Day Trip: Doylestown's Michener Art Museum

James A. Michener Art Museum

Address: 138 S. Pine Street, Doylestown, Pa

Admission: 

• $15 adults
• $13 senior citizens
• $7.50 youth ages 6-18
• Children under 6 free

Hours: 

• 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Friday
• 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday
• Noon to 5 p.m. Sunday

About: 

• The James A. Michener Art Museum is named after the Pulitzer-Prize winning author who lived in Doylestown.
• Massive stone walls and a house that began as the Bucks County prison in 1884 now make up the core of the museum, which is home to a collection of Bucks County visual arts, as well as 19th and 20th century American art.
• The museum features works of Pennsylvania Impressionism created by artists from the New Hope area in the early 1900s.
• A special exhibit of treasures from the Uffizi Gallery in Florence, Italy, is on display until Aug. 12, 2012.