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In 2010, the museum completed a $15.4 million expansion project designed by Venturi Scott Brown, a Philadelphia-based architecture firm to renovate the museum.The project added 7,900 square feet (730 m 2) of new classroom and gallery space, including a corner cafe, an expanded gift shop, and a new all-glass façade to the museum's Fifth Street side.
Edgar Preston Richardson (1902–1985; attended in the 1920s) painter, art historian, museum director, author, and curator; William Sartain (1843–1924) Orientalist painter [8] Leopold Seyffert (1887–1956) portrait painter [68] Everett Shinn (1876–1953) painter, of the Ashcan school [69] John Sloan (1871–1951) painter, one founder of the ...
Articles and categories related to notable museums in Allentown, Pennsylvania For more information, see Culture of Allentown, Pennsylvania . Pages in category "Museums in Allentown, Pennsylvania"
This list of museums in Pennsylvania encompasses museums defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing.
It was built as a summer home by James Allen, the third son of William Allen, founder of Allentown. Today, it houses the library and museum of the Lehigh County Historical Society. [1] [3] [6] Zollinger-Harned Company Building (1926) Added 1978 - NRHP: #79002288 605-613 W. Hamilton Street
The Lehigh County Historical Society is headquartered in the Lehigh Valley Heritage Museum, a 30,000-square-foot (2,800 m 2) museum facility with four galleries and more than 10,000 square feet (930 m 2) of exhibition space. [1]
Walter Emerson Baum (December 14, 1884 – July 12, 1956) was an American visual artist and educator, active in the Bucks and Lehigh County areas of Pennsylvania.In addition to being a prolific painter, Baum was also responsible for the founding of the Baum School of Art, and the Allentown Art Museum.
Philip Berman (June 28, 1915 - November 26, 1997) [2] acquired the Hess's department stores in 1968. He graduated from Ursinus College in Collegeville, Pennsylvania, and later founded the eponymous "Berman Art Museum" there with his wife Muriel with a large gift from their own personal collection. [2]