Area of Focus

Arts, Culture, & Recreation

Welcoming events and spaces invite inspiration, creative growth, and connection.

Area of Focus

Arts, Culture, & Recreation

Welcoming events and spaces invite inspiration, creative growth, and connection.

Philadelphians shop, dine, eat, and play in and around Penn’s vibrant campus. Three museums, dozens of performance venues, one radio station, and a 200+ acre campus/arboretum/outdoor sculpture garden welcome visitors, while local artists, writers, and performers find audiences here.

Penn Live Arts

Engaging the greater Philadelphia community in transformative artistic experiences, Penn Live Arts connects diverse audiences with visionary artists and innovative ideas.

Penn Museum

Home to over a million extraordinary artifacts and archaeological finds from Africa, Asia, the Americas, and the Mediterranean, the Penn Museum uncovers our shared humanity.

Shop Penn

Independent retailers offer a curated collection of high-quality options at every price point.

Penn Libraries

Penn Libraries is a hub for cultural activity, with free public events, engaging exhibits, and archives that preserve Philadelphia’s rich history. 

ARTS, CULTURE, AND RECREATION in, of, and for Philadelphia

500,000+

People engaged through public programming every year.

2,000+

Events across museums, arts venues, and cultural centers each year.

78,000

K–12 students served annually.

50+

Years of bringing innovative artistic programming and world premiere performances to Philadelphia.

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