Billie Jean King: Champion. Activist. Legend.

Billie Jean King: Champion. Activist. Legend.

February 6, 2021 – May 23, 2021 About The Reading Public Museum will host the traveling exhibition Billie Jean King: Champion. Activist. Legend. More than 75 photographs will chronicle her extraordinary life, including her journey toward achieving 39 Grand Slam titles...
Storyland: A Trip Through Childhood Favorites

Storyland: A Trip Through Childhood Favorites

February 13, 2021 – May 16, 2021 About Storyland transforms seven beloved and award-winning picture books – The Tale of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter; The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats; Where’s Spot? by Eric Hill; If You Give a Mouse a Cookie by Laura Numeroff; Chicka...
Courting Style: Women’s Tennis Fashion

Courting Style: Women’s Tennis Fashion

January 28, 2021 – May 25, 2021 About Tennis has been a popular activity for men and women alike since the 1870s, and developed initially as a casual leisure activity that men and women could partake in together at social gatherings. Early tennis fashion developed out...
American Women Artists from the Collection

American Women Artists from the Collection

March 4, 2021 – May 30, 2021 About The Reading Public Museum is pleased to announce a new installation in the American Gallery through May 2021 titled American Women Artists from the Collection. The installation includes nearly thirty works spanning more than 150...
Public Art from the Great Depression

Public Art from the Great Depression

June 19, 2021 – September 6, 2021 About The American Spirit: Public Art from the Great Depression features artwork that was produced under the Public Works of Art Project (PWAP), a New Deal relief program that brought employment to artists during the Great Depression....
Exploring Pennsylvania’s Waterways

Exploring Pennsylvania’s Waterways

June 5, 2021 – September 6, 2021 About In Nature’s Studio: Exploring Pennsylvania’s Waterways features eight paintings on loan from the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Complementing the exhibition, In Nature’s Studio: Two Centuries of American Landscape Painting, that...