From July 2 through August 2, the Philadelphia Museum of Art is including all special exhibitions in the cost of general admission. One PMA All Access Admission $30 ticket covers everything on offer — Van Gogh’s Sunflowers, the closing Rocky show, A Nation of Artists, and Workshop of the World, which opens July 12. The PMA all access admission window runs five weeks and covers four exhibitions with no upcharge.

What the PMA All Access Admission Window Includes

The draw is the Van Gogh. Sunflowers: A Symphony in Blue and Yellow brings together two of Van Gogh’s Sunflowers paintings in the same room — one from the National Gallery in London, one from the PMA’s own collection. The Sunflowers series comprises only a handful of paintings held at institutions across the world; they rarely travel, and seeing two together is the kind of thing that doesn’t come around frequently. This is the exhibition to build the trip around.

Rising Up: Rocky and the Making of Monuments closes August 2 — its final month, and the PMA all access admission window makes it easy to add to any visit. The show uses the Rocky statue as a lens into how monuments are made and what they mean, raising broader questions about popular culture and public art that are worth an hour of anyone’s time before the exhibition closes. Opening July 12, Workshop of the World: Arts and Crafts in Philadelphia explores the city’s contributions to the Arts and Crafts movement after the 1876 Centennial Exposition — Philadelphia’s design history, directly, with objects in the room.

A Nation of Artists rounds out the window with a three-collection exhibition drawing from the PMA, the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, and the Middleton Family Collection. The PMA-PAFA dialogue is worth the specific mention: PAFA is America’s first and oldest art museum, and its collection in conversation with the PMA’s is a pairing that deserves the room it’s been given.

Admission, Practical Details, and Pay What You Wish

General admission is $30 at philamuseum.org. Children 18 and under are always free. The PMA all access admission offer runs July 2 through August 2. Separately, the museum continues Pay What You Wish on Friday evenings through September 4 (5–8:45pm) and on the first Sunday of every month. Senior, student, and youth discounts are available year-round.

The museum steps in summer are one of Philadelphia’s reliable pleasures. The fact that this summer brings Van Gogh’s Sunflowers together with three other exhibitions under a single $30 ticket — with this PMA all access admission window running through August 2 — makes the climb worthwhile for more reasons than the view from the top. The Rocky statue will be there when you come back down.

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