Philadelphia Museum of Art Receives US$20 Million for a New Learning Centre
The Philadelphia Museum of Art, in Pennsylvania, has received a US$20 million gift from Lois G. and Julian A. Brodsky. The Art Newspaper reported the donation on 23 October 2026.
The money will pay for a new space called the Lois G. and Julian A. Brodsky Learning and Engagement Center. It will sit in the museum's north wing and cover around 19,000 square feet, which is about 1,770 square metres.
The centre will include multi-purpose spaces, rooms built to serve more than one use, such as talks, workshops and group visits. It will also have art studios, where visitors can make their own work.
Julian A. Brodsky is a co-founder of Comcast Corporation, the American cable and media company. He joined the museum's board of trustees in 1995, the group that oversees the institution. In 2024 he became a trustee emeritus, an honorary title given to former trustees.
Education is a large part of the museum's daily work. It welcomes around 36,000 students each year, and visitors aged 18 and under get in free. Its collection holds about 245,000 works of art, from paintings and sculpture to furniture and textiles.
The Brodsky Center is the first major building project since the museum finished a US$233 million renovation and expansion in 2021. That earlier project reshaped how visitors move through the building.
The architecture firm MGA Partners will design the new centre. Its design is due to be unveiled next year, which will show how the north wing will be laid out for students, families and artists.
