What’s On
Highlights Tour
This one-hour tour is perfect for first-time visitors. Explore highlights of the collection and learn the history of the Barnes.
Premier Tour
This 90-minute docent-led tour takes place while the Barnes is closed to the public.
Personalized Docent Tour
A private one-hour tour for you and up to five guests during regular hours.
Special Exhibition Tour: From Today, Painting Is Dead
Learn about the innovative photographic processes being developed in the mid-19th century and the creative artists making their mark with the new medium.
Afternoons with
the Art Team
Join us for casual pop-up talks in the galleries led by our Art Team. Each talk focuses on a specific work of art—it’s a great way to explore the collection and learn something new!
April Spotlight Tour: The Americans
This April, find out more about the artists who brought modernism to America and Dr. Barnes’s relationship with them.
Lecture: Makeda Best on the Origins of Social Reform Photography in America
Explore the early days of photography in the US with Makeda Best, a curator at Harvard Art Museums.
Gogh, Mom!
Happy Mother’s Day! Take your mom on a tour this May and we’ll treat her with a special gift.
May Spotlight Tour: Renoir and His Women
This May, discover the influence the women in Renoir’s life had on his career.
5th Annual Violette de Mazia Lecture and Reception, in Memory of Richard J. Wattenmaker
Presentations from a biographer, a former student, an archivist, and a historian will shed light on Ms. de Mazia's life and legacy.
In Focus Gallery Talk: Rousseau’s Scouts Attacked by a Tiger
Hear the story behind the painting from Ramey Mize, a doctoral candidate in the history of art at the University of Pennsylvania. Free with admission; Room 14
Stroller Tour
Our new Stroller Tours make visiting our galleries less stressful for families with babies.
In Focus Gallery Talk: Scabello Side Chair
Hear the story behind the object from Z. Serena Qiu, a doctoral candidate in the history of art at the University of Pennsylvania. Free with admission; Room 8
Lecture: Mary Morton on Corot’s Figures
Curator Mary Morton shares why master landscape painter Camille Corot deserves attention for his figure paintings as well.
June Spotlight Tour: Modigliani and Soutine
This June, learn about the friendship that grew between these modern artists while working in Paris.
In Focus Gallery Talk: Van Gogh’s Still Life
Hear the story behind the object from Ramey Mize, a doctoral candidate in the history of art at the University of Pennsylvania. Free with admission; Room 2
In Focus Gallery Talk: Matisse’s Three Sisters with an African Sculpture
Hear the story behind the object from Z. Serena Qiu, a doctoral candidate in the history of art at the University of Pennsylvania. Free with admission; Room 19