8:00 am –  8:00 pm

$80 Non-Members, $65 Members. Meals not included.

Space is limited. Registration has been extended through Thursday, September 19. Call 267-502-2990 to register.

Explore Museum of the Bible on your own after first experiencing Washington Revelations, a 6-minute virtual, immersive experience. Fly past the Lincoln Memorial, through the U.S. Capitol, and over the Washington Monument as you discover biblical imagery and verses all around Washington, D.C. Guests experience dynamic sound and movement, feeling as if they are really flying.

The 430,000-square-foot Museum of the Bible is located just three blocks from the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. Museum of the Bible aims to be among the most technologically advanced and engaging museums in the world. Spanning 3,500 years of history, the museum offers visitors an immersive and personalized experience with the Bible, and its ongoing impact on the world around us.

THIS TRIP HAS SOLD OUT. We are maintaining a waiting list.

Saturday, March 23, 2019

$50 per person (members); $65 per person (non-members).
Advance ticket sales begin Wednesday, January 23.
Deadline for reservations is Thursday, March 21 at 5pm.
Continental breakfast and box lunch included.

Join us for an exploration of the barn star region of Northern Berks County, an area with the highest concentration of decorated barns in Pennsylvania. With a special emphasis on the hills and dales of Albany Township and the surrounding communities, participants will discover a wide variety of traditional barn stars, also known as hex signs, and explore the folklore of this diverse and colorful artistic tradition. This bus tour will be led by Patrick J. Donmoyer, guest curator of Glencairn’s featured exhibition, Hex Signs: Sacred and Celestial Symbolism in Pennsylvania Dutch Barn Stars.

Joining us on the trip will be Eric Claypoole, the region’s foremost barn star painter. Eric will share his knowledge and expertise as a second-generation painter throughout Southeastern Pennsylvania, and especially in Kempton, Berks County. With just under 100 barns painted throughout his career, Eric’s first-hand accounts and down-to-earth stories will shed light on the tradition from a creative perspective.

$60 per person (lunch not included)

Tickets available beginning August 30. Reservations required by November 2. Register by calling 267.502.2990 or emailing info@glencairnmuseum.org.

Reservations recommended, beginning January 1, 2018.

Get a behind-the-scenes look at Glencairn’s state-of-the-art archives, and “the cages” storage area. Visit with staff about on-going storage and preservation work; see Glencairn construction plasters and museum collections not currently on public display.

$65 per person (meals not included). Registration open beginning Friday, September 1. Registration required by 5:00 pm on Friday, September 29. Register by calling 267.502.2990 or emailing info@glencairnmuseum.org.

Begin the day with a guided tour at the Washington National Cathedral featuring stained glass related to Glencairn’s collection, including windows by Lawrence Saint. Then explore the “Religion in Early America” exhibition at the National Museum of American History, or other Smithsonian museums on your own.

Free admission. Reservations recommended: 267.502.2990 or info@glencairnmuseum.org.

Join other Glencairn Museum Members to explore religion and healing practices of three seemingly very different cultures: Pennsylvania Dutch, Ancient Egyptian, and Medieval Christian. Patrick Donmoyer, curator of the Powwowing in Pennsylvania: Healing Rituals of the Dutch Country exhibition, will give an introduction to the exhibition and will offer comments and insights into healing practices of the Pennsylvania Dutch. Visit the Egyptian gallery with Museum Educator Diane vanZyverden for an exploration of how Ancient Egyptians incorporated amulets and statuettes in their healing rituals thousands of years ago. Museum Educator Leah Smith will invite you to see, smell, touch, and taste a variety of herbs used by Medieval Christians to cure and prevent illnesses. Make your own herbal pouch to take home.

Coffee, tea, and light refreshments will be available throughout the morning. A casual lunch in the tower for four people will be raffled off as a door prize (must be present to win).

To see the Jerusalem 1000–1400: Every People Under Heaven exhibition.

$65 per person. Reservations required by Friday, November 4. Call 267.502.2990.

To view Primordial Landscapes: Iceland Revealed, with Feo Pitcairn
$50 per person. Reservations required by Friday, March 25. Contact Peter Childs at 267.502.2970 or peter.childs@glencairnmuseum.org.

Free admission. Reservations recommended: 267.502.2970 or peter.childs@glencairnmuseum.org

Free admission. First floor drop-ins welcome. RSVP required for guided tours. Each tour is approximately 45 minutes long. Tour reservations required by Thursday, March 19. Call 267.502.2993 or email leah.smith@glencairnmuseum.org to reserve your spot.

The guided tour will allow you to get up close with Glencairn’s stunning marble statue of Minerva-Victoria, to see for yourself the evidence supporting newly discovered answers to her ancient mysteries. The guided tour will also include rarely-seen Egyptian beads and amulets pulled from the Museum vaults. After the tour chat with the experts: Dr. Wendy Closterman, who has researched and written about the Minerva-Victoria statue, and Ed Gyllenhaal, Glencairn’s curator and Egyptologist. Enjoy the Molas exhibition, refreshments and family-friendly activities throughout the morning.

To learn about the membership program or to become a member click here.

Free Admission.

Tour reservations required by Thursday, March 13. Contact Leah Smith at 267.502.2993 or leah.smith@glencairnmuseum.org.

Join us for a continental breakfast and activities! Drop in any time to enjoy some refreshments and to experience hands-on projects that will include colorizing black and white photos from Glencairn Museum's current exhibition, Behind the Lens: Raymond Pitcairn and Photography. While you're here, experience a special preview of our new tour for families, “Time Travelers: A Family Backpack Tour.” A museum—like a time machine—is where the present meets the past. Travel with us to ancient Egypt, ancient Greece, medieval Europe, and early Bryn Athyn. You never know what you might need when you travel through time, so grab a backpack with supplies and follow us!

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Free Admission. Reservations required by Thursday, March 14. Contact Doreen Carey at 267.502.2981 or doreen.carey@glencairnmuseum.org to book your spot today!

$75/person, lunch not included. Reservations required by September 28. For reservations and full itinerary contact Doreen Carey, 267.502.2981 or doreen.carey@glencairnmuseum.org.

Begin the day at The Cloisters museum and gardens with a guided tour given by Dr. Leslie Bussis Tait, featuring pieces connected to Glencairn’s collection. Eat lunch at the Met and take a self-guided tour of the Museum. We suggest visiting your favorite masterworks as well as the recently reopened Islamic galleries. Other staff picks include Bernini: Sculpting in Clay, Fabergé Imperial Easter eggs, and the American galleries. The day ends with a guided tour of Central Park. Learn how its designers, Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux, struggled to make their vision our reality. Olmstead’s later firm, Olmstead, Olmstead and Eliot, would go on to design the gardens at Cairnwood Estate in the 1890s.

Follow these links for more information on the included venues:
The Cloisters
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Central Park

Brief presentation at 8:00 pm

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.

In partnership with Cairnwood Estate

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

RSVP by February 2nd to Doreen Carey at doreen.carey@glencairnmuseum.org or 267.205.2981.

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?

$30. Reservations required. Call 267.502.2981 or email doreen.carey@glencairnmuseum.org to reserve your spot by Friday, May 28.

Museum members are invited to join us for a rare opportunity to view a 16th century tapestry from the Museum’s collection that was designed by the renowned Italian artist, Raphael. Learn about one of Glencairn’s hidden treasures and view some of the other tapestries in the collection with Dr. Jonathan Kline, expert on Renaissance art. Enjoy a wine reception with catered hors d’oeuvres. Members, watch the mail for your invitation!

Image: detail, Christ's Charge to Peter, design by Raphael, wool and silk tapestry, Flanders, 1550-1575. © Glencairn Museum, Bryn Athyn, Pennsylvania.

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

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. 

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

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