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Study art history at the Barnes, a leader in art education since 1925. Come learn in our galleries, or take classes online using our immersive, state-of-the-art platform that brings you closer to the work than ever before.
Research Notes:
June 2023
New theories and recent discoveries from the Barnes’s curators, scholars, conservators, and archivists.
Research Notes:
August 2023
New theories and recent discoveries from the Barnes’s curators, scholars, conservators, and archivists.
Research Notes:
March 2024
New theories and recent discoveries from the Barnes’s curators, scholars, conservators, and archivists.
Research Notes:
October 2023
New theories and recent discoveries from the Barnes’s curators, scholars, conservators, and archivists.
Online Art History Classes: Enroll Today
The Barnes has been an innovator in art education for 100 years. For a limited time, sign up to receive 10% off your first class.
Highlights Tour
This one-hour tour is perfect for first-time visitors. Explore highlights of the collection and learn the history of the Barnes.
Private Collection Tour
Explore highlights of the collection and learn the history of the Barnes. This tour is a private one-hour experience for you and up to seven guests.
Gift a Barnes Class
Give the gift of lifelong learning with art history classes taught by Barnes experts.
May Spotlight Tour: When Paintings Tell Stories—El Greco to Pippin to Van Gogh
Look closely at collection works that use a variety of techniques to create meaningful narratives.
Member Appreciation Days
This May, members get even more—join us for exclusive talks and extra discounts.
Members-Only Online Tour: When Paintings Tell Stories
Members are invited to a virtual tour exploring all the techniques artists use to create narratives.
June Spotlight Tour: When Paintings Tell Stories—El Greco to Pippin to Van Gogh
Look closely at collection works that use a variety of techniques to create meaningful narratives.
PECO Free First Sunday Family Day: Cultivating Culture
Enjoy fun art activities, free access to the collection, and special performances that celebrate cultural traditions in Philadelphia.
Mary Cassatt at Work
Explore Cassatt's methods, materials, and contributions to modernism with the curators of the PMA exhibition. Instructors: Laurel Garber, Jennifer Thompson.
Artist Conversation: Mark Thomas Gibson
The artist and educator discusses his creative process and his work with the Miami Museum of Contemporary Art of the African Diaspora.
First Friday: Guachinangos and Philadelphia Latino Arts & Film Festival
Enjoy an evening of art, live music, film, and cocktails at our monthly First Friday mixer, presented in partnership with the Philadelphia Latino Arts & Film Festival.
Close-Looking Immersion: Demuth’s In Vaudeville: Two Acrobat-Jugglers
This new series of single-session immersions focuses on individual works in the collection. Instructor: Michael Williamson
Members-Only Online Tour: The Barnes Collection
This exclusive online tour offers members up-close views of favorite artworks.
Member Orientation
New members are invited to learn more about the perks of membership at the Barnes.
Member Previews: Matisse & Renoir: New Encounters at the Barnes
As a member, see our latest exhibition before the public opening.
Sexuality and the Modern Male Body
Take an in-depth look at the changing concepts of masculinity and male sexuality in European art and society. Instructor: Ty Vanover
Curators in Conversation: Matisse & Renoir
This engaging conversation on Matisse and Renoir features Martha Lucy and exhibition co-curators Cindy Kang and Corrinne Chong.
Members-Only Online Tour: When Paintings Tell Stories
Members are invited to a virtual tour exploring techniques artists use to create narratives.
The Language of Painting
Learn to understand the language of painting through careful study of works in the Barnes collection. Instructor: Kaelin Jewell
Exhibition Tour: Matisse & Renoir: New Encounters at the Barnes
Get a fresh perspective on Henri Matisse and Pierre-Auguste Renoir in the Roberts Gallery.
ARTZ @ The Museum
This program provides free access to the Barnes for people living with dementia and their care partners.
Private Exhibition Tour: Matisse & Renoir: New Encounters at the Barnes
This tour is a private one-hour experience for up to seven guests.
Members-Only Exhibition Tour: Matisse & Renoir: New Encounters at the Barnes
Members are invited to exclusive tours of Matisse & Renoir: New Encounters at the Barnes in the Roberts Gallery.
Matisse and Renoir in a New Light
This one-day workshop is a special opportunity to view iconic paintings up close with Barnes educators. Instructors: Rob Jagiela, Kaelin Jewell, Martha Lucy
Close-Looking Immersion: Glackens’s The Raft
This new series of single-session immersions provides opportunities to study and discuss individual works. Instructor: William Perthes
Impressionism and Japonisme
Explore the immense influence of Japanese art on Western painters, sculptors, and designers in the second half of the 19th century. Instructor: Caterina Y. Pierre
Art and Literature of the Harlem Renaissance
Explore the flourishing of Black art in the 1920s and ’30s and Albert Barnes’s connection to the movement. Instructor: Michael Williamson
Matisse and Renoir in a New Light
This one-day workshop is a special opportunity to view iconic paintings up close with Barnes educators. Instructors: Rob Jagiela, Kaelin Jewell, Martha Lucy
Art and Restorative Justice
Learn how art can play a role in justice reform—in raising awareness of mass incarceration, providing paths toward reentry, and more. Instructor: William Perthes
Close-Looking Immersion: Titian’s Sleeping Shepherd
This new series of single-session immersions provides opportunities to study and discuss individual works. Instructor: Kaelin Jewell
The Lives and Afterlives of Monuments
Delve into the history of public monuments and their role in shaping cultural memory. Instructor: Paul Farber
The Barnes–de Mazia Certificate Program
This special track offers an immersion in the Barnes Method and an introduction to other interpretive approaches.
Horticulture Certificate Program
Our three-year certificate program covers horticultural science, methods, and design.