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Museum Exhibitions
and Partnerships Feature Fallingwater
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Visiting Washington, D.C. soon or live there or nearby? Did you know you can experience the "Frank Lloyd Wright’s Southwestern Pennsylvania" exhibition at the National Building Museum? This collaborative exhibition between Fallingwater and The Westmoreland Museum of American Art features the unbuilt designs Wright imagined for the region. The exhibition draws you in with realistic animated films that will leave you asking, “What if?” Closer to home in our Speyer Gallery, we’re featuring the
unbuilt designs Wright proposed for the Fallingwater estate included in the exhibition. View them the next time you’re on tour.
If you’re taking a Fallingwater interior tour now through July 28, you’ll likely see select works on display throughout the house that represent five generations of the internationally renowned Werkstätte Carl Auböck. In conjunction with the Touchstone Center for Craft’s exhibition “Auböck: The Gallet Collection,” this installation includes eight objects that highlight the beauty, utility and sophistication of works created by the Auböcks. Pictured above, the satellite ashtray (1983, reissued 2022), designed by Carl Auböck IV, is on
display in the Guest House. Located in Vienna, Austria, the Auböck family workshop has been in operation for more than 120 years and is represented in important museum collections around the world.
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Reserve a Seat in the Fallingwater Living Room |
The Kaufmanns hosted many scholars and artists, among other renowned guests, in the Fallingwater living room for discussions that advanced ideas around architecture, art, design and nature.
In our next Fallingwater Fireside chat, hear from Dr. Raymond Richard Neutra, son of architect Richard Neutra, about how modern-day design can enhance human well-being and public health. Join us for engaging conversation and delicious fare at this Aug. 27 special event.
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Delight in a Fallingwater Guided Grounds Tour |
Summer is a lovely season to visit Fallingwater! Learn about the house on a Guided Grounds Tour while your senses take in the lush, green tree canopy, sounds of birds singing and a cool breeze from Bear Run stream.
A Fallingwater educator will guide you on a tour of the grounds, the house’s exterior and some outdoor terraces. And on one of our most popular tours, the Guided Architectural Tour, you’ll experience the interior of the house and full grounds access. Tours book quickly during the summer and fall, so plan ahead and reserve a tour for your family and friends!
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Sign Up: August 15 Webinar on Safer Bird Habitat |
Since 1970, North America has lost three billion birds. The loss of bird life has a significant impact on humans and on Earth’s natural ecosystems. Learn more from Avian Ecologist Nick Liadis in our next webinar, “Between the City and the Forest: Creating Safer Habitats for Birds,” on Aug. 15 at noon ET.
With insights from his cross-disciplinary background in architecture and conservation biology, Nick will offer unique strategies for fostering harmonious relationships between birds and people. Join us to discover how we can create safer habitats for migratory bird populations.
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We’re Grateful to Our Wonderful Volunteers |
Our volunteers are a valuable extension of our staff! They are dedicated, reliable and hard-working community members who perform a variety of services, including helping visitors, doing landscaping or trail maintenance and assisting in the café or museum store, and much more.
We recently honored Louise Sprowls (pictured on the right), a longtime Fallingwater volunteer who contributed more than 250 hours of service last year, with dinner on the Pottery Terrace with her family! Do you want to be the next volunteer honored!?
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Join us for Outdoor Painting Bliss |
Grab your favorite brush and get ready to be colorfully inspired at Fallingwater! Join plein air painter Ron Donoughe on either July 3 or Sept. 25 for our upcoming "Fallingwater en Plein Air" workshops. The breathtaking beauty of Bear Run and the architectural majesty of Fallingwater will inspire you to create amazing artwork in pastels, watercolors and acrylics!
No prior art experience is necessary. Sign up for the one-day, $75 Plein Air Workshop. Participants will be invited to submit one work for a future exhibition at the Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art in Ligonier, Pa.
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Spend Four Amazing Days in the Laurel Highlands Featuring Fallingwater |
Whether you’re looking to bike, hike, fish or have a spa day, nature escape or cultural experience this summer, consider the magnificent Laurel Highlands – the perfect spot for a long weekend. Our partners at the Laurel Highlands Visitors Bureau created a wonderful itinerary that makes it easy to spend four days in the region and enjoy all it has to offer.
Fallingwater is part of the cultural offerings as a “can’t-miss” attraction during the “Architecture in the Mountains” day that includes two other Wright sites in the region.
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Learn More: Preservation in Progress |
Stay up to date on our preservation activities via our preservation blog. Our maintenance crew and contractors spent much of early spring testing waterproofing methods, injecting grout and assessing the effects of rain and moisture on the roofs as well as the terrace walls of the Guest House and Main House East Terrace.
Learn more about water leaks, masonry repairs and weatherproofing techniques used–all in an effort to preserve Fallingwater’s major building systems: stone walls, flat roofs, flagstone terraces, steel window and door frames, and concrete.
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Fallingwater Museum Store:
Fallingwater Essentials, June Limited-time Offer!
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In honor of Frank Lloyd Wright’s birthday (June 8) and to celebrate Fallingwater (yearlong), we are offering our Fallingwater Essentials Package to all online customers. Usually available only to our onsite visitors, we are presenting this package to all Frank Lloyd Wright and Fallingwater fans across the globe!
Specially priced at only $28 through the end of June, the Fallingwater Essentials Package contains some of our best-selling souvenirs – a Fallingwater booklet featuring stunning photos, a magnet, a pen and two postcards.
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Fallingwater is entrusted to and a program of the Western Pennsylvania Conservancy. The Conservancy is a nonprofit, tax-exempt charitable organization under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, and 100% of your donation is tax-deductible as allowed by law. Please review our privacy policy.
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