Exhibitions & Events

 Altoona

Southern Alleghenies

Museum of Art

The Altoona facility was designed with state-of-the-art exhibition and storage space for quarterly exhibitions

and a rare collection of albumen photographic prints

by William H. Rau, the official photographer for the Pennsylvania Railroad at the turn of the 20th century.

 

 

Current Exhibitions
 

Mary Sheppard Burton:  The Art of Textiles

 

February 8, 2008, through May 25, 2008

 

Read more about this exhibition in our Press Release section.

 

 

Mary Sheppard Burton

Moghul Taj, 1984

Dyed wool on linen, 49" x 54 1/2"

 
  In the Wolf Gallery

Michael Allison

Paper Mask, 1987

Oil on panel, 20" x 19"

 

The Education Collection: Unplugged

 

March 14, 2008 through

June 15, 2008

 

 

Read more about this exhibition in our Press Release section.

  

 

Click here to view the May - August 2008 Events & Exhibitions brochure for all four museum locations.

Upcoming Events
  • Blue Monday - May 12, 2008 @ 6 p.m. (featuring Peter Wolf)

  • Lunch a l'Art - May 22, 2008 @ Noon (featuring a tour and lecture of The Education Collection: Unplugged with Barbara Hollander)

  • Blue Monday - June 9, 2008 @ 6 p.m. (special Street Party featuring bluegrass and Americana music by Tom McCarty & Friends)

  • Blue Monday - July 14, 2008 @ 6 p.m. (Performer TBA)

  • Around Abstract: Summer Art Camp - July 28 through August 8

  • Blue Monday - August 11, 2008 @ 6 p.m. (Performer TBA)

  • Blue Monday - September 8, 2008 @ 6 p.m. (Performer TBA)

 
Future Exhibitions
  • Painting and Sculpture from the Permanent Collection - June 6, 2008

  • Colleagues in Cahoots: Carol Goldberg and Laura Winn Kane - June 20, 2008

  • Artists in Our Midst: Art in Common's Annual Juried Exhibition - August 29. 2008

  • Vintage Photographs of William H. Rau - October 24, 2008

  • Antique Dolls: A Holiday Celebration - November 14, 2008

  • Kamal Yousef - December 12, 2008

Museum Information

1212 11th Avenue

Altoona, PA  16601

Phone: (814) 946-4464

Fax: (814) 946-3131

 

Hours:

Tuesday through Friday: 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Saturdays: 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Closed Mondays and Sundays

 

Directions:
From Rt. 22 take I-99 North to the 17th Street Exit. Travel 1.5 miles to "T". Turn right, travel two lights to 12th Street and turn right. Go one block to 11th Avenue and turn right. Museum is on the right across from the Post Office.

 

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The Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art at Altoona is:

100 miles from Pittsburgh
50 miles from State College
35 miles from Ebensburg

 

Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art
Saint Francis University Mall

P.O. Box 9,

Loretto, Pennsylvania  15940
Phone: (814) 472-3920  

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