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For the first time ever, welcome to the stage… STUDENT NIGHTS AT WOODMERE!Art by Philly artists on the walls, innovative...
10/15/2026

For the first time ever, welcome to the stage… STUDENT NIGHTS AT WOODMERE!

Art by Philly artists on the walls, innovative sounds from local jazz legends Warren Oree and the Arpeggio Jazz Ensemble, and a $10 cover at the door with your student ID.

Now more than ever, it’s essential we provide third spaces (especially for students) to connect with each other, explore new ideas and culture, and change up routines!

Once a month, Woodmere will offer , where anyone with a student ID can buy a $10 ticket, participate in meet & greets with musicians, and win giveaways. The jazz shows take place in our large rotunda gallery at Smith Hall, which is accessible via regional rail or bus lines. Take advantage of our large free parking lot, or walk down after exploring Chestnut Hill.

Will we see you there??

Just a bit of appreciation for Maguire Hall ❤️‍🔥What’s your favorite spot or detail of our spectacular new space? Let us...
10/13/2026

Just a bit of appreciation for Maguire Hall ❤️‍🔥

What’s your favorite spot or detail of our spectacular new space? Let us know in the comments, and you might see it featured here soon!

For generations, the American landscape has brought joy and inspiration to its human inhabitants. Today, amid uncertain ...
10/12/2026

For generations, the American landscape has brought joy and inspiration to its human inhabitants. Today, amid uncertain environmental futures, how might visitors to The Met’s American Wing experience nineteenth-century landscape paintings?

Join us in welcoming Dr. Caroline Gillaspie, Assistant Curator of American Paintings and Drawing, Metropolitan Museum of Art, at Woodmere’s Smith Hall this Saturday, October 17, from 2-3:30 pm.

Caroline Gillaspie’s recent reinstallation of the American landscape galleries at The Met aims to foreground historic and present-day environmental concerns, Indigenous perspectives and ecological knowledge, and varying attitudes toward our responsibility to the land.

Dr. Gillaspie will discuss her display and interpretive strategies for this refresh, and how the work is always ongoing.

📆 Saturday, October 17, 2-3:30 pm
🎟️ FREE with Registration
📍 Woodmere’s Smith Hall (please note, this event does not take place at The Metropolitan Museum of Art)
🔗 Register via our website

10/10/2026

Huge news for vintage media lovers… we’ve got Columbo in the house 🗣️🗣️

Thanks to griffincutler for this awesome over at Maguire Hall! Come check out the Illustration Gallery and find more familiar faces 👀

Explore wearable art by the High Priestess of High Fashion.Woodmere is honored to announce a gift of more than 200 origi...
10/08/2026

Explore wearable art by the High Priestess of High Fashion.

Woodmere is honored to announce a gift of more than 200 original garments and accessories by American designer Mary McFadden (1938-2024). Known for her patented “Marii” pleating, a heat-transfer process that set permanent pleats into synthetic fabric she envisioned as “liquid gold,” McFadden treated clothing as art, drawing on ancient civilizations, textiles, archaeology, and her travels around the world.

The collection includes standout pieces from her signature beaded evening gowns, silk separates, embellished tunics, quilted jackets and coats, and dramatic couture. The gift was made possible by John McFadden, the designer’s brother, with a significant portion of garments coming from Joan Olden, longtime president of Mary McFadden, Inc.

The collection also has deep Philadelphia roots, tied to the McFadden family’s legacy of collecting and their connection to the study of the ancient world. As John McFadden put it, the Lending Library at Woodmere lets Mary’s work “continue to be worn, explored, and appreciated rather than simply preserved.”

There are three ways to interact with the collection:

💡 Explore online
Browse detailed descriptions of pieces on Woodmere’s new online hub, The Mary McFadden Experience, as new garments are being revealed continuously. Researchers and vintage fashion lovers can search by garment type, fabric, style, and more.

📍See it in person
Member-exclusive tours begin this month on Sundays and Wednesdays in a re-envisioned space in the Jewelry Vault of Maguire Hall, with gold stenciling, ornate mirrors, and Asian-style rugs. Nearby, the Mary McFadden Gallery shows her personal jewelry collection. For more information and to register, visit our website, woodmeremuseum.org/mary-mcfadden

🏺 Wear history
Coming in the weeks ahead, The Lending Library will allow Members to borrow selected vintage couture pieces, turning the collection into a living archive. Stay tuned for more details about this special opportunity for members—in the meantime, now is the best time to renew your membership or join for the first time!

Maguire Hall is turning one!!! 🎂We can’t believe time has flown so fast - we had so much fun last year at the Grand Open...
10/07/2026

Maguire Hall is turning one!!! 🎂

We can’t believe time has flown so fast - we had so much fun last year at the Grand Opening of Maguire Hall we just HAD to do it again!

Join us on Sunday, November 1 from 10 am - 5 pm at Maguire Hall for a free family festival celebrating one year of this major addition to Woodmere.

The festival includes free admission for all to the museum, with 14 galleries and 4 acres of green space, circus performances on the front lawn, artmaking including decorating a giant birthday cake sculpture, local food trucks, and a jazz dance party to close out the day!

Swipe for a downloadable coloring sheet to get excited, or stop by the front desk or the children’s studio at Maguire to pick one up!

📆 Sunday, November 1, 10 am - 5 pm
🎟️ Free with advance registration
🔗 Register via our website

What do these five paintings have in common??We’ll give you a minute to contemplate…1. The Fatal Wounding of Sir Philip ...
10/05/2026

What do these five paintings have in common??

We’ll give you a minute to contemplate…

1. The Fatal Wounding of Sir Philip Sidney, 1806, by Benjamin West. Oil on canvas, 78 × 62 in. Bequest of Charles Knox Smith.
2. The Artist’s Wife with Three Children, 1920, by Roy C. Nuse. Oil on canvas, 29 1/2 x 24 1/2 in. Gift from the Estate of Robert C. Nuse, 2009.
3. Sweet Reflections, 1886, by Gabriel Schachinger. Oil on canvas, 51 × 31 in. Bequest of Charles Knox Smith.
4. Tribute to Eakins, date unknown, by Walter Stuempfig. Oil on canvas, 30 x 22 in. Museum purchase with funding generously provided by Richard Snowden, 2022.
5. Faint Heart Never Won Fair Lady, 1880, by Thomas Hovenden. Oil on canvas, 38 7/8 x 19 7/8 in. Gift of Nancy L. Corson.

They are all featured in the Woodmere Manuscript: a new project by Matthew Olivier as part of his conceptual artwork, The Codex Algorithm! Learn more about his process and celebrate the works during a reception and book signing on October 28, 5-7 pm.

📆 Wednesday, October 28, 5-7 pm
🎟️ $5 ticket, includes refreshments and parking
🔗 Register online via our website
📖 Olivier’s book, The Art of Reading Art, will be available for purchase and signing

Need something creative to do this fall that leaves you with a practical gift? 🎁Keep your eyeglasses safe and happy in y...
10/05/2026

Need something creative to do this fall that leaves you with a practical gift? 🎁

Keep your eyeglasses safe and happy in your own handmade glasses case! At this workshop at Woodmere in partnership with Mount Airy Learning Tree (Mt. Airy Learning Tree), learn the basics of wet felting from fibers to finish.

Art is therapy, and felting is contagious! You will have fun, get funky with fibers, and work with your hands to create something new.

📆 October 10, 1-5 pm
🎟️ $74
🔗 Register via our website

Join us next weekend for a reception honoring The Photo Review: Best in Show 2026! 📸Refreshments will be served in the d...
10/02/2026

Join us next weekend for a reception honoring The Photo Review: Best in Show 2026! 📸

Refreshments will be served in the dining room at Maguire Hall, 9001 Germantown Avenue. The exhibition will be on view in the Works on Paper Gallery on Floor 3.

The show presents the prizewinners of the 2026 International Photography Competition, organized annually by The Photo Review a critical journal with national scope and international readership. Now in its 41st year, the competition draws submissions from established and aspiring photographers, and past prizewinning works have been acquired by Woodmere, the Smithsonian American Art Museum, MoMA, the Philadelphia Museum of Art, and Haverford College.

This year’s juror is Dr. Sarah Kennel, the inaugural Aaron Siskind Curator of Photography and Director of the Raysor Center for Works on Paper at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, and one of the country’s leading photography scholars.

📅 Saturday, October 10, 2-4pm.
⭐️ Free with Admission

Woodmere’s October is packed!! Save & send to your friends!🌾 The Straw Maze | Open weekends 10 am - 5 pm | Free for Fami...
09/30/2026

Woodmere’s October is packed!! Save & send to your friends!

🌾 The Straw Maze | Open weekends 10 am - 5 pm | Free for Family Members, $5 per child others | Smith Hall

🎨 Drop-in Weekend Artmaking at the Children’s Studio | Open weekends, 10 am - 5 pm | $5 per child for Family Members, $10 per child others | Maguire Hall

💡 Illustrated Art Talk + Supper | Oct 7, 2 - 3 pm | with The Illustrated Gallery | $20 Members, $30 others | Maguire Hall

💎 Jewelry Vault Tour | Oct 8, 2 - 3 pm | Free with Admission | Maguire Hall

📸 Opening Reception for The Photo Review: Best in Show 2026 | Oct 10, 2 - 4 pm | with Photo Review | Free with Admission | Maguire Hall

🖌️ Sunday Family Art + Storytelling | Oct 11, 2 - 3 pm | with Ginger Mimmo Rohlfing | Free with Registration | Smith Hall

🌻 Not Just Flowers Tour | Oct 15, 2 - 3 pm | Free with Admission | Maguire Hall

🧑‍🎨 A Taste of Maguire Hall Tours | Oct 17, 11 am - 12 pm and Oct 24, 11 am - 12 pm and 1 - 2 pm | Free with Admission | Maguire Hall

🖼️ Nature Has Something to Teach Us: Reframing American Landscapes at the The Metropolitan Museum of Art | Oct 17, 2 - 3 pm | with Caroline Gillaspie with The American Wing of The Met | Free with Registration | Smith Hall

🎻 PMAY performance | Oct 18, 2 - 3:30 pm | with PMAY Artists’ Initiative | Free with Registration | Smith Hall

💍 Jewelry Trunk Show | Oct 22, 1 - 5 pm | with local jewelry artists and galleries | Free with Admission | Smith Hall

🌈 Knowing Joy: Remembering Moe Brooker | Oct 24, 2 - 3:30 pm | with Dr. Leslie King Hammond William Valerio Syd Carpenter and Barisford Boothe | Free with Admission | Smith Hall

⭐️ An evening with Matthew Olivier: Exploring the Codex Algorithm | Oct 28, 5 - 7 pm | with Matthew Olivier | $5 | Smith Hall

🫟 Toddler Tours + Artful Play | Oct 28 or Oct 30, 10:30 - 11:30 am | with Liz Baill | Free with Admission, registration recommended | Maguire Hall

🎥 Tuesday Nights at the Movies | Tuesdays, 7 pm | with Chestnut Hill Film Group and Chestnut Hill Local | Donations suggested | Smith Hall

Friday Night Jazz | Fridays, 5 pm | with Warren Oree and Arpeggio Jazz Ensemble, WRTI Music and LifeLine Music Coalition | $18 Members, $28 others | Smith Hall

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9201 Germantown Avenue
Philadelphia, PA
19118

Opening Hours

Wednesday 10am - 5pm
Thursday 10am - 5pm
Friday 10am - 5pm
Saturday 10am - 5pm
Sunday 10am - 5pm

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(215) 247-0476

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