Tom Rosenberg, Cellist
Monday, February 24, 7:30 pm (doors open at 7pm)
FREE ADMISSION
Glencairn Museum is pleased to partner with Bryn Athyn
College to highlight opportunities
for our community to support Dr. Sherri Cooper and to raise awareness
for many others among us who face difficult battles with cancer. The concert
will be performed by Sherri‘s long-time friend and internationally acclaimed
cellist Tom Rosenberg, and Philadelphia-area pianist Elise Auerbach. Spread the
word and bring your friends!
Medieval Festival 2014
Sunday, February 9, 2014 (Snow date February 16)
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1:00 TO 5:00 PM
Admission: $8 Adults, $6 Seniors/Students with I.D., Members and children 4 and under Free. $20.00 family rate (up to 4 individuals in one household. Half price for additional guests).
Epiphany Celebration 2014
Sunday, January 5, 2014
12:00 TO 4:30 PM
Admission: First Floor FREE. Guided tours: $8 Adults, $6
Seniors/Students with I.D., members and children 4 and under Free, $20.00
family rate (up to 4 individuals in one household. Half price for additional
guests). Trips to the Tower: $5/person, $10 for 3 people.
Mark the date traditionally celebrated as the day the Wise
Men visited the Holy Family. View the Follow the Star: World Nativities exhibition
one final time until next year, take the "Christmas in the Castle"
guided tour, hear live holiday music, participate in an activity, and enjoy
light refreshments.
Tuesday, December 17, 2013
8:00 PM (DOORS OPEN AT 7:15)
Admission: $10 general admission, FREE for Museum members. Reserved seating for Gold members only (reservations required by Monday, December 16. Contact Joralyn Echols at 267-502-2987 or joralyn.echols@glencairnmuseum.org to reserve your seats).
Seating capacity: 225.
Join us as the Museum continues a Raymond and Mildred Pitcairn family tradition and hosts the “Glencairn Sing,” a Christmas concert open to the public. The program will feature the “Glencairn Horns,” composed of current and former members of the Philadelphia Orchestra Orchestra (David Bilger on trumpet, Blair Bollinger on bass trombone, Eric Carlson on trombone, and Randy Gardner and Daniel Williams on horn). The Glencairn Horns will play a series of Christmas melodies and chorales that was collected and arranged in the 1920s by Anton Horner, former principal horn with the Philadelphia Orchestra. Other performers include graduate of the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia pianist Jungeun Kim, the Academy of the New Church Choral and many more. Readings from the Christmas story and audience caroling will be interspersed throughout the musical offerings.
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Opening this Friday: Follow the Star:
World Nativities exhibition Friday, November 29 through
Sunday, January 5, 2014.
Daily 12:00 to 4:30 PM. CLOSED December 16, 17, 24,
Glencairn Museum’s fifth annual exhibition of Nativities from
around the world includes dozens of sets on loan from the renowned Mepkin Abbey
collection in South Carolina; the unveiling of an elaborate traditional
Presepio, handmade by professional artists Karen Loccisano and R. Michael Palan;
and a large rotating German Christmas pyramid by Christian Ulbricht. This year
we will exhibit 34 sets from 15 countries.
Artistic settings for the Nativities have been created by Bryn Athyn artisan
Kathleen Glenn Pitcairn.
Glass Painted Panels using Historic Techniques: 2
Session Workshop with J. Kenneth Leap
Saturdays November 9 and 16, 2013
12:00 TO 4:30 PM
Admission: $225/person. Reservations required. Space
is limited. Contact Doreen Carey at 267.502.2981
This class will introduce traditional techniques of
glass painting used by stained glass artisans in the Medieval and Renaissance
periods. Participants will be given a choice of patterns and produce a small
panel during the workshop. Students will learn to mix and apply glass-based
pigments. Proper brush techniques will be covered in detail. All materials
provided. No experience necessary. read more...
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The Way of the Cross:
Sculptures by Thorsten SigstedtSaturday, September 21 through Saturday, November 16, 2013 |
Weekdays with tour or by appointment
Saturdays 1:00 –4:30pm
Thorsten Sigstedt (1884-1963) was a Swedish woodcarver with a studio on Rose Lane in Bryn Athyn.
This beautiful exhibition brings together
two of Sigstedt's original Stations of the Cross sculptures,
on loan from St. Timothy's Episcopal Church
in Roxborough, with twelve of his cast stone versions
in Glencairn's collection.
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Elizabeth Pitcairn
Saturday, November 16, 2013
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