MassMu Celebrates Second Saturday

Friday  |  March 27, 2015  |  14:00 PM

News Release:  MassMu Celebrates Second Saturday

The Massillon Museum will celebrate the community’s Second Saturday by keeping the galleries open until 7:00 p.m. on Saturday, April 11.  From 5:00 to 7:00 that evening, Alex Strader—artist, illustrator, and art educator—will lead a free arts activity for all ages.  Admission to the Massillon Museum is always free.

Visitors can view the Celebration in Art exhibition; the Studio M Paintings by Mary Lou Eberly exhibition; Sean Qualls: Published and Unpublished Illustrations; Paul Brown: The Professional Years; Massillon and the War of the Rebellion: Women and the War; It’s Been Awhile; Politics, Pantaloons, and Protest Marches; an exhibition commemorating the 100th anniversary of the Massillon Area Chamber of Commerce; and Black and Orange Cinema: Film Noir and Massillon, Ohio. The Immel Circus diorama and Oscar the skeleton are always on display.

Anderson’s in the City, the lobby café, will host a drum circle from 5:00 to 6:30 p.m.  Everyone is welcome to participate.  The Museum shop, OHregionalities, will be open, and guests can pose for a fun photostrip in the vintage photobooth.

The Massillon Museum receives operating support from the Ohio Arts Council and ArtsinStark.

The Massillon Museum is located at 121 Lincoln Way East (Ohio Route 172) in downtown Massillon.  Free parking is available on adjacent streets and in nearby city lots.  For more information, call the Museum at 330-833-4061 or visit massillonmuseum.org.

Media Contacts:

Scot Phillips, Massillon Museum Operations Officer  -  330-833-4061

Heather Haden, Massillon Museum Education and Outreach Coordinator  -  330-833-4061

Margy Vogt, Massillon Museum Public Relations Coordinator  -  330-844-1525