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The Barnes Foundation was founded in 1992 by Albert C. Barnes to promote and inspire an appreciation of the fine arts and horticulture.
The Foundation has two main campuses that are open to the public: one on Benjamin Franklin Parkway, which houses a world-famous art collection, and the other in the suburb of Merion, which houses the Arboretum and the Foundation’s archives. The facility on Benjamin Franklin Parkway boasts one of the world’s finest Post-Impressionist and Modern collections with works by European masters such as Picasso, Renoir, Matisse and Modigliani, as well as Old Master paintings, Native American ceramics, African sculpture and decorative arts and antiquities.
The Barnes Arboretum, located at the Merion campus, contains more than 2,000 species/varieties of trees and woody plants.
2025 Benjamin Franklin Parkway, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Phone: 215-278-7000
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