Barnes Foundation Museum
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Barnes foundation museum. Set on four and a half acres of landscaped grounds the barnes foundation boasts an impressive collection that features 181 renoirs more than any other collection 69 cézannes more than in all of france and groundbreaking african art. The barnes is an art museum. The barnes foundation is an art collection and educational institution promoting the appreciation of art and horticulture. I heard someone mention that the barnes foundation 30 is the most expensive museum in north america and i simply cannot understand why.
Your daily serving of art was launched in the spring of 2020 during our closure due to covid 19. Barnes foundation virtual tour the barnes foundation has locations in lower merion pennsylvania a suburb of philadelphia and logan square philadelphia. The barnes collection provides a breath taking array of art primarily focused on impressionist and post impressionist art with american. Today the barnes foundation continues to honor and build on dr barnes s educational legacy.
In 2012 the barnes moved to its current home in philadelphia a state of the art building designed by tod williams billie tsien architects partners. The museum s permanent collection features 181 renoirs 69 cézannes and 59 matisses along with works by manet degas seurat prendergrast titian and. 2025 benjamin franklin parkway philadelphia pa 19130 215 278 7000. We have planned our reopening process over the past few months following recommendations from federal state and city health officials and discussions with our staff medical professionals and our colleagues at cultural institutions across pennsylvania and around the world.
It was founded in 1922 and the foundation s collection consists of over 4 000 objects including over 900 paintings estimated to be worth about 25 billion. The barnes foundation in philadelphia is home to one of the world s greatest collections of impressionist post impressionist and early modern paintings. Originally in merion the art collection moved in 2012 to a new building on benjamin franklin parkway in philadelphia pennsylvania the arboretum of the barnes foundation remains in merion where it has been proposed to be maintained under a long term educational. In each episode barnes curators scholars a.