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James A. Michener Art Museum
Showcase for Pennsylvania Impressionism and other notable arts of the region
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The James A. Michener Art Museum in Doylestown
Photo courtesy of the James A. Michener Museum
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Other Information
Open Tue - Sun
Insider Tip
At the museum in Doylestown, the walled, lush "back yard" features the Patricia D. Pfundt Sculpture Garden, where sculptures pay homage to the Bucks County landscape.
Kids' stuff
The museum offers a variety of programs and workshops, as well as a Children's Gallery.
The Experience
In the heart of Bucks County, the Michener Art Museum houses the finest collection anywhere of Pennsylvania Impressionist painters. Edward Redfield, Fern Coppedge, Daniel Garber and other artists of the Bucks County school are well represented — including Garber's magnificent mural, A Wooded Watershed, rescued and placed here.
You'll also find a room filled with the powerfully organic forms of furniture by George Nakashima, the pioneering woodworker who lived and worked in Bucks County. And the Michener mounts regular shows of paintings, photography and other kinds of art, often with a regional connection.
History
Opened in 1988, the Michener is named for bestselling author James Michener, a Doylestown native son, who first envisioned the museum. The museum has expanded around its original buildings, the Neo-Gothic guardhouse and warden's office of a former 19th-century prison. The Museum's New Hope satellite location, which opened in 2003, is located in the heart of New Hope, in Union Square on Bridge Street.
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