Plan Your Visit
The Palmer Museum of Art at Penn State is located on the University Park campus. Admission is always free. Check-in is via our Visitor Services at the front desk. Click here to plan your visit!
Closed Monday and some holidays
Tuesday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Wednesday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Thursday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Friday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Sunday, Noon to 5 p.m.
CLOSED – Thanksgiving Break – Thursday, November 24, and Friday, November 25
CLOSED – Winter Break – Friday, December 23, 2022 through Monday, January 2, 2023
The Palmer Museum of Art is open regular hours this week, Tuesday–Sunday.
NEW Palmer Museum
The Palmer Museum of Art is constructing a new museum within the Arboretum at Penn State to replace the current building on Curtin Road. The innovative new Palmer will be a larger facility that features education spaces, including a teaching gallery, flexible event spaces, and nearly twice the exhibition space of the current museum, allowing for expanded student, faculty, and public access to Penn State’s growing collection of 10,260 works of art.
To access information about the new Palmer Museum of Art and the Arboretum at Penn State, please click to view the new fly-through animation of the new museum or visit our online media room below.
Online Media Room
Events
See below for upcoming events at the Palmer Museum or click below for our full Events Schedule.
Tuesday, September 27, 4:00 p.m.
Museum Conversation: Looking at Who We Are: The Palmer at FiftyRegister here
Thursday, September 29, 5:00–8:00 p.m.
Art After Hours: Museum Birthday Bash
Tuesday, October 4, 5:00–8:00 p.m.
The Palmer at 3 Dots Downtown
Saturday, October 8, Noon–4:00 p.m.
Community Day: Parents & Families Weekend at the PalmerUpcoming Exhibitions
Designed for the Future: The New Palmer Museum of Art at the Arboretum
October 15-May 7, 2023
Special Exhibitions Gallery, First Floor
Designed for the Future focuses on the transformational new building for the Palmer Museum of Art at Penn State. The new 71,254-square-foot museum will directly neighbor the H.O. Smith Botanic Gardens in The Arboretum, substantially boosting access to the university’s art collections for students, faculty, staff and the public. Designed by Allied Works Architecture, the new Palmer will seamlessly integrate art, architecture and nature, and nearly double the space for the exhibition, study and stewardship of the collection and special exhibitions. Internationally known for their sensitive and elegant bridging of nature and architecture, Allied Works was selected as the architect based on their deep expertise in the design of arts and educational facilities and for their interdisciplinary and collaborative approach. This exhibition will present the architect’s model, drawings, plans, renderings and a fly-through animation that will allow visitors to truly envision the dynamic and innovative design for the future home of the Palmer Museum of Art, which is anticipated to open in 2024. Organized by the Palmer Museum of Art.
Learn & Teach
Connect with the Palmer Museum’s diverse collections and exhibitions through tours, programs, and resources for learners of all ages.
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Your presence at any Palmer Museum program, event, exhibition, or activity indicates your agreement to adhere to all university policies, including health and safety policies such as masking if applicable, and your acknowledgment that you are voluntarily participating. You further acknowledge the contagious nature of COVID-19 and assume any and all risk of exposure to or infection by it or any variant thereof, including, without limitation, personal injury, illness, severe complications, permanent disability, and/or death.