Tour Woodmere Art Museum's Frances M. Maguire Hall for Art & Education

Enjoy a guided tour of Woodmere’s newly renovated Frances M. Maguire Hall for Art & Education, a recently opened building that highlights the strengths of the Museum’s collection with 14 new galleries showcasing cutting-edge contemporary art by Philadelphia’s living artists, as well as notable 20th-century work in Illustration Arts, Modernism and Realism, Stained Glass, and Pennsylvania Impressionism. Explore the Jewelry Vault, featuring historical and contemporary pieces by Philadelphia artists, and view Violet Oakley’s Building of the House of Wisdom murals, originally commissioned in 1910 for Charlton Yarnall’s mansion, complete with a recreated painted-glass skylight crafted by the D’Ascenzo Studio. Learn about the history of this mid-19th-century mansion, whose parlors and bedrooms now serve as galleries, and admire art deco lighting and etched mirrors from Philadelphia’s Boyd Theater along with Edward Maene’s hand-carved woodwork, including intricate white oak panels adorned with medallions of cornucopia, fantastical creatures, flowers, and plants. The addition of Maguire Hall also expands WOW—Woodmere’s Outdoor Wonder—from 6 to 10 acres of lush greenspace, deepening the Museum’s commitment to immersive “art + nature” experiences.

Class fee includes admission to the Museum