Barnes Museum
The museum will encourage people to explore southington s history through its collection of artifacts and documents.
Barnes museum. The barnes museum will educate entertain and inspire a diverse audience by maintaining and providing access to the bradley barnes homestead and its contents in keeping with the explicit wishes of benefactor bradley barnes. The barnes museum southington connecticut. The barnes museum is a historic homestead in the southington ct. The barnes from home is an initiative of the knight center for digital innovation in audience engagement at the barnes.
The home was built in 1836 by amon. Beginning as a six room greek revival style homestead the barnes museum was built in 1836 for amon and sylvia bradley and was lived in by the bradley barnes family for 137 years. Originally in merion the art collection moved in 2012 to a new building on benjamin franklin parkway in philadelphia pennsylvania the arboretum of the barnes foundation remains in merion where it has been proposed to be maintained under a long term educational. 2025 benjamin franklin parkway philadelphia pa 19130 215 278 7000.
1 068 likes 106 talking about this 365 were here. The barnes foundation is an art collection and educational institution promoting the appreciation of art and horticulture. The barnes foundation in philadelphia is home to one of the world s greatest collections of impressionist post impressionist and early modern paintings. The barnes collection provides a breath taking array of art primarily focused on impressionist and post impressionist art with american african and other art including metalwork and decorative art.
The true draw of this widely visited museum is the barnes permanent collection featuring 181 renoirs 69 cézannes and 59 matisses along with works by manet degas seurat prendergrast titian and picasso one of the world s largest collections of impressionist post impressionist and early modern paintings and african sculpture. Bring art home the barnes shop offers plenty of ways to enjoy art at home with books games puzzles and other activities. Barnes foundation virtual tour the barnes foundation has locations in lower merion pennsylvania a suburb of philadelphia and logan square philadelphia.