May 5-16
• Free general admission for hospital workers and up to three guests. Reservations are required online. Present hospital ID at entry.
Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University
May 6-9 and May 13–16
• Free general admission for hospital workers and up to three guests. Reserve timed admission online. Present work ID at entry.
Eastern State Penitentiary
May 12
• Free admission for hospital workers, plus one guest. Show hospital ID for entry. No advance reservations required.
The Barnes Foundation
May 13
• The Barnes Foundation will be open exclusively for hospital workers May 13 from noon to 7 p.m. The museum is offering free general admission for hospital workers, plus one guest. Reservations are required by calling (215) 278-7200.
Architecture news & editorial desk
A museum renovation project designed by internationally celebrated architect Frank Gehry that has been in the works for two decades will be unveiled to the public next month.
The renovated Philadelphia Museum of Art will formally open for public viewing on 7th May 2021, marking the culmination of a long process that began in 2000 with the acquisition of the Ruth and Raymond G. Perelman Building, followed by the approval of the Facilities Master Plan in 2004 and the appointment of Gehry in 2006 to design, renovate and renew the museum’s landmark main building.
Gehry’s Master Plan for the museum was put on public display in 2014, and the ground-breaking for the ‘Core Project’ as it’s called was performed in 2017. During the four years of construction, a new cafe and restaurant were added in 2018 and the historic North Entrance was opened in September 2019, unveiling a new North Lobby, education studios, a main store, espresso bar, and a r
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The city released a request for proposals seeking designers to guide a major redesign of a stretch of the Parkway between Logan Circle and the Philadelphia Art Museum.
Furniture World News By Pam Danziger on 3/2/2021
“In the beginning…” people lived in harmony with nature. Nature formed us and gave us all that we as human beings needed to live and prosper. Gradually we learned how to gain power over nature and with that knowledge, cultures advanced and mankind prospered.
But as culture became more technology advanced, we took nature for granted. We abused it and polluted it, taking too much out and not giving enough back. We’ve gotten further and further from our roots and the life-sustaining power nature provides.
So much so that today the EPA finds Americans spend 90% of their time indoors in artificial environments. Our physical health suffers, but more so, our emotional well-being and spiritual essence.