Phillip was the chairman of the Philadelphia Museum of Art and Muriel was an honorary member of the board.
They endowed many Jewish charities including Hadassah as well commissioning and funding the "Philip and Muriel Berman sculpture park" in Allentown, Pennsylvania, where they resided.
Phil made his fortune with a trucking empire and later as the owner of the department store chain Hess's headquartered in Allentown.
He graduated from Ursinus College in Collegeville, Pennsylvania, and later founded the eponymous "Berman Art Museum" there with his wife Muriel with a large gift from their own personal collection.
In 1975, she was a delegate to the United Nations International Women's Year Conference held in Mexico City.