Barnes Foundation partnered with the Penn Museum as the first external institution to license the Visual Experience Platform (VXP) in 2023.
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“That question took on new meaning when the Penn Museum became the first external institution to license the VXP”
— Barnes Foundation team
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Barnes Foundation
We offer fresh new ways to see art & the world through a renowned collection, exhibitions, programs & classes for all.
- Industry
- Museums, Historical Sites, and Zoos
- Location
- Philadelphia, US
- Company size
- 223 employees
The Barnes Foundation was established by Albert C. Barnes in 1922 to "promote the advancement of education and the appreciation of the fine arts and horticulture." The Barnes holds one of the finest collections of post-impressionist and early modernist works, with extensive holdings by Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Paul Cézanne, Henri Matisse, Pablo Picasso, Henri Rousseau, Amedeo Modigliani, Chaim Soutine and Giorgio de Chirico, as well as American masters Charles Demuth, William Glackens, Horace Pippin, and Maurice Prendergast, and old master paintings, important examples of African sculpture and Native American ceramics, jewelry and textiles, American paintings and decorative arts, and antiquities from the Mediterranean region and Asia. Discover why after every visit, you'll never stop seeing the Barnes.
Founded 1922