Amanda H. Hellman, director of the Vanderbilt University Museum of Art in Nashville, Tennessee, since 2022, has been named director of the Palmer Museum of Art at Penn State, effective Jan. 2, 2026.
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In June, the Palmer Museum of Art at Penn State debuted a new building designed by Allied Works and landscape architect Reed Hilderbrand, who previously designed Denver鈥檚 Clyfford Still Museum.
The Palmer Museum of Art at Penn State will nearly double its footprint, offer improved accessibility and debut a host of amenities when its new 73,000-square-foot building opens to the public on June 1, 2024.
The new building for the Palmer Museum of Art at Penn State, which is currently under construction, will feature a site-specific art installation by internationally acclaimed artist Dale Chihuly.
In early 2023, the Palmer Museum of Art at Penn State will begin a phased transition as it prepares to move from its existing building into its new facility currently under construction at the Arboretum.
Three exhibitions on view this fall and winter at the Palmer Museum of Art commemorate the Museum鈥檚 50 years by exhibiting key works from the collection and renderings of its new building, set to open at the Penn State Arboretum in early 2024.
In ongoing celebration of its 50th anniversary, the Palmer Museum of Art at Penn State recently opened three exhibitions that bring home its connection to faculty, staff, and the collection as it reflects on its history during its jubilee year.
As the Palmer Museum of Art at Penn State celebrates its 50th anniversary, the Palmer looks ahead to a bright future in a new building at the Arboretum.
A captivating new exhibition premiering at the Palmer Museum of Art at Penn State this month considers how some of the most provocative midcentury artists made the leap from figuration to abstraction.