Woodmere Art Museum Frances. M. Maguire Hall for Art and Education

With a rapidly expanding collection and some limitations on available gallery Woodmere Art Museum purchased the former Saint Michael’s Hall from the Sisters of Saint Joseph in October 2021, renaming the historic building Maguire Hall after a generous gift from The Maguire Foundation. The expansion will enable Woodmere to exhibit great masterpieces that generally remain inaccessible and in storage, including many important works by Violet Oakley and the Red Rose Girls.

Renovation plans include turning the spacious parlors and bedrooms of the 19th -century mansion into galleries for the Museum’s permanent collection of works by Philadelphia’s artists, as well as a hands-on children’s art and education center, a café, and public programming spaces.

Rendering courtesy of Matthew Baird Architects