Civil Rights Press Prints

Dr. Katelyn Crawford, Curator of American Art, discusses two photos from the Museum’s collection that had a major impact on the early Civil Rights Movement.

Spotlight on the Collection: October 2017

Georgia O’Keeffe was preoccupied by painting apples in the early 1920s.  She painted red and green apples on plates, tables, and fields of color. While some of these images study […]

Spotlight on the Collection: March 2017

Bound and Determined:  Helen Gertrude Sahler’s Spirit of Revolt This year marks the 100th anniversary of the United States’ entry into the First World War. Although World War I began on […]

What’s Up at the BMA: The Legend of Zelda

One visit to the BMA is never enough! That’s because a mere 12% of the Museum’s collection of 27,000 objects is on view at any given time. Our curators and preparators are […]

Celebrating Independence at Independence Hall

Late in his career, the American Impressionist painter Childe (pronounced “child”) Hassam turned his talents to printmaking. In 1926, in celebration of the 150th anniversary of our country’s birth, he […]

Spotlight on the Collection: June 2016

On an October evening in 1901, the American painter Charles Caryl Coleman painted this view of Mount Vesuvius from the window of his studio on the Italian island of Capri. […]

Slow Art Weekend

You may be familiar with the Museum’s Slow Art Sunday, a weekly experience, through the guidance of a docent, where one can leave behind their hectic schedule and take time to […]