 Woodmere provides art classes for adults and children and conducts a variety of special events and exhibitions including gallery talks, field trips, lectures, concerts and an annual juried exhibition.The museum was opened in 1940, founded by Charles Knox Smith (1845–1916), an oil and mining businessman, in his will.Smith was born in the Kensington neighborhood of Philadelphia and began his career as a grocer's boy and as an oil wagon driver.