Phillips Museum of Art

Pennsylvania Dutch Country


At this art museum you'll find art and objects d'art sourced from across different eras of American history, plus Soviet recruitment posters and Arabic comics, as well as the thesis work of the talented artists at Franklin & Marshall College. The museum, with its tall glass windows, is inside the Steinman College Center


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