The Philadelphia Museum of Art has received a $20 million gift from Lois G. and Julian A. Brodsky to fund a major expansion of its learning and engagement facilities. The museum announced the gift on October 23, saying it will transform the building's north wing into a new Brodsky Center.

The center will bring together a family learning center, art studios, visitor orientation spaces and a multipurpose hub for community gatherings, consolidating activities that are currently scattered across the museum. The aim is to make learning and participation a more visible and central part of the visitor experience, rather than an add-on to the galleries. Learning and engagement programs at art museums have grown in importance as institutions seek to serve broader audiences, and dedicated spaces for families and community groups are now a common feature of major museum expansions.

The Philadelphia firm MGA Partners is leading schematic design for the project, with a design expected to be ready by summer 2027. The museum has not yet announced a construction timetable or an opening date for the new spaces.

The Brodsky Center will be the museum's first major capital project since the Core Project designed by Frank Gehry, which reopened in May 2021 after a lengthy renovation of the building's interior. That project reshaped circulation and gallery space; the new gift turns attention to the people who use the museum and the programs that welcome them. Museum leaders have described the gift as transformative for its learning mission, a word that reflects the scale of the expansion relative to the museum's existing education facilities.