• Look

    Drawing from a sculpture during Summer Camp

    Looking at artwork closely is the first step toward exciting explorations in art! View artworks from the Bucks County region featured in the collections of the James A. Michener Art Museum and the Bucks County Intermediate Unit. Visit the timeline to see how artworks created in the Bucks County region connect to the arts and other subjects in the U.S. and beyond.

  • Discover

    Drawing from a sculpture during Summer Camp

    At the Michener, there is something for everyone! Learn something new about the arts, artists, and artworks in our exhibitions. Discover what it takes to put an exhibition together and how a museum works. Find out about our inspiring educational programs for all ages. Use educational materials provided on this site before, during and after your museum visit!

  • Discuss

    Drawing from a sculpture during Summer Camp

    Talk about art, respond to questions about art, and share your opinions about art. Engage in conversations with staff members about various art-related topics. Find out about the newest exhibit and upcoming events. Take time to reflect and think critically about works of art and see what other people are saying about them.

Offering of the Angels: Treasures from the Uffizi Gallery Audio Tour

Fabrizio Boschi (Firenze 1572-1642), The Miracle of the Manna, 1594-1597 ca., Oil on canvas, cm 144 x 229, Collection of the Uffizi Gallery, Florence, Italy.

Fabrizio Boschi (Firenze 1572-1642), The Miracle of the Manna, 1594-1597 ca., Oil on canvas, cm 144 x 229, Collection of the Uffizi Gallery, Florence, Italy.

In conjunction with the exhibition, Offering of the Angels: Treasures from the Uffizi Gallery, the Michener will offer an audio tour with the exhibition free with admission. A sampling of stops are available below for you to preview, or to use in the exhibition with a smartphone. There are 26 stops in the exhibition. Below are 12.

Stop 104 Jacopo da Empoli, The Creation of Adam (.mp3)

Stop 105 Frans Floris, The Original Sin (.mp3)

Stop 108 Fabrizio Boschi, The Miracle of the Manna (.mp3)

Stop 109 Pietro Liberi, Annunciation (.mp3) Read More »

Staff Memories of “The Pine Street Hotel”

An unidentified man poses at the entrance to the guardhouse, circa 1907 at the Bucks County Prison. Photo taken from James A. Michener Art Museum Archives.

An unidentified man poses at the entrance to the guardhouse, circa 1907 at the Bucks County Prison. Photo taken from James A. Michener Art Museum Archives.

When you think of a museum, what comes to mind? A museum might be a place for you to retreat from the everyday and find solace in works of art. It might be a place that you go to socialize with friends, hear a lecture, or visit for entertainment. In contrast to these ideas, the Michener’s former site was the site of the Bucks County Prison. This brings to mind a very different environment that took place here decades ago.

It’s really ironic that I work today at the Michener. When I was in grade school, I had participated in summer camp across the street at the Mercer Museum. We were making salt boxes in the summer heat, and I remember being bitten by red ants as I sat against their large trees. As we were jumping up and down trying to avoid these persistent and annoying bugs, I looked across the street and noticed that the prisoners from the jail were getting into large trucks. I didn’t think much of it at the time, but the memory stuck with me for years, in addition to the large welts on my legs from those darn ants.

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