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Articles about Glencairn Museum

Wednesday
08Feb2006

Angelic Artworks

By Melissa Yerkov, Editor
In The Spotlight feature | The Trend

[Information from original publication] (images included in article: The Lord with His disciples window from the Chapel, The Woman Clothed with the Sun from the Upper Hall, the King Window original from the Upper Hall, Raymond Pitcairn inspecting a model of Glencairn)

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Wednesday
01Feb2006

“Glencairn Museum, Bryn Athyn, Pennsylvania: History and Mission”

By Ed Gyllenhaal | Curator, Glencairn Museum
Material Religion: The Journal of Objects, Art and Belief 2.1 (2006): 132-136.
On the morning of 9-11 a group of history students from a Christian school in Pennsylvania traveled to Glencairn Museum for a lesson about Islamic thought and culture, including the nature of Allah, the importance of daily ritual prayer, and the role of women in Islamic countries. In the words of one of them, now a young woman in college,

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Sunday
14Dec2003

Pitcairn home a treasure trove of art

By Joann Loviglio of The Associated Press
BRYN ATHYN, Pa. - Known to generations of Philadelphia schoolchildren only as "the castle," Glencairn mansion was the subject of stories more outlandish than the worst low-budget horror flicks.

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Sunday
07Dec2003

'A little castle' for his medieval artworks

By Joseph S. Kennedy | Inquirer Suburban Staff
Glencairn, located in the borough of Bryn Athyn, is a Romanesque structure with a high tower that affords a magnificent view of the surrounding countryside including the skyline of Philadelphia.

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