September 5, 2008 View full month
Fallingwater Faces
Location: Fallingwater
Time: 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Learn about the people who first settled in the Bear Run community and how a wealthy Pittsburgh family discovered the area, which was \ perfectly suited for a summer camp and later, a private retreat into nature. Meet the clients, the architect and the craftsmen who created Fallingwater.
Good Design and the Modern Chair
Location: Visitors Center
Time: 10:00 am - 4:00 pm
View chairs from various collection throughout Western Pennsylvania.
Edjar J. Kaufmann, jr passionately believed that good design was an essential part of everyday life. The chair designs exemplify Kaufmann's philosophy of good design: "a thorough merging of form and function and an awareness of human values expressed in relation to industrial production for a democratic society.
Now through October 31, 2008 in the Gallery at the Visitors Center.