The Philadelphia Museum of Art announced Friday that it has received one of the largest gifts in its history: $20 million from Comcast cofounder Julian A. Brodsky and his wife, Lois G. Brodsky. The gift will support the creation of a new education center named for the donors, vastly expanding on the museum’s existing education spaces.

The current education space clocks in at under 6,000 square feet; the new Brodsky Center will more than triple that area. The museum currently has just 16 education staffers, including both full- and part-time workers, and it plans to expand that cohort, which now serves about 36,000 students a year.

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