September 12, 2025
Donald Bortz took this photograph of his daughter Brenda in the kitchen of their home at 23rd and Tilghman streets in Allentown, Pennsylvania, in 1951. It will be on view at the Allentown Art Museum along with other food-themed photographs in the exhibition Selections from the Photography Collection starting September 12, 2025, and continuing through […]
August 20, 2025
The Allentown Art Museum joined the Da Vinci Science Center in hosting educators and staff of the Arts Academy Elementary Charter School (AAECS) for a professional-development experience on August 19 and 20, 2025. Branded “The Arts of Science,” the initiative is designed to deepen cross-disciplinary learning, spark innovative teaching strategies, and strengthen the educational ecosystem […]
July 23, 2025
John Singer Sargent fans excited by the Sargent & Paris exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York are invited to spend time with an early work by the celebrated artist on view right here at the Allentown Art Museum. Sargent, an American painter who traveled widely and lived most of his life […]
July 10, 2025
The Allentown Art Museum recently received a gift of photographs that pair with two works on view now in the American galleries. These photographs are part of a series called The Real Guerrillas: The Early Years, a project that documents and honors the members of the feminist art activist group the Guerrilla Girls, founded in […]
May 29, 2025
Just in time for summer, the Allentown Art Museum is pleased to offer outdoor lovers a free guide to help them create art from nature. Whether you’re a seasoned hiker or simply exploring a nearby park for an hour, the Museum’s Beginner’s Guide to Foraging will give you tips on how to collect natural materials […]
May 13, 2025
The Allentown Art Museum is one of eighty cultural organizations chosen to receive a grant for community-based visual arts programs that otherwise would be in jeopardy of being cancelled due to financial uncertainties. The AAM’s Art Can program had initially been selected to receive funding through the now suspended NEA Challenge America grant initiative. Art […]
April 29, 2025
What an incredible celebration! We are still feeling the energy generated during the unforgettable opening weekend of our “Summer of Tiffany”—and it’s all thanks to you! From the elegance and excitement of our exclusive Preview on Thursday evening, where members enjoyed a first look at the breathtaking Tiffany windows and Tiffany’s Gardens in Glass exhibition, […]
April 23, 2025
We are elated to announce a plan to relocate to a new, purpose-built building in the heart of downtown Allentown, marking a historic milestone in our mission to expand access to the arts and serve as a cultural anchor for the Lehigh Valley. This transformative project will create a free, world-class cultural destination, and enable […]
March 30, 2025
LEER EN ESPAÑOL “Nature’s Palette” is back for summer 2025! This foraging workshop series is intended to inspire in participants of all ages a deeper connection to art and nature. The program consists of three different projects offered over six sessions. Each workshop will begin with a foraging excursion led by an expert forager and […]
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, […]