Medieval Festival

Sunday, February 5, 2012 (Snow date February 12)

1:00 pm to 5:00 pm

Admission: $8 Adults, $6 Seniors/Students with I.D., Members and children 4 and under Free. $20.00 family cap (up to 4 individuals in one household. Half price for additional guests).

Travel back to a time when illuminated manuscripts and stained glass windows were made to kindle heavenly inspiration. Watch as stained glass windows are painted by hand and as manuscripts are illuminated by hand. Enjoy music played on period instruments, join a group on the pilgrimage route to Santiago de Compostela, and try your hand at making your own “medieval” art. Explore the galleries on your own, take our cell phone audio tour, and then rejuvenate at our Castle Café. Come in medieval costume and get a prize!

Read more and view photos from past Medieval Festivals.

Stained Glass Tour and Demonstration: Understanding Medieval Stained Glass

Saturday, February 4, 2012

1:00 to 4:00 pm

Admission: $35/person. Space is limited, reservations required. Contact Doreen Carey at 267-502-2981 or doreen.carey@glencairnmuseum.org to book your spot today!

Over a thousand years ago three guilds of craftsmen worked collaboratively to create the sacred art of stained glass. This 3 hour tour will focus on the roles of the artisans that made windows for the medieval cathedrals and include a demonstration of historic techniques. Participants will be treated to a rare behind the scenes look at the extraordinary collection of medieval stained glass at Glencairn Museum, the nation’s finest collection in a private museum.

About the Instructor: J. Kenneth Leap has been painting on glass for 25 years. He currently holds a position as the Education Chair of the American Glass Guild. He is the Stained Glass Artist in Residence at Glencairn Museum. He is an associate artist at the Wheaton Arts & Cultural Center in Millville, NJ where he maintains a studio and offers additional classes. For more information please visit www.jkennethleap.com.

Glencairn Christmas Sing

Tuesday, December 13th, 2011

8:00 pm (Doors open at 7:30)

Admission: Donations welcome. Free for Bryn Athyn College/Academy of the New Church students. Seating Capacity: 300

It’s been 74 years since Raymond and Mildred Pitcairn opened the doors of their nine-story home for a “Christmas Sing” for family, friends and neighbors. Pitcairn told those gathered that he and his wife were delighted that the first use of their new home was for an event associated with the “peace and happiness of Christmas time.”

Join us as the tradition continues when the Museum, which now occupies the Pitcairns’ castle-like home, hosts the “Glencairn Sing,” a Christmas concert open to the public. The program will feature soloists, audience caroling, readings from the Christmas story, the Academy of the New Church Choral and Hand Bell Choirs and the “Glencairn Horns” composed of current or former members of the Philadelphia Orchestra. The Horns will play a series of Christmas melodies and chorales, music that was collected and arranged in the 1920s by Anton Horner, former principal horn with the Philadelphia Orchestra.

Ten Thousand Villages Festival Sale

Sunday, December 4th through Saturday, December 10th, 2011

Sunday, December 4th 1:00 to 5:00 pm | Monday-Saturday Noon to 4:30 pm

Glencairn Museum is hosting an International Gift Festival to support artisans around the world. Shop at Glencairn to discover an exquisite collection of handmade gifts and help skilled artisans in some 38 countries receive a fair price for their products. Featured items include hand loomed textiles, pottery, jewelry, baskets, musical instruments, cards, toys and a variety of nativities. Glencairn Museum has hosted the sale for the last five years, showcasing handcrafted items marketed by Ten Thousand Villages, a nonprofit fair trade organization based in Akron, PA.

Glad Tidings: A Celebration of Christmas

Sunday, December 4, 2011

1:00 pm to 5:00 pm

Admission: $8 Adults, $6 Seniors/Students with I.D., Members and children 4 and under Free. $20.00 family cap (up to 4 individuals in one household. Half price for additional guests).

Visit Glencairn for our annual Christmas program showcasing our annual exhibition, “Follow the Star: World Nativities.” See how Christians around the world have adapted the Nativity scene to represent their own national, regional and local cultures. Enjoy holiday refreshments at the Castle Cafe, live Christmas music, a family activity and a Christmas Quest of Nativity art in Glencairn. Finish up your visit by getting some of your holiday shopping done at our Ten Thousand Villages sale and Glencairn's gift shop!

Read the press release for the event here.