Changing Exhibits
Current Changing Exhibits
A Good 5-Cent Cigar: Cigar Making in the Upper Perkiomen Valley
Dolloff Local History Gallery
July 25, 2024–March 29, 2026
These days we usually associate cigar manufacturing with sunnier and more exotic locations than the Upper Perkiomen Valley. One hundred and twenty years ago, however, the industry was booming here and employed hundreds of men and women in several factories throughout boroughs. Cigar making was so prevalent in this region that it was called the “cigarmakers’ belt.”
This exhibit will trace the development of the industry here, the labor force, and the good and bad of the people who owned the factories. Do you have any information to share? Contact Candace Perry at candace@schwenkfelder.org or 215-679-3103.
The Quilts of Evelyn Moosher
Putera Meeting Room
August 1–December 15, 2025
The late Evelyn Moosher was a talented quilter who created a legacy of beautiful work for her family and friends. We are very pleased to host a selection of her quilts on loan from her family. You won’t want to miss this exhibit of color, skill, and great creativity!
Lehigh Art Alliance’s Sculpture Exhibit
Fraktur Gallery
August 24–October 10, 2025
Celebrating the Alliance’s 90th year, the Heritage Center is helping them celebrate by hosting their sculptors for a late summer show. Five sculptors, including Jonas Arguello-Delgado, Milan J. Kralik Jr., Justin Long, John Mathews, and John Rodgers Jr. will be participating.
Changing Exhibit Spaces
Fraktur Gallery on Ground Floor
Often showcasing our large Schwenkfelder fraktur collection, this gallery also is used for other small exhibits. During the Penn Dry Goods Market, the Fraktur Gallery is often home to special textile exhibits.
Art Gallery on First Floor
The Art Gallery is home to smaller exhibits of local artists and a variety of short-term exhibits featuring the permanent collection. Occasionally the Art Gallery also serves as overflow space for exhibits in the adjacent Dolloff Local History Gallery.
Dolloff Local History Gallery on the First Floor
The Dolloff Local History Gallery is specifically dedicated to exhibits with a non-Schwenkfelder focus. In the past, exhibits on community history, both broadly, such as on local and regional historic architecture and Native American presence, and more specifically, including historical overviews of our local municipalities and organizations, have been held in the gallery.
Putera Meeting Room on the First Floor
The walls of the Putera Meeting Room are often lined with artwork by local artists, both as individual and group shows. When not being used as an art space, quilts are often exhibited in this room, and it also has hosted student art exhibits from our local schools.
Artists who are interested in exhibiting in the Putera Meeting Room or the Art Gallery should contact Candace Perry, Curator of Collections, at 215-679-3103 or candace@schwenkfelder.org for more details.