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 […]
May 5, 2022
Work will begin this summer on critical facility updates to the Allentown Art Museum thanks to a grant from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, secured by Senate Appropriations Chairman Pat Browne (R-16 District). The Museum received a $400,000 grant from the Keystone Communities Program to address important building upgrades and infrastructure needs, including a new HVAC […]
May 3, 2022
Beginning on July 18, 2022, the Museum’s colorful and crowd-pleasing Wall Drawing #793A by conceptual artist Sol LeWitt will be deinstalled from Trexler Hall in preparation for the opening of the New American Galleries. LeWitt’s Wall Drawing has been the backdrop to so many memorable Museum events and activities since the fall of 2018. It […]
April 20, 2022
Our Museum has many great volunteers who help us all year long. To honor Volunteer Recognition Day today, we spoke with a few of our volunteers, and introduced these dedicated individuals on our Instagram and Facebook @AtownArtMuseum. Keep reading to hear what they had to share! Georgette AAM: “What drives you to volunteer here at […]
March 25, 2022
The Allentown Art Museum offers year-round internships for both college and graduate students as well as recent graduates who wish to broaden their education and professional experience at the only art museum in the Lehigh Valley. Internships give students a unique opportunity to engage with the special nature of the Museum as an arts and […]