![]() ![]() There will be a seismagragh reading above his grave where he will be rolling it, after the high society jerks move his entire collection to downtown Philly in 2011. Now, you need reservations & it's 15 bucks & a parking lot was built, & you canÄrive up to the building & there seems no limit on the printing of paintings & there's a Barnes Catalogue out there,and.it is just, everything that Dr Barnes DIDN'T want. When I would go there and pay my $1-I would roam around the mansion AND the incredible grounds for hrs and hrs and feel like I owned the joint.heh. In any was still a hidden gem because it was on the Main Line, asnd not in Philly. But to thumb it's nose at that law-they only charged a dollar and had very limited hrs, open to the public. ![]() In the 60's, the pinch of money started to affect the Foundation and in order to receive funding from the state, the Barnes, grudgingly had No picturees were allowed to be taken or printed.so the incredible collection was, virtually a mystery to many. The Foundation was closed to the public, except for the students that came to feel what Dr Barnes was envisioning in his collection. The $1 entrance fee, was a story, in itself. The neighborhood and walk a block or so to the gated and guarded entrance and walk up the driveway to the mansion. I was going to the Barnes back in the day, (the 70's and 80's), when they wereĬharging $1 to view this incredible exhibit. 1stly-let me tell you I'm a Barnes-a-holic. ![]()
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