Arthur Ross Gallery at the University of Pennsylvania

The learning lab and gallery is committed to providing direct engagement with art and artifacts from around the world by staging four exhibitions per year.

Creating a Space to Engage, Educate, and Inspire

The Arthur Ross Gallery was founded in 1983, after New York investor, philanthropist, and collector Arthur Ross decided to establish an art gallery at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. Located in the Fisher Fine Arts Library building, the gallery endeavors to advance scholarship, collaboration, and outreach through direct engagement with original art and artifacts.

Today, the gallery showcases artwork representing a wide range of cultures, media, periods, and traditions. It offers dynamic exhibitions and robust education programming to university students and faculty, scholars, artists, and the local community. Among the Arthur Ross Gallery's offerings is the Engaging Minds Through Art program, which partners with underserved Philadelphia schools to provide fourth- and fifth-grade students with access to the gallery. The Arthur Ross Gallery believes that engagement with the arts is a critical experience, and that the gallery's intimate environment offers the ideal setting for such engagement.

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