open daily · free admission

One painting a day.

Each morning the museum hangs a new work: a scene from history, painted for the date it happened, with the true story behind it. A minute of reading. No feed.

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hanging todayThe Last Day of PompeiiAncient Rome · 24 August, AD 79The Last Day of Pompeii

the wall

From the Nile to the machine age: 150 works at opening, and a new one every morning.

every morning

A new painting goes up at dawn, with the story of the moment it holds. Miss a day and it waits in the archive.

ten eras

The collection runs from ancient Egypt to the machine age. Follow one era room by room, or wander.

the studio

The house works, woken: snow that falls, waves that finally break. Bring your own painting and the studio wakes it too.

Aivazovsky, 1850The Ninth Wave

the studio

The studio wakes paintings.

A few seconds of motion, painted from the still: Aivazovsky's wave finally breaks, Valckenborch's snow keeps falling. Bring any painting and the studio wakes it for $1.99.

Visit the studio

The whole museum lives in the app

The web shows the newest rooms. The app keeps every wing: the full archive, narration on each scene, the era tracks, and the studio. Free to enter; membership keeps every door open.

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