Remembering: John Clem Clarke (1937–2021)
July 1, 2021
On Monday, June 28, 2021, the New York Times published an obituary of John Clem Clarke, a Pop artist who drew critical comparisons to Warhol, Lichtenstein, and Rauschenberg.
Remembering: Samuel B. Saxton
June 23, 2021
The staff and Trustees of the Allentown Art Museum are deeply saddened by the passing of Sam Saxton, who had a significant impact on the growth of the Museum’s structure as well as its stature in our community.
Reminiscing in the Galleries: A Visit by Christopher Hirsch
June 1, 2021
The AAM welcomed a special guest back to the galleries recently. Christopher Hirsch, son of the Museum’s first full-time director, Richard T. Hirsch, stopped in to revisit and reminisce about his earliest experiences with art and with the staff of the Museum back in the 1960s.
ROAM the World to These Museums
May 18, 2021
The Allentown Art Museum invites visitors to see your world through works from all over the world that span hundreds of centuries.
Remembering: Ellen Grim Harter
April 12, 2021
The AAM community notes the passing of longtime Museum member and artist Ellen Grim Harter of Bethlehem. Ellen and her husband Michael’s more than three decades of support is part of a legacy that stretches back to her grandfather, Museum founder Walter Baum.
Allentown Art Museum Reopens First Week of January 2021
January 4, 2021
With the announcement by Governor Wolf that special COVID-19 mitigation restrictions put in place on December 12, 2020 will expire on Monday, the Allentown Art Museum confirms that it will reopen to the public on Friday, January 8, 2021.
Remembering: Jerome S. Miranda
December 28, 2020
The Allentown Art Museum has lost a treasured friend with the passing of former guard Jerry Miranda.
Allentown Art Museum to Follow New COVID-19 Restrictions
December 11, 2020
The Allentown Art Museum will be closed to the public from Saturday, December 12, 2020, to Monday, January 4, 2021, following Governor Wolf’s COVID-19 mitigation measures announced on December 10.
An Update from the Allentown Art Museum
November 25, 2020
While the Museum is open to visitors, we have decided to temporarily pause some of our in-person public programming through December 2020 out of an abundance of caution and in the interest of community health.
Art museum professional Weintraub to lead Allentown Art Museum
October 12, 2020
Max Weintraub, an art museum professional with more than 20 years of experience in both curatorial and educational aspects of museum operation, has been named as the Allentown Art Museum’s next President and CEO by the institution’s board of trustees.