Barnes Foundation

Being Present with Art: Welcoming Change

Art-centered workshop offering mindfulness practices, close looking activities, plus seasonal reflections.

Sound and Color: The Sensory World of Monet and Debussy

Interactive event featuring live musical performances, art exploration, and guided conversation, plus expert instruction.

Highlights Tour

A solid art outing when the kids are ready to learn something new.

September Spotlight Tour: Firestorm! Outrage! Dr. Barnes’s Scandalous 1923 Philadelphia Exhibition

Guided tour exploring Dr. Barnes's controversial 1923 exhibition, featuring key artworks and historical context.

First Friday: V. Shayne Frederick

Monthly event featuring live jazz performances, art access and light fare, plus a cocktail mixer.

PECO Free First Sunday Family Day: Thriving Traditions

Free family event featuring art activities, live performances by Native Nations Dance Theater, plus hands-on crafts.

James McNeill Whistler: An American Painter Abroad

Online class exploring Whistler’s role in modern art across France, England, and America, plus guided discussions.

Mary Cassatt: Art, Identity, and Independence

Daily Gallery Talks

Daily event featuring gallery talks about the Barnes collection and its history, plus expert insights.

Private Collection Tour

Private one-hour tour for up to ten guests exploring highlights of the Barnes collection.

Deep Dive: _Radio Nurse_ by Isamu Noguchi

In-depth discussion about Isamu Noguchi's 1937 baby monitor, plus free admission to the Roberts Gallery.

Exhibition Tour: _Noguchi to Asawa: Designing Postwar America_

Create & Connect Parkinson’s Workshop

Workshop designed to support individuals living with Parkinson’s disease through art and creative expression.

Barnes Create & Connect

Art-making event designed for individuals with Parkinson’s disease and their care partners, plus supportive community engagement.

Barnes Cinema: _Tiguex_ by Raven Chacon

Film series event featuring a documentary on Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Raven Chacon, plus a citywide symphony.

Members-Only Tour: _Noguchi to Asawa: Designing Postwar America_

Members-only event featuring an exclusive tour of the latest exhibition, plus insights from curators.

Just Us

Art exhibit featuring original works by SCI Phoenix artists and justice-impacted creators from Mural Arts.

Private Collection Tour: Favorite Artists

Private tour for up to nine guests featuring favorite artists like Van Gogh and Matisse, plus access to the collection.

Highlights Tour | The Barnes Collection

60-minute tour of the Barnes collection focusing on its history and major paintings, plus access before and after.

Highlights Tour

60-minute tour of the Barnes collection focusing on its history and major paintings, plus access before and after.

Highlights Tour

Specially trained docents lead a 60-minute tour of the Barnes collection, focusing on its history and origins.

October Spotlight Tour: Firestorm! Outrage! Dr. Barnes’s Scandalous 1923 Philadelphia Exhibition

Guided tour of the Barnes Foundation featuring historical context, notable artworks, plus engaging discussions.

ARTZ @ The Museum

Free access event at the Barnes featuring art exploration for people with dementia and their care partners.

Color and the Painter’s Practice

On-site class learning how artists use color through discussions and hands-on experimentation.

Members-Only Online Tour: _Noguchi to Asawa: Designing Postwar America_

Exclusive virtual tour featuring highlights from the newest exhibition focused on postwar design.

Private Collection Tour

Private one-hour tour for up to ten guests exploring highlights of the Barnes collection.

Private Tour: Favorite Artists

Private tour for up to nine guests featuring favorite artists like Van Gogh and Matisse, plus access to the collection.

2026 Barnes Art Ball

Celebration of Asian American artistry with art, community, and philanthropy.

Exhibition Seminar: _Noguchi to Asawa: Designing Postwar America_

Exhibition seminar exploring contributions of Japanese American artists and designers through guided discussion.

Close-Looking Immersion: Glackens’s Beach at Dieppe

Online immersion class closely observing Glackens’s Beach at Dieppe through guided discussion.

Lecture: _Eiffel Tower Confidential_

Lecture offering insights into the Eiffel Tower's history and its ties to the French Empire and surveillance.

Online Member Orientation

Online event featuring a discussion about membership benefits and a docent-led virtual tour of the collection.

Book Talk: _Philadelphia in Color: 1950–1990_ with Hidden City Philadelphia

Free event featuring a conversation with editors of a photographic history book about Philadelphia.

Members-Only Evening Tour: _Noguchi to Asawa: Designing Postwar America_

Members-Only Online Tour: Firestorm! Outrage! Dr. Barnes’s Scandalous 1923 Philadelphia Exhibition

Philadelphia critics once panned Dr. Barnes’s collection.

Barnes Create & Connect

Art-making experience designed for individuals with Parkinson's and their care partners, plus supportive community.

PECO Free First Sunday Family Day: Generational Exchange

Free family event offering hands-on art activities, access to the collection, plus Cambodian dance performances.

What Is Art? Marcel Duchamp

Online class examining how Duchamp challenged conventional ideas of art and transformed modern artistic practice.

The Ballets Russes: Art, Music, and Modern Performance

Online class exploring the revolutionary collaborations of the Ballets Russes through music, dance, and design.

Graphic Design: An Unruly History

On-site class tracing the history of graphic design across eras and cultures in a creative survey.

Baroque Masters of Southern Europe: Caravaggio to Velázquez

Online class exploring Baroque painting through the works of Caravaggio, Gentileschi, and Velázquez.

The Femme Fatale in Art, Film, and Pop Culture, 1890 to Now

Online class studying the femme fatale archetype across art forms, plus guided discussions.

On Practice: Pew Fellows in Conversation

Event featuring discussions with artists shaping Philadelphia’s cultural scene, plus free admission.

Close-Looking Immersion: Matisse’s Still Life with Gourds

Online immersion class closely observing Matisse’s Still Life with Gourds through guided discussion.

Exhibition Seminar: _Noguchi to Asawa: Designing Postwar America_

Exhibition seminar exploring contributions of Japanese American artists and designers through guided discussion.

The Foundations of Drawing in the Barnes Collection

Drawing workshop featuring gallery discussions, hands-on practice, and expert demonstrations, plus a skilled instructor.

Barnes Curious? Let’s Talk about Renoir

On-site discussion session on Renoir in the collection galleries, plus close-looking activities.

PECO Free First Sunday Family Day: Universal Expression

Free event featuring hands-on art activities, traditional Japanese music performances, plus a student art show.

Inside the Barnes Ensembles: Room 14

Event exploring the history of Room 14 through archival materials and guided discussions, plus expert instructors.

Art, Ritual, and Death in the 19th Century

Workshop studying Victorian mourning culture through art, photography, fashion, and memorial objects.

Close-Looking Immersion: Cézanne’s Young Man and Skull

Online immersion class closely observing Cézanne’s Young Man and Skull through guided discussion.

Being Present with Art: Connecting to the Light Within

Winter-focused art and meditation workshop featuring mindfulness exercises, guided discussions, plus close looking.

Noguchi to Asawa: Designing Postwar America

Art exhibition featuring iconic works by Japanese American artists and designers, plus guided tours available.

Sky Hopinka: Red Metal Dust

A calm, art-filled escape when kids need a creative break.

Ongoing gift option for art history classes taught by Barnes experts.

Ongoing workshops helping medical students develop a more empathetic approach to patient care.

Ongoing program offering immersion in the Barnes Method and interpretive approaches.

Ongoing two-year program covering horticultural science, methods, and design.

Ongoing program preparing future museum educators for roles in public and private institutions.

On-demand class offering a fresh look at ancient art from Egypt, Greece, and Rome.

On-demand class introducing Renoir’s life and work through interactive videos.

On-demand class studying Rousseau’s paintings using an interactive platform.

On-demand class teaching the basics of the Barnes Method of studying art, plus self-paced learning.

On-demand class exploring how artists use color to shape meaning and emotion.

On-demand class uncovering connections in Dr. Barnes’s enigmatic displays of art, plus self-paced learning.

Monthly event featuring art displays, live jazz music, and cocktails, plus a tribute to John Coltrane.

A peaceful escape when your kids need to run and explore outdoors.

A thoughtful space for kids to explore Black artistic futures.

A mindful escape for parents juggling teen schedules.

A serene escape for nature-loving kids and their busy parents.