Topic: Museums

Fun Things to Do in Philly this Week and Weekend
This week in Philly, we have Weird Al, Cyndi Lauper, Wu-Tang Clan, and Ghost in town, plus Summer Ale Fest, line dancing, outdoor movies in our parks, and much more
By Christina Griffith
Let’s Rethink What it Means to “Touch the Bell”
A call to action for all Philadelphians
By Thomas Devaney
Winners Write the History …
… so let’s ensure the American people are those winners by preserving and teaching the stories that form our democracy, a longtime college president urges
By Elaine Maimon
Art Exhibit … or Sex Shop?
The Museum for Art in Wood’s “Strange Woodcraft” exhibit raises the question: Where does this weirdness belong?
By Clay Davies
Philadelphia Revealed
Atwater Kent Collection at Drexel University and the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts invites the public to connect — and contribute — to Philadelphia’s history through a vast collection of historical objects and artifacts
By Christina Griffith
Recognition Now
The Berman Museum opens an exhibition of Mexican photographer Enrique Bostelmann with a mission to include more people in fine art, and help ensure art’s survival
By Sarah Jordan
The 60 Wrd/Min Art Critic Comes to Philadelphia
Close to 30 Philadelphia artists brought their work to Broad Street, where an esteemed Chicago art writer typed up fast yet incredibly insightful reviews. Here is the result.
By Lori Waxman
Strengthen Bonds Among Museums
In the next in a series of political and policy advice to presumptive Mayor-elect Cherelle Parker, the National Liberty Museum CEO calls for deeper investment in the city’s cultural institutions — a driver of democracy for all Philadelphians
By Alaine Arnott
The Institutional Critic
The next in a series with Forman Arts Initiative profiles Maia Chao, whose anthropology-informed art practice challenges institutions of museums, schools, and more
By Morgan Nitz
Who Gets To Be In The History Game
Drexel is set to take over the orphaned Atwater Kent historical collection. But the Historical Society, and City Council, might have other ideas. What’s all the fighting really about?
By Larry Platt