Museums/Exhibits

Museums and exhibits have varying schedules; please callfor exact days, hours and prices.

• ABINGTON ART CENTER , 515 Meetinghouse Rd., Jenkintown, 215-887-4882. INSIDE/OUTSIDE: HABITAT, Features sculptures by several artists including Brandon Ballengee, Austin Thomas and Simon Draper. The works depict concepts and questions regarding the welfare of human and non-human habitats, as well as the interdependancy of all species and their habitats. Runs through Nov. 24. MAGICAL REALISM, Features paintings mixing fantasy and reality by Marilyn Holsing, Susana Viola Jacobson, Steve Kenny, Deirdre Murphy, Walter Benjamin Smith and Aaron Delamatre. Runs through Nov. 24.
• ALLENTOWN ART MUSEUM , 5th & Court sts., Allentown, 610-432-4333. RHYTHMIC COILS, Features basketry by Pennsylvania native Debora Muhl. Her baskets are made using traditional Native American techniques and materials, but also challenge established boundaries. Runs through Nov. 18.
• AMERICAN PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY , 104 S. 5th St., 215-440-3400. UNDAUNTED: FIVE AMERICAN EXPLORERS, Features exhibits on five explorers with Philadelphia connections: naturalist painter John Audobon, Arctic explorer Elisha Kane, freshwater ecologist Ruth Patrick, specimen collector Titian Peale and astronomer, surveyor and inventor David Rittenhouse. Runs through Dec. 28.
• AMERICAN SWEDISH HISTORICAL MUSEUM , 1900 Pattison Ave., 215-389-1776. BUILDING A VIEW, Features work by contemporary Swedish artist Madeleine Hatz. This multimedia exhibit focuses on oil paintings, but also includes music, videos and photographs. Runs through Jan. 13.
• ART IN CITY HALL , City Hall, Broad & Market sts., 2nd & 4th floors, 215-686-2803. ART OF THE CITY, Features photographs and mixed-media work by 39 Philadelphia-based artists who are inspired by the city. Runs through Oct. 5.
• ATWATER KENT MUSEUM , 15 S. 7th St., 215-685-4830. A GREAT COMPANY IN A GREAT CITY, Features highlights from a collection of etchings, lithographs and engravings — many of which reference important events in Philadelphia history — recently donated to the museum by the Insurance Company of North America. Runs through Dec. 1.
• BAHDEEBAHDU , 309 Cherry St., 215-627-5002. BLISS, Features work by Rebecca Pulver, Schuyler Blanchard, Robert Aiosa, Beth Beverly, Erin Boyd, Kathy Pulver, Irene Sfakianos, Linda Smythe, Sarah Pulver and Ira Blanchard. Runs through Oct. 3.
• BARTRAM'S GARDEN , 54th St. & Lindbergh Blvd., 215-729-5281. LOOKING OUT, LOOKING IN, Features paintings by Ed Bronstein, who has been painting in and around the garden for seven years. Runs through Sept. 27.
• BRANDYWINE RIVER MUSEUM , US Rt. 1, Chadds Ford, 610-388-2700. FLIGHTS INTO FANTASY, Features nearly 100 drawings and paintings by famous illustrators of the 19th and 20th centuries, including Arthur Rackham, Edmund Dulac, Kay Nielsen, Jessie Smith, W.W. Denslow, Erest Shepard, Ludwig Bemelmans, Dorothy Lahtrop and E. Boyd Smith. Runs through Nov. 18.
• CHAPTERHOUSE CAFE & GALLERY , 620 S. 9th St., 215-238-2626. ALLISON L. NITCH & MARTIN WITTFOOTH, Features surrealist paintings of bears, wolves and other animals in combat. Runs through Nov. 30.
• CHELTENHAM CENTER FOR THE ARTS , 439 Ashbourne Rd., Cheltenham, 888-715-5589. THROUGH THE LENS, Features photographs by Art Brener, Melvin Chappell, Robert Cassway, Diana Hochner, Deb Hughes, Caryn Koffman, Aaron Miller, Gene Pembroke, Mickie Rosen, Neal Siegel, Robert Wentzel and the late Emanual Weiss. Runs through Oct. 6.
• DELAWARE MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY , 4840 Kenneth Pike, Wilmington, DE, 302-658-9111. INVISIBLE INVADERS, AMAZING ALLIES, Features an in-depth analysis in to the world of micro-organisms. This exhibit explores the beneficial and detrimental roles these tiny creatures play in our daily lives. Runs through Sept. 29.
• FABRIC WORKSHOP AND MUSEUM , 1222 Arch St., 215-568-1111. SELECTIONS, Features mixed-media work from the permanent collection by Louise Bourgeois, Mona Hatoum, Kiki Smith, William Wegman, Isaac Julien and Iran De Espirito Santo. Runs through Sept. 29.
• FRANKLIN INSTITUTE , 20th St. & the Parkway, 215-448-1200. TUTANKHAMUN AND THE GOLDEN AGE OF THE PHAROAHS, Features 50 artifacts from the tomb of Tutankhamun, as well as 70 more from other rulers of the Golden Age. Runs through Sept. 30.
• GERM BOOKS & GALLERY , 308 E. Girard Ave., 215-423-5002. ONEIRIC IMPERIUM, Features a sound installation and street art project by Bood Samel, which transports visitors to an apocalyptic world where post-industrial noise, neo-folk, black metal and Satanism interweave and intermingle. Runs through Sept. 30.
• GLEANER'S CAFE AND GALLERY , 917 S. 9th St., 215-923-3205. SK8BOARD, Features skateboards shaped from recycled desks and painted by local artists. Runs through Sept. 29.
• HIGHER GROUNDS COFFEE SHOP , 631 N. 3rd St., 215-922-3745. THE ADVENTURES OF OREO BOY AND WIGGA MOUTH, Features postcard-sized works by Michale Adrion chronicling the comic adventures of best friends Oreo Boy (a white-acting black man) and Wigga Mouth (a black-acting white man). Runs through Oct. 29.
• INSTITUTE OF CONTEMPORARY ART , 118 S. 36th St., 215-898-7108. ENSEMBLE, Features sculpture pieces and interactive installations by Harry Bertoia, Yoko Ono, Michelangelo Pistoletto, Terry Adkins, Doug Aitken, Noah Sheldon, Evan Holloway, Jon Kessler, Angela White, Yoshi Wada, Dennis Oppenheim, Jim Hodges, Martin Creed and Paul Ramirez, among others. Runs through Dec. 16. BETWEEN US, Features photographs by Philadelphia-based artist Eileen Neff, whose work charts the modern critical shift from camera to computer. Runs through Dec. 16. JAY HEIKES, Features an installation composed of drawings, a cement and brass bed of nails, a digital cuckoo clock and a stylized rat trap.The entire project is inspired by a joke about an impatient pirate and his snarky parrot. Runs through Dec. 16. FLY THROUGH, Features an installation by Linda Taalman and Alan Koch, which is based upon their iT House, an aluminum and glass "kit house" that has been produced and installed on several sites in California. Vinyl graphic "outfits" by Jim Iserman, Liam Gillick, Sarah Morris and Renee Petropoulos will cover the windows. Runs through Dec. 16.
• LA SALLE UNIVERSITY ART MUSEUM , Olney Hall, 20th St. & Olney Ave., 215-951-1221. WHICH ONE ARE YOU? Features large-scale wall paintings by muralist David McShane, which explore intimate questions about family and faith. Runs through Dec. 7.
• LAVA SPACE , 4134 Lancaster Ave., 215-387-6155. ART AT LAVA, Features installations by Harmony Thompson, Zoe Cohen, Bilwa, Elysa Voshell, JJ Tiziou, Mary Tasillo, Cecily Anderson, Sarah Phillips, Jodi Netzer and Dominic Lepore. Works include wheat-pasted posters, murals, tile mosaics, site-specific sculptures and a solar-powered installation. Runs through Nov. 30.
• MICHENER ART MUSEUM , 138 S. Pine St., Doylestown, 215-340-9800. FIRE AND ICE, Features paintings of soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan by Marine Corps "combat artist" Michael Fay. A reservist from Virginia, Fay is one of just three such artists in the Marines. Runs through Oct. 21. SOLDIER, Features photographic portraits by Suzanne Opton of men and women recently returned from military tours of Iraq or Afghanistan. Runs through Oct. 21. STONE CARVINGS, Features abstract stone sculptures by Roger Loos in this outdoor display. Runs through Oct. 21. EXCURSIONS, Features two videos ("The Geosophist's Tears" and "Rotary Almanac") by video artist Peter Rose, who splices and superimposes nature footage in confusing, entrancing ways to make viewers think about how they perceive land. Runs through Nov. 25. THE DISPASSIONATE BODY, Features work by American realist painter Philip Pearlstein, including 16 large nude paintings. Runs through Jan. 8.
• MICHENER ART MUSEUM-NEW HOPE , 500 Union Square Dr., New Hope, 215-340-9800. GERSHWIN TO GILLESPIE: PORTRAITS IN AMERICAN MUSIC, Features 50 photographic portraits of composers and musical performers such as George Gershwin, Dizzy Gillespie, Leonard Bernstein, B.B. King, Frank Sinatra, Janis Joplin and Bob Dylan. Photographers include Edward Steichen, Annie Leibovitz, Ansel Adams and Art Kane. Runs through Oct. 7.
• MUGSHOTS COFFEEHOUSE , 110 Cotton St., 215-482-3964. MIKE COLL, Features new work by the local photographer and woodworker, including hours-long exposures that experiment with the use of lasers and the movement of the sky's lights. Runs through Sept. 30.
• MUGSHOTS COFFEEHOUSE , 21st St. & Fairmount Ave., 215-232-1797. SCREENS 'N' SPOKES ART SHOW, Features screenprints by rock poster artists in celebration of art, bikes and the community they inspire. Proceeds benefit the Screens 'N' Spokes team in the National Multiple Sclerosis Society Shore Bike Ride. Runs through Sept. 30.
• NATIONAL LIBERTY MUSEUM , 321 Chestnut St., 215-925-2800. VOYAGE THROUGH FAITH, Features wall-sized images that convey Biblical stories and a trilogy of Marc Chagall oil paintings of crucial aspects of the Muslim, Christian and Jewish traditions. Runs through Nov. 1.
• OLD FIRST REFORMED CHURCH , 4th & Race sts., 215-922-4566. THROUGH THE WINDOW: INSIGHTS INTO THE SPIRITUALITY OF AIDS, Features work by Lois Wilson, who uses salvaged windows and other materials to explore the spiritual insights of people living with HIV/AIDS. Runs through Oct. 19.
• PENN MUSEUM OF ARCHAEOLOGY AND ANTHROPOLOGY , 3260 South St., 215-898-4000. AMARNA, ANCIENT EGYPT'S PLACE IN THE SUN, Features artifacts from the era of Egypt's most famous ruler, King Tutankhamun. Included are statues, jewelry and religious amulets. Runs through Oct. 15. RIVER OF GOLD: PRECOLUMBIAN TREASURES FROM SITIO CONTE, Features almost 150 artifacts, including 120 Precolumbian gold objects such as hammered plaques, pendants, ornaments, bells, bangles and beads. These items were excavated by the Penn Museum in 1940 at the Rio Grande de Cocle. Also on display are site photos and drawings. Runs through Dec. 16. EXPLORING IRAN, Features 60 photopraphs by Penn Museum archaeologist Erich F. Schmidt taken during expeditions to Iran. Schmidt and two professional photographers documented the excavation of the Bronze Age site Tepe Hissar, but also made extensive documentation of the desert and mountain people of Iran. The exhibit also features ancient painted pottery and bronze jewelery from the site. Runs through Dec. 16.
• PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS , 118 N. Broad St., 215-972-7600. OUT OF THE CHATEAU, Features 34 paintings by local artist Charles Demuth. This is the first traveling exhibition of the Demuth Museum's permanent collection. Runs through Dec. 9.
• PHILADELPHIA ART ALLIANCE , 215 S. 18th St., 215-545-4302. ALONG THE WAY, Features large and small porcelain dolls by Korean-American artist SunKoo Yuh, which are inspired by his life and friends in Korea. Runs through Dec. 30. STRATUM, Features large and small scale paintings by Tim Mcfarlane, who uses many layers of paint to create depth on the canvas and reveal the process of creation. Runs through Dec. 30. FALLING UPSTAIRS, Features paintings by Catherine Gontarek, which are inspired by objects, rooms and urban exteriors in her life. Runs through Dec. 30.
• PHILADELPHIA ATHENAEUM , 219 S. 6th St., 215-925-2688. LOST LONDON, Features photographs of late 19th-century London by Henry Dixon and John and Alfred Bool. As London grew during this period, many buildings were demolished. Runs through Dec. 14.
• PHILADELPHIA MUSEUM OF ART , 26th St. & the Parkway, 215-763-8100. TIBETAN RITUAL ARTS, Features Tibetan-Buddhist ritual images and implements drawn from the museum's collection of Himalayan art, including a domestic alter. Runs through Nov. 20. PARTICULARS OF PLACE: PHOTO PORTFOLIOS FROM THE PERMANENT COLLECTION, Features images from the portfolios of Paul Caponigro, Paul Strand, John Divola, Laurie Brown, Alen MacWeeney and James Fee. Runs through Nov. 4. BOSCH AND BRUEGEL, Features detailed, colorful paintings by Rennaisance painters Hieronymus Bosch, Pieter Breugel and their followers. Most Bosch works focus on religious figures, paradise or damnation, while Breugel paid serious attention to the lives and customs of peasants. Runs through Nov. 23. CELEBRATING AMERICAN CRAFT, Features pieces from the museum's collection of contemporary American crafts. Runs through Sept. 30. NOTATIONS, Features paintings by three of postwar Germany's most important artists: Anselm Kiefer, Sigmar Polke and Gerhart Richter. Each struggled with questions of how to go about life and art in the wake of Germany's war crimes, and in doing so produced large bodies of work defined equally by conceptual complexity and technical mastery. Runs through Nov. 25. A CONVERSATION IN THREE DIMENSIONS, Features rarely seen pieces from the museum's extensive sculpture collection, including work by Pablo Picasso and Anselm Kiefer. Runs through May 25. A PASSION FOR PERFECTION, Features costumes by award-winning Philadelphia fashion designers James Galanos, Gustave Tassell and Ralph Rucci. The pieces highlight the detail that is associated with Paris haute couture. Runs through March 9.
• SCHUYLKILL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION , 8480 Hagy's Mill Rd., 215-482-7300. GREEN MACHINE, Features site-specific works exploring the relationship between art, nature and technology. Included is Chris Vecchio's Supplemental Shrubbery Sounds Source in which motion-sensitive modules are placed along the path and emit both "natural" and "man-made" sounds, altering the forest's atmosphere and encouraging questions about nature and technology. Runs through Oct. 30.
• WHEATON ARTS AND CULTURAL CENTER , 1501 Glasstown Rd., Millville, NJ, 856-825-2410. STANKARD STUDIO EXHIBITION, Features glass work by Paul Stankard, David Graeber, Katherine Stankard Campbell, Christine Stankard Kressley and Pauline Stankard Iacovino. Runs through Oct. 21.