Last updated: 3/22/2011
Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Street Address
415 Harrisburg Avenue
Lancaster, PA 17603
Mailing Address
P.O. Box 3003
Lancaster, PA 17604

Hours

The museum is open September to May
Tuesday - Friday
11:30 AM - 4:30 PM
Sunday, Saturday
12:30 PM - 4:30 PM
•Open First Fridays, 4:30-6:30 p.m. September-December and February-May.

Admissions

Admission is always free!

Museum Type(s)

Art

Staff

Eliza Reilly
phone: 717-291-4662
Claire Giblin
phone: 717-291-3879
Maureen Lane
phone: 717-291-4319
Russell L O'connel
phone: 717-358-4543
Description

We have a permanent collection gallery, two traveling exhibition galleries and a gallery dedicated to student and faculty exhibitions. All galleries are able to be divided. We also have a "smart" classroom and curatorial spaces that are open for research and visits from the public by appointment.

There is a restaurant in the student center where the museum is housed.

The Phillips Museum is located in Steinman College Center, along College Ave, at Franklin & Marshall College, Lancaster, PA. For directions to the college and parking suggestions, please visit our website.

The museum is closed for the following holidays/breaks: March 11-21, 2011

The Phillips Museum of Art is happy to announce the opening of our new Museum Shop on Cafe Press! You can now purchase 100% cotton totebags and t-shirts, including organic wear, along with a selection of mugs, magnets and buttons. Your purchase goes toward the support of the museum. We appreciate your continued support! To see the complete line of available merchandise go to: http://www.cafepress.com/phillipsmuseum.

Catalogs for Sale: All catalogs contain beautiful color images. You can purchase current and past exhibition catalogs (cash and check only) by contacting the Museum Information Desk at (717) 291-3879 or maureen.lane@fandm.edu. Please note that applicable mailing charges will be added to the cost of each catalog. You may also purchase catalogs during open gallery hours.

Artifact Collections

Pennsylvania German artifacts and furniture; Early American ephemera, fraktur, textiles; African cultural material objects; Roman coins; estate collections of early American silver, pottery and porcelain, and some Civil War items.

Research Collections

19th Century Japanese and western,Mid-century and contemporary photographs; early American portraits; modernist, mid-century modern and post ab-ex art; African American abstract artwork (The Bill Hutson Collection); Japanese woodblock prints from the Edo and Meiji periods;

Educational Programs

14-18 exhibitions each academic year; curatorial seminar for students and their exhibition each academic year; gallery and vault tours by appointment; docent training; loans to museums and visiting curators;

Facilities
Auditoriums
Lecture Halls
Performance Areas
Library
Access: Students, Scholars
Appointment required: Yes
Publications

Newsletter is published twice yearly. Catalogs for most exhibitions.

Services
Online Gift Shop
Restaurant
Exhibitions
Museum Events
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