Great topic @Ravenscry! Another Barnes Foundation fan here who was lucky enough to visit at its original Merion location before it was moved to the Philadelphia Parkway. For those who don’t know, there was a lot of controversy surrounding the move, and there’s even a documentary about it. For many years after Barnes’ death, the collection remained in his actual home in the exact way that he had arranged and displayed it, and he had even willed that it was not to be moved. Ultimately the importance of the collection outgrew its location, and there were financial challenges regarding upkeep of the property, maintenance, preservation and security. So in 2012 it moved to a new home on the Parkway. I do agree with @chicfarmer that the move has overall been a good thing, even though it’s a little sad to see the collection leave its original home. They did a very good job with the new museum.
The Barnes hosted a great exhibition of Native American art in 2022, combining examples from the Barnes collection with loaned contemporary pieces. I went twice 
. The linked thread confirms that @chicfarmer considered herself to be on first name terms with Albert in 2022 as well.