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"Our museum has in a short time become that rare place where students, faculty, and professional staff, collaborate WITH audiences and the public to create new knowledge and to offer it to the world—and I think the exhibition now in the Dana gallery confirms that fact."  (Read full remarks from the rededication on our news page).

Also in the news...

The Intelligencer Journal/Lancaster New Era includes an article about the newly renovated Phillips Museum of Art and its four new exhibitions that open on January 18, 2012.

Our Mission Statement

The purpose of The Phillips Museum of Art is to foster an understanding and appreciation of the arts, which include contemporary, historical, and multicultural materials.  In its essence, the mission of The Phillips Museum is three-fold and encompasses the following:

• Advancing the educational objectives of the college by presenting exhibitions and programs that support the curriculum, by acquisition of relevant objects and artworks, and by providing study and research opportunities for its faculty and students.
• Contributing to the cultural life of the Lancaster community and the greater South Central Pennsylvania regions.
• Functioning as the steward of Franklin & Marshall College's permanent collection, and overseeing its management.

Check out pictures from our exhibitions and events at Flickr. Recognize somebody in a picture? Then tag them!