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Private gallery tour of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts’ exhibition World War I and American Art
When and where
Date and time
Saturday, March 25, 2017 · 2 - 3pm EDT
Location
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA) 118 North Broad Street Philadelphia, PA 19102
Description
Library Company members are invited to a special tour of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts’ groundbreaking exhibition which explores the ways in which American artists reacted to the First World War. Seventeen posters from the Library Company’s collection will be on display in the exhibition.
This event is for Library Company members.
(Image from pafa.org)
About the organizer
The Library Company of Philadelphia is an independent research library specializing in American history and culture from the 17th through the 19th centuries. Open to the public free of charge, the Library Company houses an extensive collection of rare books, manuscripts, broadsides, ephemera, prints, photographs, and works of art. Founded in 1731 by Benjamin Franklin, the Library Company is America's oldest cultural institution and served as the Library of Congress from the Revolutionary War to 1800. The Library Company was the largest public library in America until the Civil War.