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March 19, 2018
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Philadelphia Museum of Art to Renovate and Update Chinese Galleries
Six Galleries to Close on April 11, 2018, Reopening in Early 2019
The Philadelphia Museum of Art will soon begin the first comprehensive renovation and reinstallation of its galleries of Chinese art in many decades. This initiative will enable its staff to reimagine the presentation of this important part of the Museum?s collection and interpret it in new ways for the benefit of visitors. This represents the next step in an ongoing series of reinstallations of the Museum?s collection that began with the Rodin Museum in 2012 and continued with the renovation of its galleries of South Asian art in 2016. Beginning April 11, 2018, six galleries in the wing of the Museum devoted to Asian art will close for approximately ten months and then re-open to the public in early 2019. Installation view, Gallery 234. Photo courtesy of Philadelphia Museum of Art, 2018:

photo : Joseph Hu
Timothy Rub, The George D. Widener Director and Chief Executive Officer, said: ?This once-in-a-generation project follows the success of our new galleries of South Asian art, and is proceeding in tandem with the implementation of the next phase of our Facilities Master Plan. It will transform the experience of one o...