Articles

Angelic Artworks

[Your Name Here] — Wed, 08 Feb 2006 21:11:00 +0000

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)

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

[Your Name Here] — Wed, 01 Feb 2006 21:32:00 +0000

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,

Pitcairn home a treasure trove of art

[Your Name Here] — Sun, 14 Dec 2003 21:25:00 +0000

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.

'A little castle' for his medieval artworks

[Your Name Here] — Sun, 07 Dec 2003 21:28:00 +0000

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.