries were valued and
widely traded throughout northern Europe.
In the 1600s—the heyday of stoneware
production—they found an enthusiastic
market in colonial North America. March 3 - July 2012 Three groundbreaking single sculptures, three leading contemporary artists: Secret Garden unites works in fiber by Ted Hallman, Sheila Hicks, and Jim Hodges.In the Galleries Gallery 290a, second floor In the 18th-century, virtually every European aristocratic family owned an Asian porcelain tea service decorated with its coat of arms. Due to the great number of British families who possessed these heraldic objects, Chinese and Japanese factories manufactured more porcelain for export to England than to any other European country. See an example here, and visit gallery 290a for several more.  Galleries 49 & 50, ground floor These installations showcase the Museum’s holdings in American modern art and design made during the transformative years of the early twentieth century. Most "Loved" Object
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