Gallery Spaces

The Rothman Gallery, located on the level below the Dana Gallery, features textiles, fraktur, ceramics, metals, and glass from the College's outstanding collection of Pennsylvania folk art. The objects are not only fine examples of the work of early artisans, they also reiterate the bond between Lancaster County and the College.The Rothman Gallery includes a gallery for rotating exhibitions, as well as the folk art gallery.

The Curriculum Gallery, named for the late Sally Mather Gibson, a College Trustee, provides both students and faculty with a flexible space to display, examine, and study art.  The gallery, which includes a classroom space, is conceived as a special location for members of the College and outside communities alike. Past exhibitions have encouraged members of various academic disciplines to display and analyze objects of material culture, including contemporary, historical, and multicultural artwork.  The Curriculum Gallery also displays scholarly and artistic work by faculty and students.   With this space, faculty and students are offerred a rare opportunity to establish "ownership" of a museum gallery.  "In the best tradition of the liberal arts, the Curriculum Gallery offers faculty and students from many disciplines the opportunity to work together," says Professor of Anthropology Misty L. Bastian, co-curator of the gallery's first exhibit.  "In the gallery, we can study and develop our understanding of contemporary, historical and world art."

Richard Kneedler Sculpture Garden

The Sculpture Garden was named and dedicated in recognition of Richard Kneedler's outstanding efforts on behalf of Franklin and Marshall college and was dedicated in his honor by a grateful College on May 7, 2002. During his 35 years as a faculty member, administrator, and president of Franklin & Marshall College, Richard Kneedler '65, P'98 devoted his extraordinary leadership abilities to transform his alma mater in a variety of significant ways.  One of his primary objectives was to enance the fine and performing arts at the College.  As president (1988-2002), he was instrumental in the creation of the arts cluster surrounding Spalding Plaza that includes the Ann and Richard Barshinger Center for Musical Arts in Hensel Hall, the Phillips Museum of Art in the Steinman College Center, and the Roschel Performing Arts Center.  He realized that, by placing the College's arts facilities adjacent to each other, Franklin & Marshall was creating the potential for a growing synergy from the arts community in the decades to come.