Food for the Soul: The Barnes Foundation – Transitions
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Food for the Soul: The Barnes Foundation – Transitions

ByNina Heyn

By Nina Heyn – Your Culture Scout “Appreciation of works of art requires organized effort and systematic study. Art appreciation can no more be absorbed by aimless wandering in galleries than can surgery be learned by casual visits to a hospital.”   ~ Albert C. Barnes When Dr. Albert C. Barnes—physician, inventor, chemist, entrepreneur, and one…

Food for the Soul: Stories of Women at the Philadelphia Museum of Art
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Food for the Soul: Stories of Women at the Philadelphia Museum of Art

ByNina Heyn

By Nina Heyn – Your Culture Scout Philadelphia’s main art museum was established in 1876 as part of the centennial celebration of the Declaration of Independence. Since then, the Philadelphia Museum of Art (we’ll call it PMA for short) has been expanding its catalog to its current grand total of almost a quarter of a…