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Our Location

Brandywine Workshop and Archives
730 South Broad Street /
Avenue of the Arts, South
Philadelphia, PA 19146

Brandywine Workshop and Archives’ campus includes the historic landmark Firehouse Building, which houses the Printed Image Gallery presenting changing special exhibitions, our Paper and Media Archive, the Ruth Fine Library, and a gift shop with prints and other artistic items available for purchase. The adjacent Print Shop Building is home to the Glass Lobby Gallery, BWA’s Permanent Collection of prints, a viewing room, and Printmaking Studios. Also located on BWA’s campus is paperTHINKtank, a by-hand papermaking studio owned and operated by artist Nicole Donnelly.

Our Hours

BWA’s Printed Image Gallery* is open to visitors by appointment. Forty-eight hours notice is required for individual visitors and small groups; please provide one week’s notice for groups of four or more.

Appointments may be scheduled during BWA’s hours of operation: 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM, Monday to Friday, except national holidays.

*Access to other parts of the BWA campus—such as our Permanent Collection, Paper and Media Archive, and printmaking studios—is also by appointment. To best meet your needs by ensuring appropriate staffing, we ask for at least two weeks’ notice in scheduling visits to these facilities.

Parking

Our campus does not provide parking.

There is paid hourly street parking available near BWA; look for nearby kiosks
to pay for parking. When parking on the street, please take note of all applicable
signage. The Philadelphia Parking Authority is rigorous in enforcing parking
regulations.

Schedule Your Visit

We look forward to seeing you! Visiting Brandywine Workshop and Archives
is FREE and open to all—only an appointment is required. Please use the form
below to schedule a visit.

Your appointment must be requested at least 48 hours (one week for groups of
four or more) in advance.

Access to other parts of the BWA campus—such as our Permanent Collection, Paper and Media Archive, and printmaking studios—is also by appointment only. To best meet your needs by ensuring appropriate staffing, we ask for at least two weeks’ notice in scheduling visits to these facilities.

What to See at Brandywine Workshop and Archives

Brandywine Workshop and Archives houses the Printed Image Gallery and Glass Lobby Gallery with changing special exhibitions, our Paper and Media Archives, Ruth Fine Library, printmaking studios, and a gift shop with prints and other artistic items available for purchase.

Exhibitions

Changing special exhibitions featuring the work of BWA's current Visiting Artists or thematic selections of prints from the Permanent Collection or on loan are presented in the Printed Image Gallery and the Glass Lobby Gallery. Click here to learn more about current, upcoming, and past exhibitions.

Art Collections, Archives & Library

BWA's Permanent Collection includes some 2,000 works of art—prints, collages, and photographs produced by its Visiting Artists, gifts presented by artists and collectors, and Special Collections of prints from the Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop, Hatch-Billops Collection, and Dominican York Proyecto GRAFICA (all New York City), Self Help Graphics & Art (Los Angeles), Experimental Graphics Workshop (Havana, Cuba), and individual artists. Accompanying the Permanent Collections are the research resources of the Paper and Media Archive and Ruth Fine Library. Click here to learn and see more.

Events

Among BWA's range of in-person and online public programs and events is ArtistsNConversation, a free webinar presented on the third Thursday of the month at 7:00 PM Eastern Time. Each ArtistsNConversation presentation features a guest host in discussion with a BWA Visiting Artist or an artist featured in a current exhibition. Click here to see upcoming events.