Hermann Museum

The John A. Hermann Jr. Memorial Art Museum has been located at 318 Lincoln Avenue since 1976. The museum showcases an enormously diverse collection and continues to house the entire life work of Bellevue artist John A. Hermann, Jr. (1855-1942). There is a broad series of Pittsburgh paintings that evoke warm memories of past events and neighborhoods that are an integral part of our local history. Along with landscape images of Pennsylvania nature, Hermann captured in watercolor every single fountain and statue that once stood in Allegheny Park, now the North Side. Beyond the local images, there are a multitude of European landscapes, domestic seascapes, and portraits. Hermann generously bequeathed over 1,000 beautifully framed paintings to the Bellevue community as well as various bronzes and ivories that he collected during a later period of world travel and exploration. His intent was for people of Bellevue to enjoy his art as much as he enjoyed creating it. John Hermann's prolific collection of oil paintings, sketches and watercolors are a chronicle of earlier times and places. Hermann, the artist, was always growing and exploring his craft up until his death in 1942, and his determination to keep his work and collection of fine art intact surrounds all visitors to the museum. In addition to the collection of John A. Hermann, Jr., the museum exhibits the work of outstanding local artists in its first-floor gallery spaces and also hosts special educational events for all ages.