Core Project Construction Timeline
The following areas of the Museum will be affected from now until the Core Project is completed in 2020 (dates are subject to change; visit philamuseum.org/ourfuture for current information):
Now Open
Temporary food services
October 2018
Now Open
New food services
Under Construction
Balcony Café
Spring 2019
Now Open
Newly renovated galleries of Chinese art
Under Construction
Renovation of galleries devoted to 19th century painting and sculpture, through winter
September 2019
Now Open
North Entrance
North Vaulted Walkway
Retail space inside North Entrance
New education classrooms and art studios
New espresso bar adjacent to Vaulted Walkway
Under Construction
Renovation of galleries devoted to 19th century painting and sculpture, through winter
South Vaulted Walkway
West Entrance
Lenfest Hall
Balcony Shop
New galleries of American art and Contemporary art
Spring 2020
Now Open
Newly renovated galleries devoted to 19th century painting and sculpture
Under Construction
Forum
South Vaulted Walkway
West Entrance
Lenfest Hall
Balcony Shop
New galleries of American art and Contemporary art
Spring 2021*
Now Open
Forum
South Vaulted Walkway
West Entrance
Lenfest Hall
Balcony Shop
New galleries of American art
New galleries of Contemporary art
Core Project construction ends
*As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, completion of the Core Project, originally scheduled for Fall 2020, will be delayed. A new completion date will be announced.
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