St Joseph’s University acquired Albert Barnes’ original galleries in Lower Merion, to open its first campus art museum in 172 years. The exterior of the new Frances M. Maguire Art Museum has been preserved and restored with the original design by architect Paul Cret. (Peter Crimmins/WHYY)

The Maguire Museum at Saint Joseph’s will bring fine arts exhibitions, lectures, performances and more to the fully renovated Barnes property in Lower Merion.

The original Barnes Foundation campus in Merion, Pennsylvania at 50 Lapsley Lane is now part of Saint Joseph's University, next to James J. Maguire campus, and touted as "Barnes Arboretum and Frances M. Maguire Art Museum."

Oct 22, 2015 · Three years after the Barnes Foundation’s controversial move from Merion to the Parkway, the estate that once held arguably the greatest collection of post-impressionist and early modern art goes...

May 5, 2023 · On view in the new museum is a significant collection of colonial Latin American art including paintings, sculptures, and textiles from Mexico, the Philippines, and South America dated between the 17th and 19th centuries.

The original Barnes Foundation building in Lower Merion, which the foundation left in 2012 to move to the Parkway in Philadelphia, is now exhibiting art again. St. Joseph’s University has

The Barnes in Philadelphia. One of the world's greatest collections of impressionist, post-impressionist & modern art. Plan your visit.

May 4, 2012 · The long, difficult story of how Barnes’s trust was broken and Cret’s chateau replaced by a new museum building in downtown Philadelphia—either to save the institution from financial ruin or to...

From 1836 through three generations, the Barnes family shaped a legacy preserved in the artifacts, art, and stories that defined their lives. Experience their world and walk through history with us. from 1pm - 5pm. 860-628-5426. General Admission - $10.

Jun 16, 2012 · At 93,000 square feet, the relocated Barnes is nearly ten times the size of the old one, the latest example of a creeping gigantism in contemporary museum architecture. After making their way through an elegant, rather formal landscape by Philadelphia’s Laurie Olin, visitors enter the building through an oversize oak entry, facing to the ...