| Fri., May. 31 | |||||||||
| Event | Location | Description | Time | Price | |||||
| AMAZING MACHINE | Franklin Institute | Features 25 rarely displayed machines, including Mailardet's automaton and a model of the Strasbourg cathedral clock. | 9:30am-5pm | $12-$14.75 free for members
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| ART IN REVOLUTIONARY PHILADELPHIA | Philadelphia Museum of Art | Charts the role of art in the lives of Philadelphians during the American Revolution. | 10am-5pm | ||||||
| ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE: PATRICK DOUGHERTY | Morris Arboretum | Features a site-specific sculpture made entirely from local twigs and saplings. Dougherty's creations, which are often more than 20 feet tall and look like giant huts, last for two years before they begin to dissolve. | 10am-4pm | $7-$14 | |||||
| COMING TO AMERICA | Independence Seaport Museum | Features a first-hand experience of what it was like for immigrants who traveled to Washington Avenue. View photos, listen to oral histories of immigrants and climb into a ship's steerage compartment where many immigrants stayed during the journey. | 10am-5pm | $7-$12 | |||||
| DINOSAUR GALLERY | Delaware Museum of Natural History | Features the only permanent display of dinosaurs in the state. The gallery's Science in Action Lab allows visitors to watch volunteers prepare real paleontology specimens. | 9:30am-4:30pm | $5-$7 | |||||
| AN ENDURING MOTIF: THE POMEGRANATE IN TEXTILES | Philadelphia Museum of Art | The pomegranate has long been a symbol of health, fertility and resurrection. See how it has been depicted in centuries of art from a variety of cultures. | 10am-5pm | $12-$16 $12 for children (ages 13 to 18) and students; $14 for seniors; $16 for adults
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| FILL ‘ER UP! VINTAGE GAS STATIONS OF BUCKS COUNTY | Mercer Museum | Features photographs of filling stations from the '20s to the '60s to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the American oil industry. | 10am-5pm | $4-$15 | |||||
| THE FRANKLIN AIR SHOW | Franklin Institute | Features model and life-sized airplanes, a flight simulator and sound effects that are designed to make you feel as if you're in the middle of a live air show. | 9:30am-5pm | $12-$14.75 | |||||
| FRANKLIN: HE'S ELECTRIC | Franklin Institute | Features a variety of Benjamin Franklin's belongings and inventions, including a lens, lightning rod and bifocals. | 9:30am-5pm | $12-$14.75 | |||||
| THE GIANT HEART: A HEALTHY INTERACTIVE EXPERIENCE | Franklin Institute | Features a massive model of a human heart that you can walk through, and which has interactive stations that pertain to blood, health, anatomy and heart ailments. | 9:30am-5pm | $12-$14.75 | |||||
| HALL OF BIRDS | Delaware Museum of Natural History | Features bird specimens and nests on display. Highlights include an extinct passenger pigeon and 3-D dioramas of the birds in their habitats. | 9:30am-4:30pm | $5-$7 | |||||
| HORSE AND MAN ARMORS | Philadelphia Museum of Art | The highlight of this exhibition is a complete horse and man armor from the early 16th century. | 10am-5pm | $12-$16 $12 for children (ages 13 to 18) and students; $14 for seniors; $16 for adults
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| INSPIRING FASHION: GIFTS FROM DESIGNERS HONORING TOM MAROTTA | Philadelphia Museum of Art | Features examples of contemporary evening wear designs that were given as gifts to Tom Marotta, the vice president of couture for Saks Fifth Avenue. | 10am-5pm | $12-$16 | |||||
| ISAMU NOGUCHI | Philadelphia Museum of Art | Features a selection of sculptures from the titular Japanese-American artist. Many of Noguchi's sculptures have untouched surfaces of stone, as he believed that sculpting should maintain the original form of its materials. | 10am-5pm | $12-$16 | |||||
| JOEL N. BLOOM OBSERVATORY | Franklin Institute | Features refractor and reflector telescopes that provide an up-close look at planets, stars and other galaxies. | 9:30am-5pm | $12-$14.75 | |||||
| LECTURE: INGRID SCHAFFNER ON MAIRA KALMAN | Institute of Contemporary Art | Senior Curator Ingrid Schaffner discusses Kalman's exhibition, including the work involved and the organization needed to create it. | 6:30pm-mid. | FREE | |||||
| MAY YOUR GLASS BE EVER FULL | Philadelphia Museum of Art | Features an assortment of objects used to consume alcoholic beverages from 17th- and 18th-century Europe. | 10am-5pm | $12-$16 | |||||
| MONEY IN MOTION | Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia | Features interactive displays that describe the country's financial history. Visitors can view a rare $100,000 bill, test their skills at detecting counterfeit cash, and learn about what the government uses to predict our economic future. | 9:30am-4:30pm | FREE | |||||
| THE MONTIERS OF PHILADELPHIA | Philadelphia Museum of Art | Hiram and Elizabeth Brown Montier are here immortalized as the subjects of the earliest surviving portraits of an African-American couple. | 10am-5pm | $12-$16 $12 for children (ages 13 to 18) and students; $14 for seniors; $16 for adults
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| NEW PRESIDENTIAL PORTRAITS | National Liberty Museum | Features a wall-sized portrait of every U.S. president, including the newly elected Barack Obama. | 10am-5pm | $2-$7 | |||||
| NUDES BY ANDERS ZORN | American Swedish Historical Museum | See twelve copperplate etchings by Swedish artist Anders Zorn, most of which have not been on view since 1992. | 10am-4pm | ||||||
| OLYMPIA: LAUNCHING THE AMERICAN CENTURY | Independence Seaport Museum | Features documents and artifacts exploring the U.S. Navy at the time of the Spanish-American War, as well as the role of the USS Olympia ship. | 10am-5pm | $7-$12 | |||||
| ORDINARY PEOPLE: EXTRAORDINARY ACTS | National Liberty Museum | Features paintings and photography that depict the story of ordinary heroes: the woman who jumped onto train tracks to save a stranger, the professor who sacrificed his life to save his students during the Virginia Tech massacre, and many others. | 10am-5pm | $2-$7 | |||||
| PEACE SEEKERS | National Liberty Museum | Features the stories of 20 individuals and organizations that are trying to bring about international peace, including celebrities like Elie Wiesel and Bono, religious figures like Pope John Paul II, and organizations like Doctors Without Borders and the Bill Gates Foundation. | 10am-5pm | $2-$7 | |||||
| PEAKS OF FAITH: BUDDHIST ART OF THE HIMALAYAS | Philadelphia Museum of Art | Features Buddhist masterpieces from the Himalayan region of Asia. Works range from bronze sculptures to paintings rich in cultural and spiritual meaning. | 10am-5pm | $12-$16 | |||||
| PHILADELPHIA PROTOTYPE, 2002 | Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts | Features an installation by minimalist painter Robert Ryman. Ryman's work consists of 10 vinyl sheets attached to the wall by acrylic paint, displaying the artist's interest in painting directly onto the wall. | 10am-5pm | $10-$15 | |||||
| PLEASURES AND PASTIMES IN JAPANESE ART | Philadelphia Museum of Art | Masks, costumes, libretti, instruments—all can be found in this exhibition of Japanese art. | 10am-5pm | $12-$16 $12 for children (ages 13 to 18) and students; $14 for seniors; $16 for adults
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| SHAPING SPACE, MAKING MEANING | National Museum of American Jewish History | Features sketches, computer-generated images and videos that give viewers an inside perspective on the process of curating a museum exhibition. | 10am-3pm | FREE | |||||
| SIR ISAAC'S LOFT | Franklin Institute | Features paintings by imaginary artists, grouped in a faux art gallery in order to demonstrate scientific concepts. Also, a movie screen simulates different principles of physics, from the mechanics of levers to the composition of atoms. | 9:30am-5pm | $12-$14.75 | |||||
| SPACE COMMAND | Franklin Institute | Features 30 interactive stations about space exploration, which allow visitors to play with telescopes, learn about the history of space exploration and try on astronaut suits. | 9:30am-5pm | $12-$14.75 | |||||
| SPORTS CHALLENGE | Franklin Institute | Features a 5,500-square-foot stadium with Astro Turf and a Jumbo Tron screen, full of virtual reality games that allow visitors to embrace their inner athletes. The exhibit focuses on how science plays an important role in sports. Now that's something a Wii can't teach. | 9:30am-5pm | $12-$14.75 | |||||
| STORIES AND IMAGES IN EAST ASIAN ART | Philadelphia Museum of Art | Features a cross-cultural collection of Korean screen paintings and Chinese ceramics, the latter of which feature narrative designs from novels and legends. | 10am-5pm | $12-$16 | |||||
| THE TRAIN FACTORY | Franklin Institute | Features interactive stations about how trains work, including one that allows visitors to keep the Baldwin 60000 train running by adding coal and tinkering with the controls. | 9:30am-5pm | $12-$14.75 | |||||
| TREE ADVENTURE | Morris Arboretum | Features several installations and stations where visitors can learn about trees and their relationship to people. The main attraction, "Out on a Limb," takes visitors 50 feet up in the air for a bird's-eye view of Morris' gardens. | 10am-4pm | $7-$14 | |||||
| WHARTON ESHERICK OUTHOUSE | Wharton Esherick Museum | Features a reconstruction of Wharton Esherick's three-sided outhouse, which was inspired by the 1919 film "The Cabinet of Dr. Caligary." | 10am-5pm | $5-$10 | |||||
| WHAT FLOATS YOUR BOAT? | Independence Seaport Museum | Features interactive stations exploring the science, history and artistic skill behind boat construction. | 10am-5pm | $7-$12 | |||||
| Sat., Jun. 1 | |||||||||
| Event | Location | Description | Time | Price | |||||
| AMAZING MACHINE | Franklin Institute | Features 25 rarely displayed machines, including Mailardet's automaton and a model of the Strasbourg cathedral clock. | 9:30am-5pm | $12-$14.75 free for members
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| ART IN REVOLUTIONARY PHILADELPHIA | Philadelphia Museum of Art | Charts the role of art in the lives of Philadelphians during the American Revolution. | 10am-5pm | ||||||
| ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE: PATRICK DOUGHERTY | Morris Arboretum | Features a site-specific sculpture made entirely from local twigs and saplings. Dougherty's creations, which are often more than 20 feet tall and look like giant huts, last for two years before they begin to dissolve. | 10am-5pm | $7-$14 | |||||
| COMING TO AMERICA | Independence Seaport Museum | Features a first-hand experience of what it was like for immigrants who traveled to Washington Avenue. View photos, listen to oral histories of immigrants and climb into a ship's steerage compartment where many immigrants stayed during the journey. | 10am-5pm | $7-$12 | |||||
| DINOSAUR GALLERY | Delaware Museum of Natural History | Features the only permanent display of dinosaurs in the state. The gallery's Science in Action Lab allows visitors to watch volunteers prepare real paleontology specimens. | 9:30am-4:30pm | $5-$7 | |||||
| AN ENDURING MOTIF: THE POMEGRANATE IN TEXTILES | Philadelphia Museum of Art | The pomegranate has long been a symbol of health, fertility and resurrection. See how it has been depicted in centuries of art from a variety of cultures. | 10am-5pm | $12-$16 $12 for children (ages 13 to 18) and students; $14 for seniors; $16 for adults
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| FILL ‘ER UP! VINTAGE GAS STATIONS OF BUCKS COUNTY | Mercer Museum | Features photographs of filling stations from the '20s to the '60s to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the American oil industry. | 10am-5pm | $4-$15 | |||||
| THE FRANKLIN AIR SHOW | Franklin Institute | Features model and life-sized airplanes, a flight simulator and sound effects that are designed to make you feel as if you're in the middle of a live air show. | 9:30am-5pm | $12-$14.75 | |||||
| FRANKLIN: HE'S ELECTRIC | Franklin Institute | Features a variety of Benjamin Franklin's belongings and inventions, including a lens, lightning rod and bifocals. | 9:30am-5pm | $12-$14.75 | |||||
| FREEDOM WALK: HISTORIC PHILADELPHIA | The African American Museum in Philadelphia | You start at the museum and end up at Mother Bethel church, learning about the Free African Movement in Philadelphia. You'll stop where Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence, The President's House (the first White House where nine enslaved Africans lived and were kept by George Washington) and Congo Square, site of the African Episcopal Church of St. Thomas. | 11am-1pm | ||||||
| THE GIANT HEART: A HEALTHY INTERACTIVE EXPERIENCE | Franklin Institute | Features a massive model of a human heart that you can walk through, and which has interactive stations that pertain to blood, health, anatomy and heart ailments. | 9:30am-5pm | $12-$14.75 | |||||
| HALL OF BIRDS | Delaware Museum of Natural History | Features bird specimens and nests on display. Highlights include an extinct passenger pigeon and 3-D dioramas of the birds in their habitats. | 9:30am-4:30pm | $5-$7 | |||||
| HORSE AND MAN ARMORS | Philadelphia Museum of Art | The highlight of this exhibition is a complete horse and man armor from the early 16th century. | 10am-5pm | $12-$16 $12 for children (ages 13 to 18) and students; $14 for seniors; $16 for adults
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| INSPIRING FASHION: GIFTS FROM DESIGNERS HONORING TOM MAROTTA | Philadelphia Museum of Art | Features examples of contemporary evening wear designs that were given as gifts to Tom Marotta, the vice president of couture for Saks Fifth Avenue. | 10am-5pm | $12-$16 | |||||
| ISAMU NOGUCHI | Philadelphia Museum of Art | Features a selection of sculptures from the titular Japanese-American artist. Many of Noguchi's sculptures have untouched surfaces of stone, as he believed that sculpting should maintain the original form of its materials. | 10am-5pm | $12-$16 | |||||
| JOEL N. BLOOM OBSERVATORY | Franklin Institute | Features refractor and reflector telescopes that provide an up-close look at planets, stars and other galaxies. | 9:30am-5pm | $12-$14.75 | |||||
| LECTURE: INGRID SCHAFFNER ON MAIRA KALMAN | Institute of Contemporary Art | Senior Curator Ingrid Schaffner discusses Kalman's exhibition, including the work involved and the organization needed to create it. | 6:30pm-mid. | FREE | |||||
| MAY YOUR GLASS BE EVER FULL | Philadelphia Museum of Art | Features an assortment of objects used to consume alcoholic beverages from 17th- and 18th-century Europe. | 10am-5pm | $12-$16 | |||||
| THE MONTIERS OF PHILADELPHIA | Philadelphia Museum of Art | Hiram and Elizabeth Brown Montier are here immortalized as the subjects of the earliest surviving portraits of an African-American couple. | 10am-5pm | $12-$16 $12 for children (ages 13 to 18) and students; $14 for seniors; $16 for adults
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| NEW PRESIDENTIAL PORTRAITS | National Liberty Museum | Features a wall-sized portrait of every U.S. president, including the newly elected Barack Obama. | 10am-5pm | $2-$7 | |||||
| NUDES BY ANDERS ZORN | American Swedish Historical Museum | See twelve copperplate etchings by Swedish artist Anders Zorn, most of which have not been on view since 1992. | noon-4pm | ||||||
| OLYMPIA: LAUNCHING THE AMERICAN CENTURY | Independence Seaport Museum | Features documents and artifacts exploring the U.S. Navy at the time of the Spanish-American War, as well as the role of the USS Olympia ship. | 10am-5pm | $7-$12 | |||||
| ORDINARY PEOPLE: EXTRAORDINARY ACTS | National Liberty Museum | Features paintings and photography that depict the story of ordinary heroes: the woman who jumped onto train tracks to save a stranger, the professor who sacrificed his life to save his students during the Virginia Tech massacre, and many others. | 10am-5pm | $2-$7 | |||||
| PEACE SEEKERS | National Liberty Museum | Features the stories of 20 individuals and organizations that are trying to bring about international peace, including celebrities like Elie Wiesel and Bono, religious figures like Pope John Paul II, and organizations like Doctors Without Borders and the Bill Gates Foundation. | 10am-5pm | $2-$7 | |||||
| PEAKS OF FAITH: BUDDHIST ART OF THE HIMALAYAS | Philadelphia Museum of Art | Features Buddhist masterpieces from the Himalayan region of Asia. Works range from bronze sculptures to paintings rich in cultural and spiritual meaning. | 10am-5pm | $12-$16 | |||||
| PHILADELPHIA PROTOTYPE, 2002 | Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts | Features an installation by minimalist painter Robert Ryman. Ryman's work consists of 10 vinyl sheets attached to the wall by acrylic paint, displaying the artist's interest in painting directly onto the wall. | 10am-5pm | $10-$15 | |||||
| PLEASURES AND PASTIMES IN JAPANESE ART | Philadelphia Museum of Art | Masks, costumes, libretti, instruments—all can be found in this exhibition of Japanese art. | 10am-5pm | $12-$16 $12 for children (ages 13 to 18) and students; $14 for seniors; $16 for adults
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| SIR ISAAC'S LOFT | Franklin Institute | Features paintings by imaginary artists, grouped in a faux art gallery in order to demonstrate scientific concepts. Also, a movie screen simulates different principles of physics, from the mechanics of levers to the composition of atoms. | 9:30am-5pm | $12-$14.75 | |||||
| SPACE COMMAND | Franklin Institute | Features 30 interactive stations about space exploration, which allow visitors to play with telescopes, learn about the history of space exploration and try on astronaut suits. | 9:30am-5pm | $12-$14.75 | |||||
| SPORTS CHALLENGE | Franklin Institute | Features a 5,500-square-foot stadium with Astro Turf and a Jumbo Tron screen, full of virtual reality games that allow visitors to embrace their inner athletes. The exhibit focuses on how science plays an important role in sports. Now that's something a Wii can't teach. | 9:30am-5pm | $12-$14.75 | |||||
| STORIES AND IMAGES IN EAST ASIAN ART | Philadelphia Museum of Art | Features a cross-cultural collection of Korean screen paintings and Chinese ceramics, the latter of which feature narrative designs from novels and legends. | 10am-5pm | $12-$16 | |||||
| THE TRAIN FACTORY | Franklin Institute | Features interactive stations about how trains work, including one that allows visitors to keep the Baldwin 60000 train running by adding coal and tinkering with the controls. | 9:30am-5pm | $12-$14.75 | |||||
| TREE ADVENTURE | Morris Arboretum | Features several installations and stations where visitors can learn about trees and their relationship to people. The main attraction, "Out on a Limb," takes visitors 50 feet up in the air for a bird's-eye view of Morris' gardens. | 10am-5pm | $7-$14 | |||||
| WHARTON ESHERICK OUTHOUSE | Wharton Esherick Museum | Features a reconstruction of Wharton Esherick's three-sided outhouse, which was inspired by the 1919 film "The Cabinet of Dr. Caligary." | 10am-5pm | $5-$10 | |||||
| WHAT FLOATS YOUR BOAT? | Independence Seaport Museum | Features interactive stations exploring the science, history and artistic skill behind boat construction. | 10am-5pm | $7-$12 | |||||
| Sun., Jun. 2 | |||||||||
| Event | Location | Description | Time | Price | |||||
| AMAZING MACHINE | Franklin Institute | Features 25 rarely displayed machines, including Mailardet's automaton and a model of the Strasbourg cathedral clock. | 9:30am-5pm | $12-$14.75 free for members
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| ART IN REVOLUTIONARY PHILADELPHIA | Philadelphia Museum of Art | Charts the role of art in the lives of Philadelphians during the American Revolution. | 10am-5pm | ||||||
| ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE: PATRICK DOUGHERTY | Morris Arboretum | Features a site-specific sculpture made entirely from local twigs and saplings. Dougherty's creations, which are often more than 20 feet tall and look like giant huts, last for two years before they begin to dissolve. | 10am-5pm | $7-$14 | |||||
| COMING TO AMERICA | Independence Seaport Museum | Features a first-hand experience of what it was like for immigrants who traveled to Washington Avenue. View photos, listen to oral histories of immigrants and climb into a ship's steerage compartment where many immigrants stayed during the journey. | 10am-5pm | $7-$12 | |||||
| DINOSAUR GALLERY | Delaware Museum of Natural History | Features the only permanent display of dinosaurs in the state. The gallery's Science in Action Lab allows visitors to watch volunteers prepare real paleontology specimens. | noon-4:30pm | $5-$7 | |||||
| AN ENDURING MOTIF: THE POMEGRANATE IN TEXTILES | Philadelphia Museum of Art | The pomegranate has long been a symbol of health, fertility and resurrection. See how it has been depicted in centuries of art from a variety of cultures. | 10am-5pm | $12-$16 $12 for children (ages 13 to 18) and students; $14 for seniors; $16 for adults
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| FILL ‘ER UP! VINTAGE GAS STATIONS OF BUCKS COUNTY | Mercer Museum | Features photographs of filling stations from the '20s to the '60s to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the American oil industry. | noon-5pm | $4-$15 | |||||
| THE FRANKLIN AIR SHOW | Franklin Institute | Features model and life-sized airplanes, a flight simulator and sound effects that are designed to make you feel as if you're in the middle of a live air show. | 9:30am-5pm | $12-$14.75 | |||||
| FRANKLIN: HE'S ELECTRIC | Franklin Institute | Features a variety of Benjamin Franklin's belongings and inventions, including a lens, lightning rod and bifocals. | 9:30am-5pm | $12-$14.75 | |||||
| THE GIANT HEART: A HEALTHY INTERACTIVE EXPERIENCE | Franklin Institute | Features a massive model of a human heart that you can walk through, and which has interactive stations that pertain to blood, health, anatomy and heart ailments. | 9:30am-5pm | $12-$14.75 | |||||
| HALL OF BIRDS | Delaware Museum of Natural History | Features bird specimens and nests on display. Highlights include an extinct passenger pigeon and 3-D dioramas of the birds in their habitats. | noon-4:30pm | $5-$7 | |||||
| HORSE AND MAN ARMORS | Philadelphia Museum of Art | The highlight of this exhibition is a complete horse and man armor from the early 16th century. | 10am-5pm | $12-$16 $12 for children (ages 13 to 18) and students; $14 for seniors; $16 for adults
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| INSPIRING FASHION: GIFTS FROM DESIGNERS HONORING TOM MAROTTA | Philadelphia Museum of Art | Features examples of contemporary evening wear designs that were given as gifts to Tom Marotta, the vice president of couture for Saks Fifth Avenue. | 10am-5pm | $12-$16 | |||||
| ISAMU NOGUCHI | Philadelphia Museum of Art | Features a selection of sculptures from the titular Japanese-American artist. Many of Noguchi's sculptures have untouched surfaces of stone, as he believed that sculpting should maintain the original form of its materials. | 10am-5pm | $12-$16 | |||||
| JOEL N. BLOOM OBSERVATORY | Franklin Institute | Features refractor and reflector telescopes that provide an up-close look at planets, stars and other galaxies. | 9:30am-5pm | $12-$14.75 | |||||
| LECTURE: INGRID SCHAFFNER ON MAIRA KALMAN | Institute of Contemporary Art | Senior Curator Ingrid Schaffner discusses Kalman's exhibition, including the work involved and the organization needed to create it. | 6:30pm-mid. | FREE | |||||
| MAY YOUR GLASS BE EVER FULL | Philadelphia Museum of Art | Features an assortment of objects used to consume alcoholic beverages from 17th- and 18th-century Europe. | 10am-5pm | $12-$16 | |||||
| THE MONTIERS OF PHILADELPHIA | Philadelphia Museum of Art | Hiram and Elizabeth Brown Montier are here immortalized as the subjects of the earliest surviving portraits of an African-American couple. | 10am-5pm | $12-$16 $12 for children (ages 13 to 18) and students; $14 for seniors; $16 for adults
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| NEW PRESIDENTIAL PORTRAITS | National Liberty Museum | Features a wall-sized portrait of every U.S. president, including the newly elected Barack Obama. | 10am-5pm | $2-$7 | |||||
| NUDES BY ANDERS ZORN | American Swedish Historical Museum | See twelve copperplate etchings by Swedish artist Anders Zorn, most of which have not been on view since 1992. | noon-4pm | ||||||
| OLYMPIA: LAUNCHING THE AMERICAN CENTURY | Independence Seaport Museum | Features documents and artifacts exploring the U.S. Navy at the time of the Spanish-American War, as well as the role of the USS Olympia ship. | 10am-5pm | $7-$12 | |||||
| ORDINARY PEOPLE: EXTRAORDINARY ACTS | National Liberty Museum | Features paintings and photography that depict the story of ordinary heroes: the woman who jumped onto train tracks to save a stranger, the professor who sacrificed his life to save his students during the Virginia Tech massacre, and many others. | 10am-5pm | $2-$7 | |||||
| PEACE SEEKERS | National Liberty Museum | Features the stories of 20 individuals and organizations that are trying to bring about international peace, including celebrities like Elie Wiesel and Bono, religious figures like Pope John Paul II, and organizations like Doctors Without Borders and the Bill Gates Foundation. | 10am-5pm | $2-$7 | |||||
| PEAKS OF FAITH: BUDDHIST ART OF THE HIMALAYAS | Philadelphia Museum of Art | Features Buddhist masterpieces from the Himalayan region of Asia. Works range from bronze sculptures to paintings rich in cultural and spiritual meaning. | 10am-5pm | $12-$16 | |||||
| PHILADELPHIA PROTOTYPE, 2002 | Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts | Features an installation by minimalist painter Robert Ryman. Ryman's work consists of 10 vinyl sheets attached to the wall by acrylic paint, displaying the artist's interest in painting directly onto the wall. | 11am-5pm | $10-$15 | |||||
| PLEASURES AND PASTIMES IN JAPANESE ART | Philadelphia Museum of Art | Masks, costumes, libretti, instruments—all can be found in this exhibition of Japanese art. | 10am-5pm | $12-$16 $12 for children (ages 13 to 18) and students; $14 for seniors; $16 for adults
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| SHAPING SPACE, MAKING MEANING | National Museum of American Jewish History | Features sketches, computer-generated images and videos that give viewers an inside perspective on the process of curating a museum exhibition. | noon-5pm | FREE | |||||
| SIR ISAAC'S LOFT | Franklin Institute | Features paintings by imaginary artists, grouped in a faux art gallery in order to demonstrate scientific concepts. Also, a movie screen simulates different principles of physics, from the mechanics of levers to the composition of atoms. | 9:30am-5pm | $12-$14.75 | |||||
| SPACE COMMAND | Franklin Institute | Features 30 interactive stations about space exploration, which allow visitors to play with telescopes, learn about the history of space exploration and try on astronaut suits. | 9:30am-5pm | $12-$14.75 | |||||