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The entire Museum will be closed Saturday July 4th
Saturday, July 4, 2009

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Timothy Rub Elected Director and Chief Executive

The Philadelphia Museum of Art announced today the election of Timothy Rub as the George D. Widener Director and Chief Executive Officer. The unanimous vote of the Board of Trustees at its June meeting concludes an international year-long search. Currently Director and Chief Executive Officer of the Cleveland Museum of Art, Mr. Rub will become the Philadelphia Museum of Art’s 13th Director, succeeding the late Anne d’Harnoncourt.

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Also On View
Adibuddha Vajradhara
December 20, 2008 - July 2009
The masterpieces in this exhibition encompass nearly a millennium of art from across the Himalayan region (centered on Tibet and Nepal) and from neighboring areas under its cultural influence.
Tres Parisiens
April 11, 2009 - Summer 2009
The fashion industry during 1850-1925 was a period of tremendous change and innovation. This exhibition, designed to complement Shopping in Paris: French Fashion 1850–1925, explores the world of fashion and consumer culture through printed publications. On display are books, periodicals, department store souvenirs, trade catalogs, and fashion plates from the Library’s collection of fashion-related material.
Tsuitate Screen with Design of Golden Fox
Now Through October 18, 2009
This exhibition offers one of the first surveys of Japanese crafts in all their rich diversity of media and techniques through the entire 20th century, from Japan’s first forays on to the international stage of World’s Fairs to the heady internationalism of the 1920’s and 1930’s, to the dynamic creativity of the post-WW II period and to the present.

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Today's Highlight
From the Collection

http://www.philamuseum.org/collections/permanent/74280.html
Centerpiece
Designed by Jean-Jacques Feuchère

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