Discover the Barnes & Henri Rousseau

Exclusive Flower Show Offers!

We’re celebrating the 196th PHS Philadelphia Flower Show with special botanical- and Henri Rousseau–themed offerings throughout March and a discount for 2025 Flower Show attendees!

Flower Show attendees save $5
Show your Flower Show ticket at our box office (20th Street between the Parkway and Callowhill Street) and enjoy $5 off general admission (regular price $30) and daily public tours (regular price $39–$49). Limit 4 tickets per transaction.

Plus, show your Flower Show ticket for a special treat at the Garden Restaurant or Reflections Café.

What makes the Barnes so special?
The Barnes houses one of the world’s greatest collections of impressionist, post-impressionist, and early modern paintings. Highlights include deep holdings of Renoir, Cézanne, Matisse, and Picasso—and so much more—including the largest collection of works by Henri Rousseau anywhere in the world!

Read on for all of our floral- and Rousseau-themed offerings.

Spotlight Tour: Henri Rousseau and His Fabulous Foliage

1pm daily, throughout March

Immerse yourself in the lush, plant-filled world of Henri Rousseau on this unique guided tour. This tour complements the Rousseau-themed installation at the Flower Show (on view March 1–9 at the Pennsylvania Convention Center).

Visit the Flower Show, then explore the world’s largest collection of Rousseau’s works—only at the Barnes. You’ll save $5 on tour admission with your Flower Show ticket (limit 4 per transaction; show your Flower Show ticket at the box office or call 215.278.7000).

Shop Our Rousseau Collection

Bring the magic of Rousseau’s dreamlike worlds into your daily life! Our Rousseau offerings at the Barnes Shop feature vibrant jungle-themed accessories, whimsical home decor, colorful stationery, and more. Perfect for art lovers, nature enthusiasts, and anyone who craves a touch of creativity.

Or bring Rousseau’s lush worlds to your walls with exclusive art prints from the Barnes print shop and transform any space into a gallery of imagination and wonder.

Dine with Us—and Enjoy a Special Treat

Show your Flower Show ticket for a special treat at our restaurant or café.

The Garden Restaurant offers lunch, brunch, or cocktails by Philadelphia’s renowned Constellation Culinary Group. Open Thursday–Monday, 11am – 3pm (last seating at 2:30pm). Reservations strongly encouraged—book on Resy.

Reflections Café offers seasonal salads, sandwiches, desserts, wine, and craft beer. Open Thursday–Monday, 11am – 4pm.

Go Deeper

Take a class: We’re offering two courses on gardens, flowers, and art this spring.

At Bloom in the Barnes: The Painted Garden
Wednesday, March 5, 10am – 4pm
Explore the Barnes galleries and take part in a botanical art-making session.

The Garden in Impressionism and Post-Impressionism
Mondays, April 28–May 19, 2 – 4pm
Learn how 19th-century French garden design—especially the approach to texture and color theory—influenced the impressionists.

Barnes Focus: Free Mobile Tour
Use your smartphone to explore paintings about the natural world by Rousseau, Matisse, Renoir, Cézanne, Soutine, Monet, and many others. Access the tour in your mobile browser while you’re at the Barnes.

Coming this fall: A landmark Rousseau exhibition featuring important works from around the world. Don’t miss it!