Allentown Art Museum

Allentown, PA · 55 minutes from Reading · Free

allentownartmuseum.org|Day trips from Berks County

Plan the day

Drive55 minutes from Reading, 35 miles42 minutes from Boyertown · 41 minutes from Hamburg · 1 hour 15 minutes from Morgantown

Where31 North Fifth Street, Allentown, PA 18101, Allentown, PAOpen in maps →

OpenThursday through Sunday, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., with Third Thursdays open until 8 p.m.; closed Monday through Wednesday.Thursday to Sunday 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.; every Third Thursday 11 a.m. to 8 p.m.

AdmissionFree for all; the museum credits free admission to a legacy gift from the Century Fund (posted October 2026).

Good forbig kids, teens, adults, couples, a group of friends, older adults

The Allentown Art Museum is a free art museum in Allentown, PA. Its galleries hold Italian, Dutch, Flemish and German paintings from the 1300s to 1700s, American art from the 1700s to the present, and a 1915 Frank Lloyd Wright library.

Admission is free for everyone, and parking in the lot next door is free too. The Kress Gallery holds Italian, Dutch, Flemish and German paintings and sculpture from the 1300s to 1700s, and the museum houses Frank Lloyd Wright's 1915 library from the Francis W. Little House, relocated from Minnesota. Landscape memorial windows by Tiffany Studios are on view, and the second floor changes with temporary exhibitions.

Before you go

Park free in the museum lot at Fifth and Linden streets. Large bags, backpacks and umbrellas go in lockers by the front desk. Photos without flash are fine in the permanent collection galleries. Food and drink stay outside the galleries. Manual wheelchairs are available at the front desk.

Coming up

Rashaad Newsome: Vogue, which opened August 27, 2026, is on view through February 15, 2027.

Official site →

Checked October 8, 2026 on the official site. Hours, prices and seasons change, so confirm there before a long drive. Allentown Art Museum also has a listing on BerksConnect.

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