Recycled Art-Making Workshop with Joel Spivak, Philadelphia Dumpster Divers Joel Spivak, a native of Philadelphia, has had a varied career in architecture and the arts. His community service is legendary and has impacted neighborhoods all over the city. Join Joel […]
Families are invited for a day of games, crafts and activities to celebrate Puerto Rican culture and heritage as part of our newest exhibition La Brega: Art for Reimagining the World, in partnership with Taller Puertorriqueño. Featured activities include […]
Join us for an all-ages celebration commemorating the end of slavery and the ongoing project of liberation. Artist Zsudayka Nzinga will lead tours of her installation “Afro Bohemian,” featured in our exhibition This is My Home. The installation brings together […]
Thursday, June 30; Friday, July 1; Sunday, July 3rd; Monday, July 4th Join us for a celebration of Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness all holiday weekend. Explore our latest exhibitions This is My Home and La Brega: Art […]
Free with museum admission “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal..." One of the most consequential phrases in history, this piece of the Declaration of Independence has been at the heart of American democracy […]
Join us with FREE admission for a celebration of Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness as part of Wawa Welcome America! Explore our latest exhibitions This is My Home and La Brega: Art for Reimagining the World and take […]
NLM joins Campus Philly to welcome new and returning college students with free admission throughout the weekend. Explore our galleries, check out our latest exhibition truth* and take part in special programming, including a close-looking scavenger hunt and a special […]
Each year, PARK(ing) day invites cities around the country to rethink what public places can be by transforming parking spaces into miniature parks. This year, NLM takes our latest exhibition truth* to the streets in a pop-up experience designed to […]
Visit NLM's Holiday Market opening on November 25th to shop for wares from local artists, along with other holiday-inspired gifts such as glass ornaments, candles and apparel. The pop-up holiday store will run until January 2nd and is located at […]
Join us for a day of storytelling and memory-making as we discover the origins of our many sacred traditions. NLM welcomes We Are the Seeds, a Philadelphia based non-profit that celebrates and educates about contemporary Indigenous arts and culture, to […]
In honor of NLM’s latest exhibition, Imagined Futures, join us and enjoy pay-as-you-wish admission and engaging activities suitable for all ages, including an object sketching activity, seek-and-finds, sand art stations, and your own chance to write a message to your […]
At the Museum, glass, as well as many other mediums, is the prism through which we converse with visitors about the fragility of liberty and the role we each play in safeguarding it. In honor of this tradition, we will […]
