Future sub-themes throughout the exhibition series: Need for Speed (Cars, Motorcycles, Bicycles) From Farm to Market (Horse Drawn Wagons, Carriages) |
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Related Events APRIL 29 – Saturday Family Fun: Exploring Transportation! Parents and elementary age children can enjoy gallery tours, folk songs, games, and crafts associated with the exhibition Heels, Hooves & Wheels: Getting Around the Lehigh Valley. Pre-registration is required by April 19, fee per family is $35. Please call Sarah at 610.435.1074 x 15 for more details or to register. MAY JUNE |
Heels, Hooves and Wheels:
Getting Around the Lehigh Valley
(Lehigh Valley, PA) Heels, Hooves & Wheels: Getting Around the Lehigh Valley will feature aspects of the transportation industry in the Lehigh Valley. See where we have been and think about where we are going through photographic images, maps art and artifacts as they relate to transportation in the Lehigh Valley. Visitors will learn about Native American pathways, horse drawn vehicles, canals, trains, trolleys, automobiles, and bicycles that have been developed and operated in this region for the last 400 years.
As part of a collaborative programming venture with the Allentown Art Museum, The Baum School of Art, Allentown Symphony, Civic Theatre of Allentown, Community Music School and Theatre Outlet to jointly explore the art of Surrealism; the Society will open its 2006 transportation exhibit on February 4 at 10:00 A.M. with A History of Concept Cars. The exhibit will showcase a 1954 Hudson Italia and a 1988 Italdesign Aztec Barchetta in the Heritage Center Atrium Gallery from February 4 through April 15, 2006. During the opening reception, the Society will host a lecture given by Dr. Paul Sable, nationally recognized Concours d'Elegance judge and avid car collector, at 11 A.M. Dr. Sable will share an overview of concept cars, with an in-depth focus on the Hudson Italia, a limited edition concept car introduced in 1954 in the United States and Western Europe.
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