Members Only Reception: Meet the Exhibition Team for "Sacred Stories: Scripture, Myth and Ritual"

Thursday, February 9, 2012 (Snow Date February 16)

7:30 to 9:30 PM (brief presentation at 8:00)

Admission: $15. Reservations required.

Reservations required by Tuesday, February 7. Contact Doreen Carey at 267-502-2981 or doreen.carey@glencairnmuseum.org to reserve your spot.

Come and experience Glencairn Museum’s latest exhibition featuring pieces on loan and from the museum’s permanent collection. Meet the team responsible for the conception, research and display of the exhibition, while enjoying wine and desserts. Opening remarks by Professor Michael Cothren of Swarthmore College. Dr. Cothren is consultative curator of medieval stained glass at Glencairn.

Members Only Trip: The Philadelphia Museum of Art's exhibition "Rembrandt and the Face of Jesus" and the National Museum of American Jewish History

Wednesday, October 19, 2011

8:30 AM to 4:30 PM

Admission: $65/person. Limited ticket availability. Includes transportation and museum admission. Lunch not included.

Reservations required by Wednesday, October 5, 2011. Contact Doreen Carey at 267-502-2981 or doreen.carey@glencairnmuseum.org to reserve your spot! Ask Doreen about lunch options when you make your reservation.

Enjoy Philadelphia Museum of Art's stunning exhibition, "Rembrandt and the Face of Jesus" with fellow Glencairn members (audio tours included). In the afternoon experience the newly redesigned National Museum of American Jewish History through a self-guided tour.

Members Only Museum Trip

In partnership with Cairnwood Estate

Wednesday, February 9th, 2011

8:30 am - 4:30 pm

$50 per ticket. Limited ticket availability. Includes transportation and museum admissions. Lunch not included.

Museum members: join us and visit the Delaware Art Museum and receive a behind the scenes tour from Curator of Illustration, Mary F. Holahan showcasing the works of Howard Pyle and his students. View the collections and enjoy a light lunch at the Brandywine River Museum.

RSVP by February 2nd to Doreen Carey at 267-502-2981 or doreen.carey@glencairnmuseum.org

Image: Howard Pyle, Garden Behind the Moon, courtesy of Delaware Art Museum.

Members Only | Seeing Red: Lawrence Saint and the Quest for Medieval Striated Ruby Stained Glass

Sunday, November 14, 2010

3:00 to 5:30 pm

Members: watch your mail for registration information. Contact Doreen Carey at doreen.carey@glencairnmuseum.org or 267-502-2981 for more information.

In 1928 Lawrence Saint became the first director of the stained glass department at Washington National Cathedral. In previous years, while designing windows for Bryn Athyn Cathedral, he had witnessed Raymond Pitcairn's attempts to recreate the magnificent colors of the sheet glass of the Middle Ages. For Saint, the Holy Grail of medieval stained glass was the striated ruby, which he had seen recreated in the Bryn Athyn glass factory. Saint ultimately achieved this color himself but his formula and method have been forgotten. Noted stained glass artist J. Kenneth Leap will pick up the trail in this presentation, spinning an engaging mystery that stretches from Bryn Athyn to Huntingdon Valley, the Smithsonian, Corning, and on to Europe, unveiling lost documentation and revealing modern attempts by glassblowers to produce this elusive glass. Can the ruby glass be recreated yet again?

Museum Member Trip to New York City

Saturday, November 7, 2009

8:00 am to 6:00 pm

Cost: $65 (includes transportation, gratuity, entrance fees and audio tour at the Met)

Join other Glencairn Museum members for this visit to the Morgan and the Met. At the Morgan we will see water colors by William Blake, who was influenced by the works of Emanuel Swedenborg. Glencairn owns some works by Blake, including a print of the Canturbury Pilgrilms and the Book of Job. The Met is exhibiting work by Dutch artists, including Vermeer. A focal point of the exhibit is his masterpiece, The Milkmaid. 

Contact Doreen Carey at 267-502-2981 or doreen.carey@glencairnmuseum.org to learn more about our membership program and to book your bus seat!

For more information about the Morgan, visit www.themorgan.org

For more information about the Met, visit www.metmuseum.org