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The Hammer Museum first opened as a privately owned museum in 2002, before becoming a non-profit organization in 2004. Since then, the board has regularly raised enough funds to support an internship program for the summer months.
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The Hammer Museum really came to life with the addition of five life-sized mannequins.A gift from the Smithsonian Museum of American History, they were given to the Pahl family for their fledgling museum while touring the Smithsonian. In their previous lives they were colonial timber frame builders. We are really honored to have been able to put th...
In 2004, with encouragement and guidance from the Alaska State Museum, the Hammer Museum became a 501c3 non-profit organization. The main benefit of becoming a non-profit has been the strengthening of ties to the greater museum community. It has enabled the Hammer Museum to gain valuable tools and knowledge to improve the museum and work withing th...
The Hammer Museum participated in the AAM’s Museum Assessment Program (MAP) The MAP assessment required completion of a self-study workbook and a visit from a museum surveyor. The program identified specific tasks that needed to be addressed.
With guidance from the Alaska State Museum, the Hammer Museum began its internship program. It has been a great benefit to both the museum and interns alike. To learn more about the internship program, check out the Support page. Dave Pahl completed and installed the BIG HAMMER in front of the museum in July. The handle of the 19′ 8″ claw hammer is...
The Hammer Museum was one of 48 national museums to be selected to participate in a pilot program to evaluate the AASLH (American Association of State and Local History) new STEPS program. The Standards and Excellence Program for History Organizations is a self-study assessment which identifies areas to strengthen and helps to organize goals and pr...
We were honored to host fellow hammer enthusiast Antanas Kibiickas and his friends and translator Algimantis Grigelis on their visit from Lithuania. Antanas has a radio station and a publishing company as well as Lithuania’s only Hammer Museum! Antanas learned about us from our website and after a few years of corresponding by email he finally made...
Miranda Traudt is hired through the Alaska State Museum internship placement program. Miranda was with us for 10 weeks and split her time between cataloging the 1,000 piece Keathly collection and helping out in the museum.
This year we displayed this astronauts’ hammer. It was on a one-year loan from the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. It is made from a non-sparking alloy and has a velcro-covered grip. There is an eye to fasten a lanyard to keep the hammer from floating off.
What is the HAMMER was the answer to the question. On January 1st ,the New Year came in swinging with TV show Jeopardy’s famous game show host Alex Trebek asking the question.
The family of long-time hammer collector and dedicated tool researcher Jim Mau donated Jim’s incredible collection to the museum. Jim’s research into hammer history included repeated trips to the Patent Office in Washington D.C. and Norwich, New York, home of the former David Maydole Hammer Company. Jim had a special interest in Maydole and the col...
The Hammer Museum, which is affiliated with the University of California, Los Angeles, is an art museum and cultural center known for its artist-centric and progressive array of exhibitions and public programs. Founded in 1990 by the entrepreneur-industrialist Armand Hammer to house his personal art collection, the museum has since expanded its ...
May 22, 2024 · The historic Allegheny County Jail is one of the most iconic non-skyscraper buildings in downtown Pittsburgh, and when you pass by it doesn't take long to understand why that is. The Historic Allegheny County Jail is located at 440 Ross Street in downtown Pittsburgh and is only open Mondays from 11:30am to 1pm.
The History Center and Sports Museum are open daily from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. The museum is closed on New Year’s Day, Easter, Thanksgiving, and Christmas. The History Center, Sports Museum, and Detre Library & Archives are all located at 1212 Smallman Street in the heart of Pittsburgh’s historic Strip District. Admission.
Apr 3, 2024 · Opening Hours: The museum is open Tuesday through Thursday and on the weekends from 11 AM to 6 PM, and on Friday from 11 AM to 8 PM. It is closed on Mondays, July 4, Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year’s Day; Official Site: https://hammer.ucla.edu; Phone Number: (310) 443-7000; Email: For general inquiries, you can contact info@hammer.ucla.edu;
On November 1, 1997, the AWFVA donated all Warhol film and video copyrights to the museum. In 2013, it was announced that in Manhattan, New York City, in the Essex Crossing development on the Lower East Side, an annex to the main Pittsburgh museum was scheduled to open by 2017.
