March 20, 2025
The third annual Allentown Film Festival kicks off on Thursday, April 10, 2025. Join us at the Museum on Saturday, April 12 at 12:30 p.m. with not one but two screenings. The first series of shorts explores that timeless question “What Is Art?” The second block includes short films in Spanish, many with English subtitles. Festival founders […]
March 10, 2025
We are always looking for ways to become more accessible for all. Our latest initiative, introduced by the Museum’s manager of Museum accessibility, Margie Makowski, includes bringing translations to the hard of hearing community. CART stands for Communication Access Realtime Translation, a form of live captioning that provides real-time transcription of spoken words during lecture-based events, […]
March 7, 2025
At the Allentown Art Museum, 2025 is the Year of Tiffany! We have a full schedule of programs planned from spring through fall related to the unveiling of our two massive stained-glass Tiffany windows and a special summer exhibition of Tiffany lamps that will complement the windows. Please join us for one or all of […]
February 28, 2025
As part of the closing-weekend activities for a community exhibition at the Allentown Art Museum, a former Allentown elementary school student returned to the Lehigh Valley to be reunited with artwork he created more than three decades ago as part of a nationwide school art program by Crayola. James Nangeroni was a third-grade student at […]
February 19, 2025
Calling artists of all abilities! If you’re aged 15 to 25 and interested in learning how to turn your passion into a profession, then Art U might be for you. Artrepreneur University (ArtU) is an ongoing series of free workshops designed to help young artists create a sustainable career in the visual arts. The ArtU […]
February 12, 2025
The Museum’s tall case clock, made by Dutch clockmaker Anthonie van Oostrum around 1750, is being cleaned and repaired by horologist Lili von Baeyer. Over time, dust and debris adhere to the oil that keeps the clock parts moving freely. Regular maintenance and cleaning are required to keep the 275-year-old clock functioning. Von Baeyer has […]
February 4, 2025
The Allentown Art Museum is partnering with Lehigh University Art Galleries (LUAG) on its Access Culture Initiative, hosting one in a series of workshops for artists, arts professionals, and the interested public to help them effectively engage audiences with disabilities. The sessions will take place on Monday, April 7 at LUAG. “When the idea to collaborate […]
February 3, 2025
The Museum will host a Dynamic Conversation titled “’Fearless Enthusiasms’: The Life and Art of the Remarkable Milly Johnstone” on Saturday, March 22, 2025, starting at 1 p.m. The program will begin with a presentation about Mildred “Milly” Johnstone (1900-1988), a pioneering fiber artist and wife of Bethlehem Steel director William H. Johnstone. Milly was […]
December 19, 2024
After eight years of planning and fundraising, the Allentown Art Museum is proud to announce that two magnificent landscape memorial windows by Tiffany Studios are now part of the permanent collection! The acquisitions process involved presentations to the Museum’s Collections Committee and Board of Trustees by vice president of curatorial affairs, Elaine Mehalakes, who spoke […]
December 16, 2024
If you’ve walked or driven by the Museum lately, you must have noticed the colorful vinyls that now enliven our façade with images of key works from our collection. The images and swatches of our signature colors—cyan (blue), yellow, and magenta (red), as seen in our logo—were installed on December 4, 2025, by a team […]