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Atwater Kent Collection

Drexel University is stewarding the collection of the former Philadelphia History Museum at the Atwater Kent, which closed in 2018. Visit the Atwater Kent Collection virtually.

Exhibitions

Coming Next

A Valuable Service: The Practical Application of Photography at Drexel

April 28, 2022

Rincliffe Gallery

The upcoming photography exhibition at the Rincliffe Gallery will explore photography’s role within Drexel University and its collections. Curated by Mary Elizabeth Kulesa, photography & art history ’22. Exhibition Design by Julia Thompson, graphic design ’22.

Ongoing

A New Kind of House

March 11, 2022 - March 2023

Anthony J. Drexel Picture Gallery

Partnering with The Drexel Collection, participants in this winter’s Writers Room TRIPOD program, a unique intergenerational program with Drexel students, local high school students, and older community residents, are creating photographs and writings in response to artwork from The Drexel Collection that will be displayed side-by-side along with a retrospective of the last five years of the TRIPOD program.


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Curator Pick of the Month

Title: At the MOMA #1
Artist: Gershon Benjamin (1899-1985)
Creation Date: 1970
Origin: New York, New York
Medium: Gouache on black paper

Gershon Benjamin (1899-1985) was an academically trained painter from Montreal who moved to New York, NY in the 1920s, where he met a group of talented artists including Milton Avery, Mark Rothko, Adolph Gottlieb, and John Sloan. Benjamin painted or drew every day of his 70-year career, producing an impressive legacy of work from cityscapes to portraits in a variety of mediums. The Drexel Collection is lucky to have three of his pieces in the collection donated by Joan H. Facey, a 1958 graduate of Drexel’s College of Engineering and a close friend of Benjamin’s and chair of the Gershon Benjamin Foundation.

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New and Conserved Pieces

NEW -
Celadon Dish
Our most recent gift is this ancient Chinese, green glazed stoneware dish carved with a lotus bud and leaf design, known as Yaozhou ware, from the Jin dynasty, 12th century, donated by Brian M. Salzberg, PhD. in 2021


CONSERVED -
Portrait of Ralph Kelly
Conserved last summer by Carole Abercauph, this portrait of Drexel benefactor Ralph Kelly has been returned to its home in Kelly Hall.

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Welcome to the Collection

Drexel University, initially Drexel Institute of Art, Science and Industry, was founded on the belief that education should be both practical and cultural—and that art should be not only beautiful, but educational. On that principle, The Drexel Collection—the University’s flagship collection of art—was founded alongside the University in 1891. Today, the Collection remains a resource for historically and culturally significant works of art as Drexel University pioneers a model for the modern, urban university.

Hours

AJ Drexel Picture Gallery:

Mon. - Fri.: 3:30pm - 5pm
Tours by appointment.


Rincliffe Gallery:

Mon. - Fri.: 10am - 5pm


Peck Gallery: Pending

Tues. - Sat.: 11am - 4pm

Visitor Pass required.

Closed on Sundays and major holidays.

Galleries are free and open to the public.

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