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.
Private Collection Tours
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 five guests.
Private Virtual Tours
Visit the Barnes without leaving home! Book a custom online tour for your friends, family, or colleagues
January Spotlight Tour: Renoir and Women
Learn how the women in Renoir’s life influenced his career and found their way onto his canvases.
February Spotlight Tour: Renoir and Women
Learn how the women in Renoir’s life influenced his career and found their way onto his canvases.
Curators in Conversation: Water, Wind, Breath
Join the co-curators of our latest special exhibition—plus an artist featured in the show—for an in-depth discussion of Southwest art.
In Focus Gallery Talk: Manet’s Tarring the Boat
Hear the story behind the painting from Jalen Chang, a PhD candidate at the University of Pennsylvania. Free with admission; Room 6
Graduate Student Symposium on the History of Art
Discover current research in art history through presentations and moderated discussions.
Exhibition Tour: Water, Wind, Breath
Discover the objects Dr. Barnes collected in New Mexico during the 1930s alongside works by contemporary Native American artists.
Private Exhibition Tour: Water, Wind, Breath
See Navajo and Pueblo art that Dr. Barnes collected during the 1930s alongside works by contemporary Native American artists. This tour is a private one-hour experience.
March Spotlight Tour: Dr. Barnes and American Art
Dr. Barnes collected American paintings, pottery, furniture, and more. Learn how and why these works ended up in his ensembles.
Lecture and Book Signing: Emmelyn Butterfield-Rosen on Seurat’s Models
The author and art historian discusses her new book Modern Art and the Remaking of Human Disposition.
In Focus Gallery Talk: Pippin’s Christ and the Woman of Samaria
Hear the story behind the painting from Jalen Chang, a PhD candidate at the University of Pennsylvania. Free with admission; Room 12