A visit to Greensburg can open onto a much wider landscape this fall.

The Westmoreland Museum of American Art is presenting two photography exhibitions that invite visitors to consider both the beauty of the land and the ways people change it.

Ansel Adams: Majestic Lands and Victoria Sambunaris: Altered Lands are on view through May 2, 2027.

The pairing gives local families and visitors a reason to slow down, look closely and compare what each photographer places inside the frame.

Two ways of seeing

The Adams exhibition includes more than 40 works, with selections from the Museum Set he chose late in life as among his best photographs.

His landscape photography is linked to a strong concern for the natural world and the importance of place.

The museum presents his work alongside a different view of the American landscape in Sambunaris's photographs.

Her images bring infrastructure such as railroads, highways, mines and power lines into the same visual conversation as the land around them.

She works with a large-format camera and color negative film, researching and revisiting locations before making an exposure.

The result is an opportunity to consider a familiar question from different angles: what do we notice first when we look at a landscape?

For one visitor it may be a mountain or an expanse of sky; for another, the roads and structures that reveal human activity.

Make it a conversation

Families can approach the galleries without turning the visit into a test of art knowledge.

Try choosing one photograph each and explaining what caught your attention.

Then look again for something that escaped the first glance.

Ask how the picture might feel if an element near its edge were removed or if the photographer had stood somewhere else.

These are suggestions for looking, rather than claims about what any individual photograph is intended to mean.

They offer children and adults an easy way to share observations while leaving room for different reactions.

Allow time for both exhibitions so the comparison has a chance to develop.

Tickets and the rest of the museum

One exhibition ticket covers both photography shows, and no advance registration is required for individual visits.

Nonmember admission is $10 for adults and $5 for children ages 4–17; children 3 and younger enter free.

Museum members and EBT cardholders receive free exhibition admission, and active-duty U.S. military members pay $5.

Groups of 10 or more should arrange their visit in advance.

General admission to the museum's other areas remains free, so the photography ticket is a separate decision when planning a visit.

Check the official exhibition information for current admission details before heading out.

The museum is at 221 North Main Street in Greensburg, with free parking available in its on-site lots.

It is closed Mondays and Tuesdays, with regular daytime hours Wednesday through Sunday and seasonal Friday variations.

During the November 3–9 issue week, Wednesday through Sunday offers the relevant visiting window.

The museum and gardens are accessible, and wheelchairs are available on a first-come basis.

Families with particular needs can contact the museum before their visit.

Leave some unhurried time for the galleries.

For a quiet local outing, the appeal is straightforward: two approaches to landscape photography, one place to compare them, and plenty to talk about afterward.

Ansel Adams exhibition and tickets

Victoria Sambunaris exhibition

Museum hours, parking and access