Birthday Bash and Studio Centennial Celebration: Happy 139th Birthday, Wharton!

Wharton Esherick Museum
Malvern, Pennsylvania
July 11, 2026

Bring your party hats and join us on the hillside to celebrate Wharton Esherick’s 139th birthday and the centennial year of his 1926 Studio. Festivities include a hands-on collage activity with WEM’s artist-in-residence Jennifer Johnson, live music by the Llama Dalis, an open house of the 1926 Studio with docents available in each room, and a chance to see the prizewinning artworks in Breaking Ground: WEM’s 32nd Annual Juried Woodworking Exhibition on view in our Visitor Center. Guests will have the opportunity to enjoy the 1956 Kahn/Tyng Workshop and patio.