Exhibitions & Events

 Loretto

Southern Alleghenies

Museum of Art

The Loretto facility at Saint Francis University serves as headquarters to the complex of four Museum facilities and is a repository for the permanent collection of works of American art. Exhibitions are developed from national collections, as well as from the Museum's permanent collection.

 

Current Exhibitions

Cents & Sensibility: Benjamin Franklin and Popular Culture

 

April 18, 2008 through

July 20, 2008

 

Read more about this exhibition in our Press Release section.

 

For additional information on Benjamin Franklin, including biographies, lesson plans and timelines, check out the following links:

TeachingFranklin.org

PBS.org

BenFranklin300.org

SmithsonianEducation.org

 

 

Safety pin box, Judson Pin Company, c. 1920

In the Balcony Gallery

 

From Charles Burchfield to Peter Adams: Watercolors and Pastels from the Permanent Collection

 

March 21, 2008 through September 14, 2008

 

Rick Olson (American, b. 1948)
Monument Valley, 1994
Pastel on paper, 32" x 48"
Margery Wolf-Kuhn Art Acquisition Fund Purchase

Collection of the Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art

 

 

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

 

Upcoming Events
  • Ben Franklin Day - June 28, 2008 (Family Fun program from 1 to 4 p.m., featuring exhibition tours, art projects and science experiments. At 7 p.m., join exhibition co-curator Roy E. Goodman for a lecture on Franklin and the Cents & Sensibility exhibition.)

  • GALA - July 12, 2008

 
Future Exhibitions
  • A Celebration of the Wolf Family Donations to the Permanent Collection - August 1, 2008

  • Colleen Browning: Retrospective - September 17, 2008

  • Biennial 2008 - November 7, 2008

Museum Information

Saint Francis University Mall
P.O. Box 9
Loretto, PA 15940
Phone (814) 472-3920
Fax (814) 472-4131

 

Hours:

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

 

Directions:

From the West - From Rte. 22 E. exit at second Ebensburg Exit. Turn right at first light. Continue 6 miles to the main entrance of Saint Francis University. The Museum is located along the pedestrian walkway next to Raymond Hall.

From the East - From Rte 22 W. exit at the Cresson Summit Exit. Turn right at stop sign. Continue through light past McDonald’s. Bear right and follow road 3 miles into Loretto. At the monument turn left. Enter Saint Francis University by turning left. The Museum is located along the pedestrian walkway next to Raymond Hall.

 

Parking available in front of Amici Hall (next to Torvian).

 

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The Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art at Loretto is:

100 miles from Pittsburgh
30 miles from Johnstown
20 miles from Altoona

 

Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art
Saint Francis University Mall

P.O. Box 9,

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

sama-art.org