New Exhibitions at Allentown Art Museum

The Museum’s world-class collection ranges from a Rembrandt oil painting—his Portrait of a Young Woman from 1632—to photographs, prints, textiles, and contemporary works such as a Yinka Shonibare sculpture and video art presented in a dedicated screening room. Step into the Library of the Francis Little House, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. Other aspects of the permanent collections focus on America Painting & Sculpture, non-Western art, Textiles and Costume, and more.

Along with permanent collections, the Museum features new and exciting exhibitions, like the arrival of two magnificent Tiffany windows. From April 26 through June 29, you can also see a special exhibition of Tiffany lamps in the same space as the windows, in the Museum’s newly renovated Kress Gallery. In the fall, you can see the special exhibitions of German Expressionist Prints and a wonderful selection of 19th-century quilts in their upstairs galleries. Read more about the exhibit below, along with info about admission (free for all, always!) and parking information to plan your visit today.

The Allentown Art Museum is pleased to showcase its acquisition of two extraordinary stained-glass windows by the renowned Tiffany Studios of New York. The monumental windows, dating from the early 20th century, were designed by Tiffany Studios lead designer Agnes Northrop (1857-1953), who collaborated with Louis Comfort Tiffany in pioneering landscapes as a subject for memorial windows. Many of her memorial designs used rivers as a metaphor for the passage of life, including these, and one of the two windows portrays a scene of waning light that suggests the tranquility of a setting sun.

The windows are examples of Northrop’s signature style and transcendent achievements in early 20th-century American decorative art, created by a female artist at the height of her creative powers.

Tiffany Studios (American, 1902-1932), design attributed to Agnes Northrop (American, 1857-1953), Thompson Memorial Window, 1913 (left), and Derr Memorial Window, 1919 (right), leaded Favrile glass. Allentown Art Museum: purchase, Leigh Schadt and Edwin Schadt Art Museum Trust Fund and with the generous support of more than 220 donors to the Tiffany Windows Campaign 2017-2025. (2024.8.1, 2)

Floral lamps and landscape windows are among Tiffany’s most recognizable and celebrated works. Perpetually in bloom, these gardens in glass are a passionate celebration of nature and a testimony to sophisticated design and exquisite craftsmanship. This dynamic exhibition features ten of Tiffany Studios’ famously lush botanical lamps and windows, along with nine nature-study photographs drawn from the Studios’ own extensive reference collection. These gorgeous works were selected from the Neustadt Collection of Tiffany Glass in Queens, New York.

In the early 20th century, German artists adopted simplified forms and erratic gestures creating a rough, eye-catching aesthetic. This emotive style, Expressionism, became a tool for grappling with existential dread and a fear of global conflict. Some artists turned to dark subjects such as death and terror, while others tried to find light in the chaos through religion, communion with nature, and the joy of simplicity.

This exhibition presents more than thirty quilts from the collection of Arlan and Pat Christ, many of which have never been on public display. Highlights include colorful designs by Pennsylvania German makers, superlative album quilts, and unique details like quilted handprints and curious birds.

Explore over 150 works of American art and their connections to local and global artistic communities through the American galleries. This ongoing exhibition investigates how trade, colonization, and the migration of people and ideas have shaped our nation’s culture. Recent acquisitions, including contemporary art and works by African American, Latinx, Latin American, and Indigenous artists, play a key role in this narrative.

Explore over 150 works of American art and their connections to local and global artistic communities through the American galleries. This ongoing exhibition investigates how trade, colonization, and the migration of people and ideas have shaped our nation’s culture. Recent acquisitions, including contemporary art and works by African American, Latinx, Latin American, and Indigenous artists, play a key role in this narrative.

Summer of Tiffany Exhibition Programming:

• April 26: Exhibit opens
• April 26, 1 p.m.: Curators Talk
• Saturdays and Sundays in May, 11:30 a.m. - 3 p.m.: ArtVentures: Magic Mosaics
• May 3, 1 p.m.: Public docent tours of Tiffany’s Gardens in Glass
• May 3, 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.: Nature's Palette Workshop
• May 10, 1 p.m.: Public docent tours of Tiffany’s Gardens in Glass
• May 17, 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.: Nature's Palette Workshop
• May 18, 1 p.m.: Public docent tours of Tiffany’s Gardens in Glass
• Saturdays and Sundays in June, noon - 3 p.m.: Stained Glass Window Hangings
• June 7, 1 p.m. - 2 p.m.: Arte y Español
• June 7, 1 p.m.: Public docent tours of Tiffany’s Gardens in Glass
• June 7, 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.: Nature's Palette Workshop
• June 14, 1 p.m.: Public docent tours of Tiffany’s Gardens in Glass
• June 21, 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.: Nature's Palette Workshop
• June 21, 1 p.m.: Dynamic Conversation: Lindsy Parrot
• June 22, 1 p.m.: Public docent tours of Tiffany’s Gardens in Glass
• June 29, 1 p.m.: Public docent tours of Tiffany’s Gardens in Glass
• Saturdays and Sundays in July, 11:30 a.m. - 3 p.m.: ArtVentures: Color and Light
• July 5, 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.: Nature's Palette Workshop
• July 18, noon - 3 p.m.: Floral Luminaries
• July 19, 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.: Nature's Palette Workshop
• Saturdays and Sundays in August, 11:30 a.m. - 3 p.m.: ArtVentures: Tissue Paper Lanterns
• August 1, noon - 3 p.m.: Floral Luminaries
• August 15, noon - 3 p.m.: Floral Luminaries
• August 21, 5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.: Third Thursday Art Workshop: Mosaics with Kim Hogan
• August 23, 1 p.m.: Dynamic Conversation: Diane Rousseau

Admission to the Allentown Art Museum and galleries is Free for All, Always, thanks to generous sponsors. Hours are Thursday through Sunday 11 a.m.-4 p.m. and Third Thursdays 11 a.m.-8 p.m. Parking is free in the Museum lot at Fifth and Linden Streets.

Planning on checking out this exhibit? Parking for Allentown Art Museum is free in the Museum lot at Fifth and Linden Streets. You'll also find metered parking on Fifth & Linden Streets, as well as nearby parking decks.