Special Tours
Making A Landmark Tour
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Historic Landmark Building
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Advance registration is required.
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Lori Waselchuk
![installation photo of two glass wall sculptures that stand floor to ceiling in the Rotunda in Saya Woolfalk's piece, We Emerge at the Sunset of Your Ideology.](/sites/default/files/styles/event_thumbnail/public/2023-07/Woolfalk_2023_PAFA_Rising_Sun_Installation_Views_Day_1-W-76.jpg?itok=yHslyzhk)
From design competition to opening day, the story of PAFA’s iconic building is a story of industrial innovation, artistic excellence, and civic engagement, all inscribed in the stone and paint of America’s first museum building. And now, the large-scale installations in Rising Sun: Artists in an Uncertain America interact with and respond to the architecture in surprising ways. Join Dennis Robinson and Lori Waselchuk for a behind-the-scenes look at how the building that launched America onto the world art stage come together and remains an inspiration for artists and art-lovers almost 150 years later.
Registration includes the entrance fee to PAFA's Museum.