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Perfect for a Philadelphia college student, a Philly souvenir, anyone who loves the city of Brotherly (and Sisterly!) Love!    Inspired by the Pennsylvania German culture and Philadelphia, Stephanie Harvey is having a blast making these...

Our exclusive keychain celebrates Rousseau's Merry Jesters.  His best-known paintings depict jungle scenes, even though he never left France or saw a jungle. His inspiration came from illustrations in children's books and the botanical gardens in...

The elegant bottle opener designed by Andrea Branzi is an ideal tool to easily open bottles with metal caps and crown caps. Ercolino is exemplary of Andrea Branzi’s happy relationship with the expressive potential of turned wood, which, in his opinion,...

In 1941, Professor Richard Evan Schultes took a leave from Harvard and disappeared into the Amazon, where he spent the next twelve years mapping uncharted rivers and living among dozens of Indian tribes. In the 1970s, he sent two prize students, Tim...

One Hundred Years of Solitude is a classic novel known throughout the world. One of the 20th century’s enduring works of art, it is the ultimate achievement in a Nobel Prize-winning career. The story of the village of Macondo, as seen through the lives...

The followup to the much-loved Easy Peasy, Little Green Fingers is packed full of even more fun gardening activities for children! The followup to the much-loved Easy Peasy, Little Green Fingers is packed full of even more fun gardening activities for...

Rubens Peale didn’t begin to paint until he was seventy-one. But the many still-life pictures he created during his last decade reflect both the compositions created by his uncle James and his brother Raphaelle and his own identity as a dedicated...

Creating Connections features over 70 paintings, sculptures, drawings, and watercolors from the Rosenthal Collection of work by self-taught artists. This richly illustrated publication explores the mysterious connections we have with works of art and...

A critical look at the renegade spirit that permeates Japanese prints and the posters of fin-de-siècle Paris. Both the Edo period (1603–1868) in Japan and the late nineteenth century in France witnessed a multitude of challenges to the status quo from...

The Lucia Candleholder honors the Finnish tradition of St Lucia's Day. Each December in Finland, thousands of girls dress up as Lucia and take part in a candlelit procession through the streets, shining light in darkness. We love the homage to the...

The Easter Dog Vase honors a Finnish springtime tradition. Each April, the children of Finland welcome the beginning of spring by dressing up as witches and decorating willow twigs with feathers and small embellishments. Going door to door, the little...

You might spot this intersex-inclusive Progress Pride flag on our East Terrace (aka the Rocky Steps), proclaiming that the museum is an inclusive, safe space—we’re thrilled to have this symbol of community belonging in front of our building. The...

In an ever-evolving world, the only thing to count on is change. A path is never the same path twice. Everything we experience, be it real or imagined, influences what is around us—even if the changes are sometimes too small to recognize! For three...

Explores ways to use colour in the home to varying degrees, taking the reader into the world of the vibrant, happy house. Joyful case studies of homes that range from lightly speckled to heavily doused in colour with interviews from the renowned...

A biography of self-taught (outsider) artist Bill Traylor, a former slave who at the age of eighty-five began to draw pictures based on his memories and observations of rural and urban life in Alabama. Growing up as an enslaved boy on an Alabama cotton...

 By Rachel Arauz, Ann Temkin, Anne D'Hamoncourt, et al.Featuring pivotal works of twentieth-century painting and sculpture, this book handsomely illustrates a selection of the Philadelphia Museum of Art’s outstanding modern art collection,...

For Lancaster-based artist Emily Deakin, working with clay is a perfect fit. Her designs tell just enough of where they come from but still holding a story of their own. They start as a blank canvas- a raw piece of clay in her hands. It’s brought to life...

For Lancaster-based artist Emily Deakin, working with clay is a perfect fit. Her designs tell just enough of where they come from but still holding a story of their own. They start as a blank canvas- a raw piece of clay in her hands. It’s brought to life...

We love the modern yet retro vibe of these hoop earrings. Inspired by architecture and art, Finn intersects past and present, revisiting historic adornment and artistic references. enlivening the through a modern lens and elegant pop materials. All...

Designer, artist, and educator Mitch Goldstein's experience as student and teacher gives guidance and inspiration to help students get the most out of design school. Life  as a design student is filled with questions. Rochester Institute of...

Photogenic was created to celebrate a life-long passion for the art and science of photography.  This limited-edition enamel pin serves as a daily reminder to pursue that passion for yourself, and to get out and create photographs. Photogenic Supply...

Ever since photography was invented almost 200 years ago, women have broken barriers and influenced the artform. Now, this first-ever children's book about women photographers tells the stories of 35 of the most talented historical and contemporary...

Riot is an intellectual biography of artist and filmmaker Isaac Julien (born 1960), looking at key moments in his career and discussing the influences that shaped them. Julien’s trail-blazing career has moved across film and art, documentary, biography,...

This dress from Skippy Cotton is made for playing, lounging, working, and everything in between. Handmade in 100% natural linen with a soft, white cotton yoke lining. Embellished on the chest is three hand-embroidered black and gold stars, to always help...

3D Art is in a transformative moment. It can now be created, promoted, bought and sold all within the boundaries of digital space. This dynamic art movement is enabled by new tools and is limited only by the imagination of its creators. Artists working...

"Creeeeak!" goes the screen door to self-taught artist Elijah Pierce's barbershop art studio. A young boy walks in for an ordinary haircut and walks out having discovered a lifetime of art. Mr. Pierce's wood carvings are in every corner of the small...

Since 1670, Herbin ink has crossed the oceans.  This calligraphy set is contained in a vintage inspired school writing box and makes the perfect gift for calligraphers, lettering artists, penmen and illustrators.  Herbin's calligraphy and...

More than ninety objects, painted in vibrant colors that have survived half a millennium with undiminished brilliance, are reproduced in color and in black and white. Together they represent the various shapes,  ornamentation, ambitious...

The book Building Toys: An Architect’s Collection documents over 100 architectural building toys from the author’s collection, from the mid-1800s to the present, from the U.S. and abroad.  Each toy has an immersive two-page spread celebrating its...

Wildcraft Print Shop is the work of Philadelphia maker Gabriel Echeverri.  Gabriel's hand carved, hand printed block prints are inspired by the resistance, plants, animals, folklore, and struggles with mental health.   Hand carved block...

We love Block Design's modern take on a classic tealight holder. With playful combinations of colors and clean lines, their designs are as beautiful as they are functional. Care instructions: hand wash only Diameter: 2.7" Height: 3.1" Material:...

Pair with a playful candle and add a splash of color to your dining table! We love Block Design's playful combinations of colors and clean lines in these glass candle holders. Their designs are as beautiful as they are functional. Care instructions:...

We love Block Design's playful combinations of color, creating designs as beautiful as they are functional. The Reversible Glass Vase is a perfect vessel for any floral arrangement -- Use the glass cylinder vases one way for a full arrangement or turn...

Celebrate the holidays over mulled cider with this Wassail Cider Spices kit! Wassail (Middle English 'wæs hæl' - ‘be you healthy’) refers both to the salute 'Waes Hail' and to the drink of wassail, a hot mulled cider drunk as part of wassailing, an...

Discover and celebrate a decade of exploration and renewal in the work of Henri Matisse with our museum exclusive collection of puzzles made just for the exhibit. By 1930, Henri Matisse had achieved significant international renown, yet he found himself...

The most comprehensive survey of the work of Maurice Sendak, the most celebrated picture book artist of all time—with previously unpublished archival materials. Published in conjunction with the eponymous Sendak retrospective touring museums in the...

These stories celebrate the eye even as they reveal its unexpected proximity to the heart. For if each of A.S. Byatt's narratives is in some way inspired by a painting of Henri Matisse, each is also about the intimate connection between seeing and...

This exhibition publication is available with 3 different covers. 2 of the 3 are exclusive to the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Only the covers vary; the interior content for all 3 covers is the same.  A groundbreaking look at the drawings of Giuseppe...

Find out what your future holds for you in Philadelphia!   From the best selling Philly Tarot Deck by artist James Boyle, this hand signed print  James Boyle was originally commissioned to illustrate a story about tarot cards for a...

A green cloud and a white tree? Who is responsible for illustrating this book? True Colors begins innocently with two friends, their dog, and their kite, but each time the story gets started, more colors seem to go awry. The narrator implores the reader...

Your laptop does so much for you. Doesn’t it deserve a comfy cozy place to live? This puffy laptop sleeve from Baggu is quilted and stuffed to provide your 13" or 16" laptop or tablet with just enough padding for comfortable rides. Available in small...

Hand-embroidered on felt using the “cannetille” technique. Macon & Lesquoy’s embroidered jewelry draws its inspiration from the high precision and quality of military insignias. The brooches are hand-made in a workshop in Pakistan, where the...

Award winning sculptor/artist Stacey Lee Webber cherishes working with found materials-- often vintage coins-- whose history is physically evident. Based in Philadelphia, Stacey's work is often described as meticulous, pushing the boundaries of everyday...

Hand-embroidered on felt using the “cannetille” technique. Macon & Lesquoy’s embroidered jewelry draws its inspiration from the high precision and quality of military insignias. The brooches are hand-made in a workshop in Pakistan, where the...

One of Mexico's most important modern artists, Juan Soriano (1920?2006) served as a link between the nationalist imagery of the Mexican muralists and the experimental vanguard of the 1950s and 1960s known as "La Ruptura". This fascinating book, which...

The catalogue for the exhibition at Punta della Dogana.  The show in Venice will present two major works jointly owned by the Philadelphia Museum of Art and Pinault Collection (Contrapposto Studies, I through VII from 2015/2016 and Walks In Walks...

A highly illustrated examination of portraiture in China across media and millennia. Facing China  is an exploration of the portrait arts in China from the dynastic to the modern and contemporary, in painting, sculpture, photography, and...

Through a carefully curated selection of quotations, images and interviews, Photographers on Photography reveals what matters most to the masters. With enlightening text by Henry Carroll, author of the internationally bestselling Read This If You Want...

Martine Syms’s Neural Swamp is an immersive installation that reflects the artist’s ongoing research into machine systems that erase or exploit Black bodies, voices, and narratives. This multichannel video presentation, created using AI technologies,...

Created in celebration of our exhibition Sean Scully: The Shape of Ideas, this silk scarf is a wonderful keepsake. Generously oversized and reversible, this striped scarf has a sophisticated color palette of wine, teal and olive green. In a sustained...

A canonical figure in American painting, George Inness (1825-1894) is widely admired as the pioneer of the landscape aesthetic known as Tonalism, which is distinguished by soft focus and diaphanous layers of paint.  This the first book about the...

This item requires a $15 shipping surcharge. Some fragile or oversized items require additional surcharges that allow us to ensure your purchase arrives quickly and safely. Bring the whimsy and vibrant imagination of the Gee's Bend quilters into...

This item requires a $15 shipping surcharge. Some fragile or oversized items require additional surcharges that allow us to ensure your purchase arrives quickly and safely. Bring the whimsy and vibrant imagination of the Gee's Bend quilters into...

 The hard shell case is lined with plush styrene inside to protect your glasses from scratches.  It also includes a glasses cleaning microfiber cloth for keeping your glasses clean. Museum exclusive Exterior case measures 6.5" x 2.5" x 1...

Will the fox get away with his prize?  Looks like he will!   West Chester, PA's own Horace Pippin was arguably the most successful African American artist of his day. Pippin (1888–1946) taught himself to paint in the 1930s and quickly...

A wide-ranging retrospective that reveals a master printer’s own photographs to be technically brilliant work of remarkable breadth and complexity.This book presents the first in-depth survey of photographs by Richard Benson (1943–2017), who...

Put pen to paper -- it might seem old-fashioned -- but shows you care!   This set includes examples of early American Portraiture from the museum's collection including works from John Singleton Copley, Gustavus Hesselius, Charles Willson Peale...

Put pen to paper -- it might seem old-fashioned -- but shows you care!   Those portrayed by Eakins in our museum exclusive notecard set would certainly penned letters to family and friends with these and other notecards from our collection. And...

Put pen to paper -- it might seem old-fashioned -- but shows you care!  And use the sturdy storage box for keepsakes or post you receive in return. Museum exclusive  Set of 12 notecards (4 images/3 cards each) and 13 envelopes Notecards...

Jasper Johns (b. 1930) is one of the most influential artists living today . Over the past 65 years, he has produced a radical and varied body of work marked by constant reinvention. Inspired by the artist’s long-standing fascination with mirroring and...

While it is easy to lose time when reading a good page turner, you won't loose your place with this bookmark detailing the face of a tall case clock in the museum's Early American Art collection. German-born watch- and clockmaker Frederick Dominick...

Keep your place safely marked in any book with our bookmark inspired by a painted wrought iron hasp in our Pennsylvania German collection!  This Pennsylvania German hasp with slot for locking loop would have been used to keep safe the contents of a...

Keep your place marked with this angel bookmark.  This detail from a chest of drawers in the museum's Pennsylvania German Furniture collection is found in our Early American Art Galleries.  Furniture painted with this decoration is known as...

Mark your place with Paul Revere's teapot as you enjoy Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's Tales of a Wayside Inn. Longfellow popularized Paul Revere,  an 18th-century American activist and artisan, in "Paul Revere's Ride", a poem first published in 1861,...

Emma Perloff uses our own American galleries as inspiration for her lovely miniature needlework pieces. This pin is inspired by our extensive collection of vintage 19th century Pennsylvania needlework 'samplers' and are designed and hand stitched in her...

Marcel Duchamp's Nude Descending a Staircase, No. 2 , one of the best  known and immediately recognizable paintings in the history of 20th century art,  "is famous," as the critic Robert Hughes astutely observed, "for being famous." Indeed,...

Emma Perloff uses our own American galleries as inspiration for her lovely miniature needlework pieces. Her round monogram style pins are inspired by our extensive collection of vintage American needlework 'samplers' and are designed and hand stitched in...

The Philadelphia Museum of Art is fortunate to have a collection of Italian drawings that encompasses a broad sweep of Italy’s art history, from the Renaissance to Futurism to the contemporary, and includes works by such famed artists as Batoni,...

Jewelry artist and teacher Maureen Duffy is inspired by the 'urban landscape' of her home town of Philadelphia. In addition to her work as a jeweler, Maureen teaches jewelry and metalsmithing at Tyler School of Art and Architecture, Rowan University, and...

Did you ever wonder where people got the idea of wearing armor?  Or, did you ever look at an armadillo and see it was wearing armor just like the knights of old?  Now you can see and compare all kinds of armor. This is a great way to learn how...

We've long been drawn to the organic quality of Sarah Richardson’s jewelry. A favorite of our museum patrons since early 2018, her designs are inspired by nature and botanicals. Using traditional wax carving techniques, each piece is hand carved, then...

This important publication offers the  first in-depth exploration of contemporary artist Bruce Nauman's  monumental works Contrapposto Studies, I through VII and Contrapposto  Studies, i through vii of 2015/2016. The book surveys Nauman's...

Little Bo-Peep may have lost her sheep but our bookmark will keep your place in a favorite book!   George Romney was an 18th century English portrait painter. He was the most fashionable artist of his day, painting many leading society figures...

The nib is the most iconic part of the fountain pen.  This gold-plated stainless steel nib size is fine.  The round tip creates uniform lines regardless of direction or orientation of the nib to paper.  It is compatible with the Kaweco...

Keep the ink flowing as you write your next magnum opus or just have a lot of thoughts to put to paper!  This pack contains six standard international short ink cartridges that are compatible with the Classic Sport and Brass Sport Fountain pens. ...

The publication will feature new, unpublished material related to the concept, filming, post-production, and installation of a new work by artist Rachel Rose (American, b. 1986). This new work, jointly commissioned and acquired by the Philadelphia Museum...

Designs for Different Futures records the concrete ideas and abstract dreams of designers, artists, academics, and scientists exploring how design might reframe our futures, socially, ethically, and aesthetically. Encompassing nearly one hundred...

John Ittmann (Editor), Cordula Grewe (Editorial Consultant) From the 1770s through the 1840s, German, Austrian, and Swiss artists used the medium of printmaking to create works that synthesized poetry, literature, music, and the visual arts in new and...

By Ainsley M. Cameron and Darielle Mason This publication presents the first in-depth survey of the Conley Harris and Howard Truelove Collection of Indian Drawings, which was recently acquired by the Philadelphia Museum of Art. This exceptional...

Kathleen A. Foster (Author) and Mark Tucker (Author) Thomas Eakins is acknowledged as one of the preeminent American painters of the 19th century. As a young artist in 1875 he prepared a monumental painting for the Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia...

Jennifer A. Thompson (Author) The official guide to the Rodin Museum, complete with full-color photos, illustrations, and illuminating essays.

By Jack Hinton Beautiful and eminently useful, stonewares produced in the German-speaking lands from the Middle Ages onward were highly valued for their durability and suitability for a range of domestic and social uses. Widely traded throughout Europe,...

Pierre Terjanian (Author) This striking publication examines two masterful armors for man and horse recently acquired by the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Among the earliest complete European examples in existence, these German works demonstrate the...

By Michael R. Taylor This scholarly catalogue provides an engaging analysis of Chagall’s life and career in the early decades of the twentieth century. Featured throughout are the paintings and works on paper that the artist created during these years,...

By Dilys E. Blum Italian couturier Roberto Capucci (born 1930) is revered by contemporary fashion designers for his innovative silhouettes and masterful use of color and materials. Capucci refers to his creations as "studies in form" and draws...

By Kathleen Foster Labeled as a traveling American folk artist when he was rediscovered in the mid-20th century, the mysterious Thomas Chambers here receives a fresh and creative reassessment. Although his distinctive sea and landscapes appear in many...

By Susan Gray Detweiler, with an introduction by David L. Barquist The china used by First Families, both at the White House and in their private homes, reveals a fascinating story of culture and society as they have evolved in the United States since...

Jack Lindsey(Author) with essays by Edward C. Carter ll, Richard S. Dunn, and Richard Saunders Focusing on Philadelphia's prominent role in the history of Colonial America, this exhibition catalogue surveys the decorative and fine arts produced during...

By Alexandra  Alevizatos  Kirtley In 1772, a group of Philadelphia artisans published Prices of Cabinet and Chair Work, a 36-page booklet listing furniture forms, retail prices, and journeymen's wages. Rediscovered in 2003, the single surviving...