It’s Museum Store Sunday at the Philly Barnes Foundation. That’s this Sunday, December 1. Guess who is having her first trunk show there? Bestie, Cynthia, handbag and accessory designer of 2ChicDesigns.
For the third year in a row, the Barnes Shop will celebrate Museum Store Sunday, an international event offering visitors inspired experiences and shopping opportunities just in time for the holidays.
Museum Store Sunday at the Barnes includes:
♦ 20% off regularly priced-merchandise
♦ Trunk show with Philadelphia handbag designer Cynthia Lawson of 2ChicDesigns
♦ Check out items inspired by the current exhibition, 30 Americans
♦ Plus, enter to win a grand giveaway basket worth over $1,000, including items from local museum stores.
The Barnes Foundation Shop
2025 Benjamin Franklin Parkway
Philadelphia, PA 19130
Sunday, December 1, 2019
Lower Level
Time: 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM
You don’t need an admission ticket to visit the Barnes Shop.
Parking
On-site parking is accessible from Pennsylvania Avenue between 20th and 21st Streets $12.00 for up to 4 hours. GPS purposes use the following address: 2020 Pennsylvania Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19130. There is $20 valet parking available on 20th Street between the Parkway and Pennsylvania Avenue. Or use the free Best Parking app to locate a space.
If you can’t attend on Sunday, December 1, you can celebrate Museum Store Sunday too! Use code MSS2019 at checkout for 20% off your entire order on 12/01/2019.
Who and what is the Barnes Foundation?
Dr. Barnes (January 2, 1872 – July 24, 1951) was an American chemist, businessman, art collector, writer, educator, and founder of the Barnes Foundation. It all started with Albert C. Barnes, who believed that art had the power to improve minds and transform lives.
Barnes amassed his fortune by his co-discovery of Argyrol. Argyrol is the source of his extraordinary art collection. Argyrol, an antiseptic silver compound used to combat gonorrhea and inflammation of the eye, ear, nose, and throat. Although Argyrol is little used today, the product dominated the antimicrobial market for almost the whole first half of the 20th century.
Sales of Argyrol in 1904 were worth $100,000; by 1907, annual sales reached $250,000, producing a profit of $186,188. Barnes was a millionaire in 1907 at the age of 35. By 1910 his successful company no longer absorbed all his energies, Barnes decided to develop his early interest in art.
Barnes accumulated an extensive collection of art, mainly French Impressionist works, which today form the holding of the Barnes Foundation, an educational institution established by his will. Today, the foundation owns more than 4,000 objects, including over 900 paintings, estimated worth about $25 billion.
Well now, back to Cynthia’s 2ChicDesigns first trunk show at the Barnes Foundation this Sunday. I hope your schedule permits time to support my sister girl friend’s current collection — the perfect occasion to kick-start your holiday shopping. Every purchase supports the Barnes Foundations’s mission in art education.
It’s Museum Store Sunday at the Barnes Foundation; Meet 2ChicDesigner, Cynthia! I hope to see you there!
As always, thanks for reading. Have a fabulous week.
