The mark consists of four square shapes of equal size arranged to form a larger square shape; each of the smaller squares contains a single letter; the upper left square contains an upper-case letter "P"; the upper right square contains a lower-case letter "a"; the lower left square contains a lower-case letter "f"; the lower-right square contains an upper-case letter "A"; the words "PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY" appear along the left edge of the larger square, with letters running vertically from bottom to top; the words "OF THE FINE ARTS", a square bullet mark, and the number "1805" appear along the top edge of the larger square; the word and the symbol "MUSEUM +" appear along the right portion of the bottom edge of the larger square; the word "SCHOOL" appears on the lower portion of the right edge of the larger square, with letters running vertically from bottom to top.