Established 1966 Website www.macniderart.org | Type Art museum Phone +1 641-421-3666 | |
Location 303 Second Street SE
Mason City, Iowa, USA Address 303 2nd St SE, Mason City, IA 50401, USA Hours Open today · 9AM–8PMThursday9AM–8PMFriday9AM–5PMSaturday9AM–5PMSundayClosedMondayClosedTuesday9AM–8PMWednesday9AM–5PM Similar The Music Man Square, Dr GC Stockman House, Park Inn Hotel, Frank Lloyd Wright St, Lime Creek Nature Center Profiles | ||
Mason city charles h macnider art museum
MacNider Art Museum, officially the Charles H. MacNider Art Museum, is an art museum conceived in 1964 and opened to the public in 1966 in Mason City, Iowa. The museum is known for its collection of American art, and includes paintings, prints, drawings, ceramics, sculpture, fused and blown glass and textiles. There is a special collection of Bil Baird marionettes, hand puppets and ephemera, including those used for "The Lonely Goatherd" scene in the film The Sound of Music.
It is named after Charles H. MacNider (b. 1860), president of the First National Bank of Mason City and father of General Hanford MacNider.
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