September 15, 2025
On Thursday, September 18, 2025, the Museum will host the Lehigh Valley Artist Meetup as part of our Third Thursday activities. The idea for the Meetup came from artists Brandon Dominguez and Elise Schaffer, who want to foster connections among local artists. Using art making as an ice breaker, the pair hopes to build a […]
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 […]
September 2, 2025
Our Dutch tall case clock has returned from conservation and is on view again in Kress Gallery. This clock was made by Anthonie van Oostrum around 1750, and after nearly three centuries of use our curatorial staff determined it was showing noticeable signs of age. Its musical mechanisms were seizing, and both its moon phase […]
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 23, 2025
Our staff is constantly looking for new ways to keep our audiences excited and engaged—and the recent move of our Renaissance and Baroque art collection to our upstairs galleries while our Kress Gallery was being renovated is a good example. In addition to hanging contemporary artworks alongside classics by masters like Rembrandt and Canaletto, to […]
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 […]
June 27, 2025
A youthful crew from ArtU is putting finishing touches on a mural that will brighten up the new basketball court at Stevens Park in Allentown. The mural will be unveiled as part of the City’s celebration of the renovated park, being held on Saturday, June 28, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Stevens Park is located at […]
June 19, 2025
Quilter? Crafter? Crocheter? Curious? Everyone’s invited to the Allentown Art Museum to enjoy the following free programs and events related to the exhibition Cutting Edge: Inventive Nineteenth-century Quilts from the Collection of Arlan and Pat Christ, opening on Saturday, August 9, 2025. We offer free admission every day we are open. Hours are Thursday-Sunday, 11 […]
June 18, 2025
The AAM is celebrating Pride Month by highlighting works created by LGBTQ+ artists. The creative practices of queer artists reflect personal struggles while representing new perspectives and inclusivity. To celebrate Pride this June, check out the following artworks during your next trip to the AAM! TREXLER GALLERY Keith Haring was an openly gay artist active […]