{"id":153504,"date":"2026-03-31T18:39:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-31T18:39:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/153504\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T18:39:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T18:39:09","slug":"pay-what-you-wish-friday-nights-return-to-the-philadelphia-museum-of-art-this-spring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/153504\/","title":{"rendered":"Pay-what-you-wish Friday nights return to the Philadelphia Museum of Art this spring"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-end=\"572\" data-start=\"454\">The Philadelphia Museum of Art is bringing back its pay-what-you-wish Friday nights this spring and summer.<\/p>\n<p data-end=\"761\" data-start=\"574\">The program, called \u201cIndependent Fridays,\u201d runs from April 10 through Sept. 4 and allows visitors to pay any amount for admission each week, making the museum more affordable and accessible for a wider range of people, including families.<\/p>\n<p data-end=\"1041\" data-start=\"889\">Friday nights are meant to feel more like a night out, with live DJs, cocktails, light bites and gallery tours, plus extra time to explore the museum after hours.<\/p>\n<p data-end=\"1327\" data-start=\"1043\">The return also lines up with two major exhibitions. \u201cA Nation of Artists,\u201d opening April 12, will be shown at both the museum and the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. Later in April, \u201cRising Up: Rocky and the Making of Monuments\u201d will explore the story behind the Rocky statue.<\/p>\n<p data-end=\"1503\" data-start=\"1329\">After Sept. 4, the museum will return to its standard discounted Friday admission of $15. Pay-what-you-wish admission will still be offered on the first Sunday of each month.<\/p>\n<p>Pay-What-You-Wish Fridays<\/p>\n<p data-end=\"1503\" data-start=\"1329\">Fridays, April 10 through Sept. 4<br \/>Philadelphia Museum of Art<br \/>2600 Benjamin Franklin Parkway<br \/>Philadelphia, PA 19130<\/p>\n<p data-end=\"1503\" data-start=\"1329\">This content was generated by PhillyVoice Media Events, not by the newsroom staff.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Philadelphia Museum of Art is bringing back its pay-what-you-wish Friday nights this spring and summer. The program,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":153505,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[6889,4327,10533,69,71,12634,70],"class_list":["post-153504","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-philadelphia","tag-art","tag-friday","tag-museums","tag-philadelphia","tag-philadelphia-headlines","tag-philadelphia-museum-of-art","tag-philadelphia-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153504","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=153504"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153504\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/153505"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=153504"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=153504"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=153504"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}