Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art (SAMA) is a community art museum founded in 1976. SAMA successfully operates the nation’s longest-running museum satellite system with four museum facilities in the southwestern Pennsylvania cities of Altoona, Bedford, Johnstown, and Ligonier. The Museum maintains a permanent collection of more than 7,500 works of local, regional, national and international artists. SAMA’s four museums offer award-winning education programs, special events, and approximately thirty to forty exhibitions annually.