Women of Influence
Phillips after 5
Come learn about the important women in Phillips Collection history and celebrate the museum’s 95th birthday!
Event Details
Come learn about the important women in Phillips Collection history and celebrate the museum’s 95th birthday!
Music
Listen to the all-female Yvonne Johnson Trio
Refreshments
Sip on DC mixologist Chantal Tseng’s specialty cocktail “The Marjorie” (named for Duncan Phillips’s wife and museum co-founder)
Women of Influence
Learn about the history of the museum through an augmented reality experience, and enjoy gallery talks about important women in Phillips history: Marjorie Phillips, Elmira Bier (Duncan Phillips’s executive assistant), and Minnie Byers (Phillips Treasurer)
Birthday Station
Create a birthday card using images of artworks from the Phillips’s collection or get crafty and design your own. Pick up some Phillips 95th anniversary swap while supplies last!
Gallery talks
Short talks about works in the permanent collection