What are the opening hours?

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

Samek Art Museum

Name: Samek Art Museum
Address: 416 Market Street, Lewisburg, PA, 17837, US
Telephone: +15705773792
Price range: $

Home
United States
Lewisburg, PA
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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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! 🎨

08/01/2026

📣 Coming up in August!

As we approach the start of our new academic year, there are some great exhibitions on the horizon for the Samek's campus location. Here's your list of what will be on view this month:

🎨 Cosmic Harmonies: Kenneth V. Young | Campus Main Gallery, August 26 - December 6
📊 Printing Black America: Du Bois's Data Portraits in the 21st Century | Campus Study Gallery, August 26 - December 6
🖼️ The Samuel H. Kress Collection | Campus Kress Gallery, August 26 - December 6
✨ Superwoman | Downtown Gallery, June 19 - October 4

Address

416 Market Street
Lewisburg, PA
17837

Opening Hours

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

Telephone

+15705773792

Website

http://museum.bucknell.edu/

Alerts

Be the first to know and let us send you an email when Samek Art Museum posts news and promotions. Your email address will not be used for any other purpose, and you can unsubscribe at any time.

Contact The Museum

Send a message to Samek Art Museum:

Want your museum to be the top-listed Museum in Lewisburg?