Opening June 20, 2012
Through August 12, 2012
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Sunday, May 20, 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.
Also On View Now Through June 03, 2012 From the first roll-film Leica in the 1920s to the familiar disposable cardboard Kodak, the handheld 35mm camera became a ubiquitous and indispensable photographic tool in the twentieth century. May 21, 2011 - fall 2012 This exhibition highlights Collab’s gifts from the last four decades,
celebrating the organization’s contributions to the Museum as well as presenting a chronological overview of modern and contemporary design in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.In the Galleries Galleries 241-243, second floor The objects in this installation have been grouped to approximate the sequence of activities during a tea ceremony: host and guest preparation; a light meal; sweet cakes and sake; a serving of “thick” tea; more sweets; and finally, a round of “thin” tea. Additionally, the video in gallery 244 provides an overview of a tea gathering.  Gallery 201, second floor This grand Medieval portal originally served as the main entrance to the small Augustinian abbey church of Saint-Laurent in central France. At the suggestion of George Grey Barnard, sculptor and collector of Medieval architecture and sculpture, two smaller doorways were added on either side of the portal when it was installed in the Museum in the late 1920s. Most "Loved" Object
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