Samek Art Museum

Samek Art Museum We are located on Bucknell University campus, with a satellite location in downtown Lewisburg, PA. Free Admission at both locations.

Open Tuesday – Sunday, 12 – 5 pm. The Samek Art Museum is a program of Bucknell University that creates meaningful encounters among artists, students, scholars, the public and works of art. These encounters occur in the Samek Gallery, the Downtown Gallery, the Museum Collection Study Room, and across campus in pop-up exhibitions and permanent art installations. Presenting visual fine art in critic

al contexts consistent with Bucknell's high academic standards, the Museum challenges students and extends the intellectual life of campus in an informal lifelong learning environment. The Museum is an academic art lab where experimental art, innovative curatorial practices, and co-curricular programming generate new ways to engage and inspire audiences.

📌 Labor Day Update! The Bucknell Campus location of the Samek Art Museum will be open under limited hours for Labor Day ...
09/04/2026

📌 Labor Day Update!

The Bucknell Campus location of the Samek Art Museum will be open under limited hours for Labor Day weekend. We'll be open on Saturday, September 5 from 10:00am-5:00pm and Sunday, September 6 from 12:00-5:00pm.

The downtown location will be closed over Labor Day weekend on Saturday, September 5 and Sunday, September 6.

We'll resume normal hours of operation on Wednesday, September 9. See you then!

🔍 Thank you to everyone who joined us for our inaugural Samek Spotlights program this week! We had such a wonderful time...
09/04/2026

🔍 Thank you to everyone who joined us for our inaugural Samek Spotlights program this week! We had such a wonderful time hosting folks for some close looking and exciting discussion around the use of materials and the process of abstraction.

Couldn't make it this week? Be sure to join us for our next program in October! Join us on Thursday, October 1, 5:30-6:30, for "Art, Data, and the Mathematics of Seeing" at the Samek Art Museum, Elaine Langone Center, located on the top floor!

Free to the public, but space is limited. Registration is required - visit the link in our bio or access our website for more information!

Coming up this September 📣Samek Art Museum has exciting exhibitions and events for both our campus and community audienc...
09/01/2026

Coming up this September 📣

Samek Art Museum has exciting exhibitions and events for both our campus and community audiences. All exhibitions are free and open to the public - we hope to see you this month at the Samek!

🕓Hours | Wednesday - Friday, 12:00-5:00 p.m. | Saturday & Sunday, 10:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. | Closed Mondays & Tuesdays
📌 Samek Art Museum Campus, Elaine Langone Center, Top Floor, 701 Moore Avenue, Lewisburg, PA
📌 Samek Art Museum Downtown, 416 Market Street, Lewisburg, PA

Have you ever looked at an artwork and thought, “How did they make that?” or “I could have made that!” If so, the inaugu...
08/31/2026

Have you ever looked at an artwork and thought, “How did they make that?” or “I could have made that!” If so, the inaugural Samek Spotlights session on September 3rd may be of interest to you!

Attendees will get up close and personal with works of art in the collection (many of which have not been on view in years!). Through discussion and slow looking, they will discover how colorful abstract artworks in the collection were made, and along the way find the clues that artists leave behind that reveal the “how” and “what” behind the art.

Interested? Space is limited, so please register on our website.

This program is open to students, staff, faculty, and the greater community! It will be held September 3rd 5:30–6:30 pm in the Samek Art Museum on the top floor of the ELC on the campus of Bucknell University.

📣 Join us on Thursday, September 10! Guest Curator and Bucknell Alum Sarah Battle will present "One Way to Paint a Legac...
08/27/2026

📣 Join us on Thursday, September 10! Guest Curator and Bucknell Alum Sarah Battle will present "One Way to Paint a Legacy: Curating an Exhibition on Kenneth V. Young."

Battle will walk us through her seven year journey researching this historically overlooked artist, emphasizing the importance of archival research and oral histories on her curatorial practice. Join us following the talk for the opening reception of Cosmic Harmonies: Kenneth V. Young at 7 p.m. The reception will be held at the Samek Art Museum in the Elaine Langone Center, top floor.

📌 Thursday, September 10 | 6:00-7:00 p.m. | 301 Gallery Theatre, Elaine Langone Center, top floor.

📸 Image of Kenneth V. Young in his studio, Courtesy of the artist's daughter, Leslie Young.

🌌Cosmic Harmonies: Kenneth V. Young is now open at the Samek Art Museum!🚀Kenneth Young once described his interests as "...
08/26/2026

🌌Cosmic Harmonies: Kenneth V. Young is now open at the Samek Art Museum!🚀

Kenneth Young once described his interests as "outer space, inner space, and the development of what occurs - force, magnetism, and that kind of thing."

We invite you to explore the relationship between outer space and inner space throughout this exhibition. Join us on a journey through Young's unique vision of cosmic harmony.

Come experience the exhibition for yourself on the top floor of the Elaine Langone Center. Cosmic Harmonies: Kenneth V. Young is on view through December 6.

Opening August 26 in the Study Gallery at the Samek Art Museum: "Printing Black America: Du Bois’s Data Portraits in the...
08/24/2026

Opening August 26 in the Study Gallery at the Samek Art Museum: "Printing Black America: Du Bois’s Data Portraits in the 21st Century, Portfolio 1: First Impressions."

Selected through the Trevisani Student Art Acquisition Project, this portfolio of five prints by artist William Villalongo and urbanist Shraddha Ramani reimagines W.E.B. Du Bois’s groundbreaking data visualizations created for the 1900 Paris Exposition. The artists connect Du Bois’s pioneering work to contemporary questions of race, representation, history, and social inquiry.

The Trevisani Student Art Acquisition Project gives Bucknell students a unique opportunity to actively shape the Samek’s collection. Working collaboratively with artists, galleries, curators, and museum staff, students research artworks, engage in dialogue around their significance, and ultimately help determine what enters the museum’s collection.

Through this student-led process, the Trevisani Project fosters meaningful connections between art, research, and contemporary culture—while giving students a direct role in shaping the future of the Samek’s collection.

📸 Artwork © William Villalongo, Shraddha Ramani, and Graphicstudio USF. Photographs by Argenis Apolinario.

Opening Soon at the Samek Art Museum!Cosmic Harmonies: Kenneth V. Young will be on view August 26–December 6 at the Same...
08/20/2026

Opening Soon at the Samek Art Museum!

Cosmic Harmonies: Kenneth V. Young will be on view August 26–December 6 at the Samek Art Museum, located on the top floor of the Elaine Langone Center.

Known for his bright orbs of color, Washington Color School artist Kenneth V. Young (1933–2017) experimented with a variety of painting techniques throughout his career. Cosmic Harmonies focuses on three major styles that shaped Young’s work during the 1960s and 1970s, exploring how his interest in the philosophical concept of cosmic harmony influenced his varied approaches to abstraction.

✨ Visit the Samek this fall to discover Young’s vibrant explorations of color, form, and cosmic harmony.

🎨 Installation is underway for our upcoming exhibition, “Cosmic Harmonies: Kenneth V. Young”! We’re so excited to bring ...
08/11/2026

🎨 Installation is underway for our upcoming exhibition, “Cosmic Harmonies: Kenneth V. Young”! We’re so excited to bring this exhibition - and a few others - to campus this fall.

Stay tuned in the coming weeks for more details on upcoming exhibitions, events, and all the ways you can experience the arts on campus!

“Cosmic Harmonies: Kenneth V. Young” opens to the public on Wednesday, August 26, at our campus gallery in the Elaine Langone Center. We can’t wait to welcome you! 🎨

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416 Market Street
Lewisburg, PA
17837

Opening Hours

Wednesday 12pm - 5pm
Thursday 12pm - 5pm
Friday 12pm - 5pm
Saturday 10am - 5pm
Sunday 10am - 5pm

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+15705773792

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