Our first floor Gallery, located on the right as you enter the building from 6th Street, features rotating special exhibitions, free and open to the public.
January 24 - March 15, 2025
The Rebirth of America's Forgotten Palace: Lynnewood Hall
Located in Elkins Park, Lynnewood Hall was designed by Horace Trumbauer in 1897 as a home for Peter A.B. Widener and his family. After serving as a residence and later a seminary, the 110,000-square-foot Gilded Age mansion was left vacant and crumbling for over thirty years.
Presented in partnership with The Lynnewood Hall Preservation Foundation, Inc., this exhibition is the first to display fragments from the building, personal items from the Widener family and archival photographs to tell the rich history of Lynnewood Hall and what the future holds for this storied property.
