Michener Art Museum

Michener Art Museum Home to the largest public collection of Pennsylvania Impressionist paintings and named after Doylestown's most famous son, James A. Michener. The James A.
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We are dedicated to preserving, interpreting, and exhibiting the art and cultural heritage of Delaware Valley. Michener Art Museum collects, preserves, interprets and exhibits American Art, with a focus on art of the Bucks County region. The Museum presents changing exhibitions that explore a variety of artistic expressions, and offers a diverse program of educational activities that seek to devel

op a lifelong involvement in the arts as well as nurture a wide range of audiences. We also seek to educate our community about nationally and internationally known Bucks County artists of all creative disciplines. Accredited by The American Alliance of Museums, the Michener Art Museum also hosts special events for visitors of all ages, including classes, lectures, conversations, and performances.

Bringing new life to our historic grounds!🌻Say hello to a new season for "The Short Line" garden by multidisciplinary ar...
06/05/2026

Bringing new life to our historic grounds!🌻

Say hello to a new season for "The Short Line" garden by multidisciplinary artist jackie sumell, filled with thyme, clover, and sunflowers. It's all in tribute to the Museum's unique history as the Bucks County Jail, and on view through the fall. Thank you to curatorial staff and our "Behind These Walls" community advisory committee for getting us ready for the summer. ☀️
"The Short Line" is part of "Behind These Walls: Reckoning with Incarceration," a multi-year initiative at the Michener that confronts the site's former life as a county jail. "Behind These Walls: Reckoning with Incarceration" has been supported by The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage.

06/04/2026

Making history by remembering history with the reveal of “Permanence: We Were Here” by Roberto Lugo . This new commission takes the stage right at the entrance of the galleries, telling the story of Michener Art Museum as the former site of the Bucks County Jail. On view to the public starting tomorrow, Friday June 5!
“Permanence: We Were Here” by Roberto Lugo is commissioned with a grant from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Community and Economic Development, presented by Senator Steven Santarsiero .

Michener Art Museum made an appearance at the Central Bucks School District districtwide art show last weekend! We're he...
06/04/2026

Michener Art Museum made an appearance at the Central Bucks School District districtwide art show last weekend! We're here to celebrate twelfth grade student artist Mac Brunetti from CB West's digital photography class with Mrs. Ferraro. His entry features architectural details of the sally port from the 1884 Bucks County Jail, preserved as part of the Museum building today. Congratulations to all the K-12 student artists who were selected for this show!

06/02/2026

Saying goodbye to the Visit Bucks County letters! Thank you to The Crane Man, Inc. for this moving project—all this steel weighs in at around 2,400 pounds. Now, the iconic sign is headed to Shady Brook Farms!

One of the things photographer Bruce Katsiff is known for is capturing his personal connection to the Bucks County art c...
05/31/2026

One of the things photographer Bruce Katsiff is known for is capturing his personal connection to the Bucks County art community. At the exhibition opening for his retrospective "Pieces of a Life," Bucks County artists were talking and catching up right next to their portraits!

We love the "Face Maps" series, that records the features of close family and longtime friends in rearranged assemblages of details. This series marked a shift in Katsiff's practice into digital photography, where he used the new technology to render the topography of the human head in this distorted fashion, appearing like a cartographic projection of the Earth.

Amongst the longtime friends that Katsiff photographed were fellow artists Alan Goldstein, Mira Nakashima, and Mark Sfirri, who are posed alongside their portraits here. Katsiff's "Face Maps" join a long tradition of portrait exchange between artists.
Bruce Katsiff (b. 1945), "Alan Goldstein," 2010, printed 2012. Archival pigment print, 39 x 39 inches. Courtesy of the Katsiff Art Trust.

Bruce Katsiff (b. 1945), "Mira Nakashima," 2023, printed 2025. Archival pigment print, 23 x 23 inches. Courtesy of the Katsiff Art Trust.

Bruce Katsiff (b. 1945), "Mark Sfirri," 2024, printed 2024. Archival pigment print, 23 x 23 inches. Courtesy of the Katsiff Art Trust.

Photos by Ananda Connolly Photography for Michener Art Museum.

Jess and Shelby's wedding at the Michener Art Museum was a vibrant celebration bursting with bold florals, joyful decor,...
05/30/2026

Jess and Shelby's wedding at the Michener Art Museum was a vibrant celebration bursting with bold florals, joyful decor, and lifelong memories. Every corner of the museum was brought to life with their colorful vision and undeniable love. Before the festivities kicked off, the couple took a trip to downtown Doylestown, capturing a few intimate moments in the charming streets before they returned to the Michener for an unforgettable night.

We're now booking for weddings and private events at Michener Art Museum! Here's the link for more details: https://bit.ly/49vc8CJ


Caterer: Catering By Design
Photographer: Love Me Do Photography
Florist: Allium Floral Design
Decor Rental: Lilac + Lace
Event Backdrop: Assembly House
Transportation: Blue Bell Trolley

We're past the risk of spring freeze, and that means these sunflower seedlings will be making an appearance at "The Shor...
05/29/2026

We're past the risk of spring freeze, and that means these sunflower seedlings will be making an appearance at "The Short Line" garden next week! Our thanks to the Doylestown herbal shop Bluestem Botanicals for the love and care they took with starting the sunflowers.

"The Short Line" is a living garden installation planted last spring by the multidisciplinary artist jackie sumell. It traces the approximate footprint of three original cells from the Bucks County Jail’s “short line,” a corridor that once extended from either side of the jail’s central guardhouse. Sunflowers were specifically chosen for "The Short Line" because of their role in phytoremediation—naturally cleansing the soil of toxins and restoring balance.
The Short Line is part of "Behind These Walls: Reckoning with Incarceration," a multi-year initiative at the Michener that confronts the site’s former life as a county jail. "Behind These Walls: Reckoning with Incarceration" has been supported by The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage.

Register now for this adults-only life drawing workshop featuring drag performers Hannibal Lickher and Yari. Capture dyn...
05/28/2026

Register now for this adults-only life drawing workshop featuring drag performers Hannibal Lickher and Yari. Capture dynamic poses and expressions in a fun, creative setting. Bring your materials or use ours—all skill levels welcome. Link for tickets: https://bit.ly/4dKbmmz
Celebrate Pride:
Drag & Draw
Thursday, June 11, 6-8 p.m.
Cost: Members: $35, Non-Members: $45

We're unveiling a new commission by Philadelphia's Roberto Lugo at Michener Art Museum next week! "Permanence: We Were H...
05/27/2026

We're unveiling a new commission by Philadelphia's Roberto Lugo at Michener Art Museum next week! "Permanence: We Were Here" is a site-specific work made possible through support from Pennsylvania state Sen. Steve Santarsiero. It's a monumental ceramic vessel that tells the story of our site history as the Bucks County Jail.

See this new artwork in person starting Friday, June 5! Read more from The Philadelphia Inquirer here: https://www.inquirer.com/arts/michener-art-museum-prison-history-roberto-lugo-20260207.html.
Photo by Christian Gianelli for Michener Art Museum.

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Doylestown, PA
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