January 12, 2023
Show us your grooviest looks! As part of our upcoming exhibition Fashion as Experiment: The ’60s, we want to see what our community was wearing back in the day. We’re looking for photos from the 1960s or early 1970s that show you (or a family member) in a favorite outfit. Submitted photos may be […]
December 27, 2022
Sensory Saturdays is a new Museum initiative designed to offer early access to the galleries for visitors with sensory needs. Museum educator Margie Makowski worked closely with school and family education manager Nicole Mangold to develop the program, which is offered on the second Saturday of every month from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. and […]
November 23, 2022
Every year museum stores worldwide invite you to shop their curated gift collections on Museum Store Sunday. We are extending the celebration for the entire weekend–just in time for holiday giving! Save 20% in the Museum Store on Black Friday, Small Business Saturday, and Museum Store Sunday. Members save 25%. Find unique and affordable locally […]
November 9, 2022
On Third Thursday evenings, the Art Museum invites gamers of all ages and experience levels into the galleries to enjoy a free evening of fun and community during Game Night. Classic board games like Scrabble and checkers and new ones like Catan are available for anyone to play, in addition to action-packed Dungeons & Dragons […]
November 4, 2022
Allentown, PA—Board members and staff of the Allentown Art Museum gathered in the New American Galleries on Thursday, November 3, to hear the announcement from Sen. Pat Browne (R-16th District) that the Museum, which began offering free admission to all visitors beginning on August 27, would be receiving a second round of funding from the […]
September 8, 2022
The Allentown Art Museum is offering the following internships for the fall of 2022: School and Family Programs Intern This individual will help design, develop, and implement fall and spring family programs including drop-in artmaking classes, leading ArtVentures activities, and more. A key project will be assisting in the development of the next season of […]
August 30, 2022
The Museum’s upstairs Art Ways Interactive Family Gallery has always been a safe and engaging place for parents and children to explore design concepts and the visual arts together, most popularly during staff-guided ArtVentures creative time on Free Sundays. Now, with the start of Free Admission for All, Forever, Art Ways and the adjacent Crayola […]
August 5, 2022
The Allentown Art Museum is pleased to announce that thanks to a generous legacy gift from the Century Fund and lead support from Lehigh Valley Health Network and City Center Allentown and J.B. and Kathleen Reilly, the Museum is instituting Free Admission for All, Forever, beginning Saturday, August 27, 2022. “Becoming an admission-free Museum is […]
June 28, 2022
While many artists rely on their eyes and hands to guide them in the creation of an artwork, Lehigh Valley–based sculptor Scott Sherk depends on his ears. Sherk uses sound as a medium to bring into focus the world around him, and now visitors to the Allentown Art Museum can experience that world too, and […]
May 17, 2022
The Allentown Art Museum’s upstairs Art Ways Interactive Family Gallery has always been a safe and engaging place where children can explore art making, creativity, design concepts, and critical-looking and -thinking skills. Studies show that these formative experiences with art can expand a child’s world and grow her and his confidence and abilities. As we welcomed […]