Massillon Museum presents much more than art and history lessons. MassMu engages visitors in experiences.
In six galleries, exhibitions spanning an array of interests change regularly; the new Paul Brown Museum within MassMu highlights hometown hero, Coach Brown, and his football legacy. New spaces offer artist opportunities and rental venues. The Immel Circus, a 2,620-piece hand-carved miniature circus, surrounded by real circus costumes, posters, and photographs, is a visitor favorite.
A sensory room, where guests of all ages can relax and center themselves, also provides privacy for breastfeeding mothers. Two family restrooms and diaper changing tables in both the men's and women's restrooms add to MassMu's family-friendly atmosphere.
In the Museum shop, OHregionalities, visitors find regionally handcrafted pottery, jewelry, and cards, local history and football books, and children's gifts. The lobby cafe, Anderson's in the City, offers specialty coffees, sweets, and light lunch.
Massillon Museum presents much more than art and history lessons. MassMu engages visitors in experiences.
In six galleries, exhibitions spanning an array of interests change regularly; the new Paul Brown Museum within MassMu highlights hometown hero, Coach Brown, and his football legacy. New spaces offer artist opportunities and rental venues. The Immel Circus, a 2,620-piece hand-carved miniature circus, surrounded by real circus costumes, posters, and photographs, is a visitor favorite.
A sensory room, where guests of all ages can relax and center themselves, also provides privacy for breastfeeding mothers. Two family restrooms and diaper changing tables in both the men's and women's restrooms add to MassMu's family-friendly atmosphere.
In the Museum shop, OHregionalities, visitors find regionally handcrafted pottery, jewelry, and cards, local history and football books, and children's gifts. The lobby cafe, Anderson's in the City, offers specialty coffees, sweets, and light lunch.
What You Should Know...
Open:
Year-Round
Hours:Closed Today. Opens Wed
2:00pm -
5:00pm
9:30am -
5:00pm
9:30am -
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9:30am -
5:00pm
9:30am -
5:00pm
9:30am -
5:00pm
9:30am -
5:00pm
Cost: Free
Payment: Cash, Check, MC, Visa, AMEX, Discover
Access: Wheelchair, Service Animals, Bicycle
Parking: Street, Bicycle
Available: Self-Guided Tour, Guided Tour, Private Tour, Café, Kids Activities, Family Restroom, Changing Station, Wheelchairs, Meeting/Conference Rooms, Wi-fi, Gift Shop
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Insider Info
MassMu is free and open to the public but does accept donations.
Two-hour free parking is available on the street and in nearby city lots.
The photobooth costs $4 and is unable to make change, so be sure to bring some singles.
Fun Facts
The Immel Circus is one of the most interesting "pieces" in the collection of the Massillon Museum. The 100-square foot miniature hand-carved circus is surrounded by rotating displays of circus-related artifacts.
Oscar the skeleton has both scared and delighted visitors since he was donated to the Museum in 1934.
MassMu's collection encompasses over 100,000 objects in 94 categories, including paintings and prints, ceramics, glass, photographs, textiles, costumes, military artifacts, city records, agricultural equipment, Native American objects, quilts, and more.
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Massillon Museum presents much more than art and history lessons. MassMu engages visitors in experiences.
In six galleries, exhibitions spanning an array of interests change regularly; the new Paul Brown Museum within MassMu highlights hometown hero, Coach Brown, and his football legacy. New spaces offer artist opportunities and rental venues. The Immel Circus, a 2,620-piece hand-carved miniature circus, surrounded by real circus costumes, posters, and photographs, is a visitor favorite.
A sensory room, where guests of all ages can relax and center themselves, also provides privacy for breastfeeding mothers. Two family restrooms and diaper changing tables in both the men's and women's restrooms add to MassMu's family-friendly atmosphere.
In the Museum shop, OHregionalities, visitors find regionally handcrafted pottery, jewelry, and cards, local history and football books, and children's gifts. The lobby cafe, Anderson's in the City, offers specialty coffees, sweets, and light lunch.
Gilding Northeast Ohio: Fashion and Fortune 1870–1900
Garments from Northeast Ohio collections and costumes from HBO's The Gilded Age!
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EXTRA FUN
Insider Info
MassMu is free and open to the public but does accept donations.
Two-hour free parking is available on the street and in nearby city lots.
The photobooth costs $4 and is unable to make change, so be sure to bring some singles.
Fun Facts
The Immel Circus is one of the most interesting "pieces" in the collection of the Massillon Museum. The 100-square foot miniature hand-carved circus is surrounded by rotating displays of circus-related artifacts.
Oscar the skeleton has both scared and delighted visitors since he was donated to the Museum in 1934.
MassMu's collection encompasses over 100,000 objects in 94 categories, including paintings and prints, ceramics, glass, photographs, textiles, costumes, military artifacts, city records, agricultural equipment, Native American objects, quilts, and more.
Children ages three through eight are invited to make their own clay masterpieces in the Massillon Museum’s Tots 'n' Pots class on Sunday, September 15!
Registration can be completed via www.MassMu.org/Tickets or by calling 330-833-4061.
Children ages three through eight are invi
Children ages three through eight are invited to make their own clay masterpieces in the Massillon Museum’s Tots 'n' Pots class on Sunday, September 15!
Registration can be completed via www.MassMu.org/Tickets or by calling 330-833-4061.
Join us for a Rhythms concert featuring Don Dixon! The Massillon Museum is proud to welcome Dixon back for his third Rhythms Concert Series performance. Dixon, a North Carolina native and Canton resident, has had a long and wide-ranging career in music.
He has released ten solo albums to date, and produced albums by REM, Smithereens, Marti Jones, Gin Blossoms and many others. Dixon's songs have been recorded by Joe Cocker, Hootie & the Blowfish, Counting Crows, and Ronnie Spector!
Join us for a Rhythms concert featuring Do
Join us for a Rhythms concert featuring Don Dixon! The Massillon Museum is proud to welcome Dixon back for his third Rhythms Concert Series performance. Dixon, a North Carolina native and Canton resident, has had a long and wide-ranging career in music.
He has released ten solo albums to date, and produced albums by REM, Smithereens, Marti Jones, Gin Blossoms and many others. Dixon's songs have been recorded by Joe Cocker, Hootie & the Blowfish, Counting Crows, and Ronnie Spector!
Join the Massillon Museum and Massillon Public Library for this Likenesses and Libations Date Night in conjunction with Gilding Northeast Ohio: Fashion and Fortune 1870–1900! Couples will paint or draw their partner during a workshop led by instructor Nick Lee!
The Museum will be open until 7:30 p.m. for guests to explore Gilding Northeast Ohio. The Museum and Library will provide all supplies. A cash bar will be available.
Join the Massillon Museum and Massillon Pu
Join the Massillon Museum and Massillon Public Library for this Likenesses and Libations Date Night in conjunction with Gilding Northeast Ohio: Fashion and Fortune 1870–1900! Couples will paint or draw their partner during a workshop led by instructor Nick Lee!
The Museum will be open until 7:30 p.m. for guests to explore Gilding Northeast Ohio. The Museum and Library will provide all supplies. A cash bar will be available.
Enjoy Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s Jewels Variations from Act III of Sleeping Beauty, performed by the Canton Ballet, and pieces performed by a Canton Symphony Orchestra String Quartet!
Following the program, Gilding Northeast Ohio Guest Curator Brian Centrone and Western Reserve Historical Society Museum Advisory Council Curator of Costume and Textiles Patricia Edmonson will co-moderate a fashion history panel featuring Art Historian Dr. Elizabeth Block and Historian Dr. Einav Rabinovitch-Fox!
Enjoy Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s Jew
Enjoy Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s Jewels Variations from Act III of Sleeping Beauty, performed by the Canton Ballet, and pieces performed by a Canton Symphony Orchestra String Quartet!
Following the program, Gilding Northeast Ohio Guest Curator Brian Centrone and Western Reserve Historical Society Museum Advisory Council Curator of Costume and Textiles Patricia Edmonson will co-moderate a fashion history panel featuring Art Historian Dr. Elizabeth Block and Historian Dr. Einav Rabinovitch-Fox!
Go Tigers! Adults and children age 3 and older will hand build Obie out of clay in the Ceramics Studio! The Massillon Museum’s Ceramics Studio is located in the former Chamber of Commerce office at the corner of Lincoln Way East and City Hall Street.
Includes all supplies, register via Eventbrite or by calling 330-833-4061
Go Tigers! Adults and children age 3 and o
Go Tigers! Adults and children age 3 and older will hand build Obie out of clay in the Ceramics Studio! The Massillon Museum’s Ceramics Studio is located in the former Chamber of Commerce office at the corner of Lincoln Way East and City Hall Street.
Includes all supplies, register via Eventbrite or by calling 330-833-4061
The Brown Bag Lunch Series began at the Massillon Museum in 2003!
Bring a sack lunch or purchase from Greatness Cafe. The program will begin promptly at 12:10 p.m. and conclude at about 12:50 p.m. to accommodate guests who attend during the lunch hour. It occurs on the fourth Tuesday of each month, from January through October.
The event, which is held in the Museum's Gessner Hall, is free and open to the public; no reservations are required, but seats fill early!
The Brown Bag Lunch Series began at the Ma
The Brown Bag Lunch Series began at the Massillon Museum in 2003!
Bring a sack lunch or purchase from Greatness Cafe. The program will begin promptly at 12:10 p.m. and conclude at about 12:50 p.m. to accommodate guests who attend during the lunch hour. It occurs on the fourth Tuesday of each month, from January through October.
The event, which is held in the Museum's Gessner Hall, is free and open to the public; no reservations are required, but seats fill early!
Join us for the reception and awards ceremony for Brown's Town: Art Inspired by Ohio's Football Heritage which is on view in the Massillon Museum's Paul Brown Museum! Awards will be announced at 7:00 p.m.!
Through January 12, 2025, check out the Brown's Town: Art Inspired by Ohio's Football Heritage exhibit, which is a new, statewide, juried art exhibition also in the Paul Brown Museum!
Join us for the reception and awards cerem
Join us for the reception and awards ceremony for Brown's Town: Art Inspired by Ohio's Football Heritage which is on view in the Massillon Museum's Paul Brown Museum! Awards will be announced at 7:00 p.m.!
Through January 12, 2025, check out the Brown's Town: Art Inspired by Ohio's Football Heritage exhibit, which is a new, statewide, juried art exhibition also in the Paul Brown Museum!
Lunchtime Yoga takes place at MassMu every Friday, join certified yoga instructors for a relaxing yoga session on the MassMu lawn! Rain/cold location is inside the Museum. Relax and refocus as you are guided through your practice.
Students must bring their own mats and it is recommended that they bring their own props. This class is beginner friendly. All ages and levels are welcome. The cost is $6 per class or $15 per 3-class bundle. Register upon arrival at the Museum!
Lunchtime Yoga takes place at MassMu every
Lunchtime Yoga takes place at MassMu every Friday, join certified yoga instructors for a relaxing yoga session on the MassMu lawn! Rain/cold location is inside the Museum. Relax and refocus as you are guided through your practice.
Students must bring their own mats and it is recommended that they bring their own props. This class is beginner friendly. All ages and levels are welcome. The cost is $6 per class or $15 per 3-class bundle. Register upon arrival at the Museum!