April 29, 2024
Dear friends of the Allentown Art Museum: On April 13, 1934, artist and educator Walter Emerson Baum gathered with other civic minded leaders at the Americus Hotel to found the Allentown Art Museum. On that historic day ninety years ago, Baum established the Museum with the aim of preserving and protecting our artistic and cultural […]
April 23, 2024
¡Vea nuestras nuevas exposiciones a partir del 1 de junio! Amapolas escarlatas y mariposas ultramarinas: El lenguaje del color En su libro Nomenclatura de los colores de Werner (1814), el pintor escocés Patrick Syme buscó crear una referencia para su uso en las artes y las ciencias. Con muestras de colores adheridas, resultó práctico y […]
April 23, 2024
Are you CreACTive? More than three hundred sponsors, donors, and guests attending our 2024 Gala Dinner & Auction on Saturday, April 13, were among the first to consider the question. Following the toast to this year’s Gala honorees, Jamie Musselman and Jim Edwards, longtime Museum supporter, Board member, and advertising executive Jamie Musselman explained the origin […]
April 11, 2024
On the Third Thursday of each month the Museum stays open late, until 8 p.m., so visitors can stop in after work or school or drop in before or after a night out on the town. Explore the galleries, hang out in our lounge overlooking Arts Park, and make some art! As always, admission is […]
April 11, 2024
LEER EN ESPAÑOL Discover the artistry of nature’s palette as you join in a guided search outdoors for colorful treasures and then transform them into beautiful works of art. Offered in conjunction with the exhibition Scarlet Poppies and Ultramarine Butterflies: The Language of Color, this free summer workshop aims to inspire in you a deeper […]
March 19, 2024
The Allentown Art Museum Auxiliary invites you on a motorcoach trip to the Woodmere Art Museum and Frances M. Maguire Art Museum on Thursday, May 2, 2024. The bus departs the Lehigh Valley Mall at 8:45 a.m. and will return by approximately 5:45 p.m. Tickets cost $115 per person and include: • Round-trip transportation via […]
March 18, 2024
The second annual Allentown Film Festival kicks off on Saturday, April 6, 2024, with not one but two opening-day screenings at the Allentown Art Museum. The first series of shorts, beginning at noon, explores that timeless question “What Is Art?” A second block of short films in Spanish, many with English subtitles, begins at 2 […]
March 12, 2024
Join us on Saturday, March 23, at 1 p.m. for a Dynamic Conversation between Allentown-based artist Angela Fraleigh and AAM associate curator Claire McRee as they discuss the exhibition Angela Fraleigh: Threaded with moonlight, currently on view in Scheller Gallery. Threaded with moonlight draws inspiration from the Museum’s extensive textile collection and the historical connection […]
March 1, 2024
The Museum has several works of art from its collection going out on loan in the coming months that will be part of two exhibitions. Toshiko Takaezu: Worlds Within – Isamu Noguchi Foundation & Garden Museum, Long Island City, NY (March 20–July 28, 2024) – The Cranbrook Art Museum (October 2024–February 2025) – The Museum […]
February 26, 2024
On your next visit to our American galleries you’ll see more than sixty new works on view, including thirty-five objects that are on our walls for the first time, with some of those being recent acquisitions. Here are some highlights among our most recent acquisitions, which are currently on view and support the Museum’s goal […]