May 8, 2024
Join us at the Art Museum on Saturday, May 18, at 2 p.m. for a free presentation by Lindsy Parrott, executive director and curator at the Neustadt Collection of Tiffany Glass in New York. You’ll learn more about the Tiffany windows the Museum is acquiring and the artistry behind them. RESERVE YOUR SEAT LEARN ABOUT […]
May 7, 2024
Go on a new art adventure every Third Thursday this summer when you sign on for the AAM’s 2024 Arts Crawl series! Learn about art, architecture, murals, and more during easy walking tours of downtown Allentown that end with food and drink. Each month offers a new tour, and for the first time ever, buy […]
May 1, 2024
Join us Saturday, May 4, at noon for a celebration of the coming of spring. “La sinfonía del muro de flores” (“The symphony of the wall of flowers”) is a collaboration between artist Daniel Djuro Goiricelaya, composer Ignacio Valdivia Avendaño, and conductor Nicolas Gomez Amin. Inspired by the blossoms of spring, Djuro’s artworks serve as […]
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 […]