Museum closed today -- Movie Night still on!

The museum is closed today and the phone system is acting up so we cannot put a message on it about the movie tonight NOT being canceled!

Hopefully you will all check the blog or our Facebook page for more information.

Apparently by the time the museum would have been plowed out, it would have been too late to open. But we expect the plow to come through sometime today before the movie webcast.

So plan to come on out!

Link to watch movie webcast

If you aren't able to make it to our showing of McKinley Wars, you can view it by clicking here at 8:00 PM on Saturday February 6!

If you can come, the cost is $2 per person. We will be screening it in the Auditorium, and our popcorn machine will be churning out snacks for purchase! It should be a lot of fun!

Keller Gallery plans 2010-2013

I have finalized my list of exhibitions for the Keller Gallery for the next 3 years plus!

Drum roll please.......

2010

• Life in Miniature through February 15
• A Stitch in Time (quilt exhibit) February 26 - June 6
• The Victorian Age (late 19th century artifacts and dresses) June 18 - Nov 21
• White House Gardens (SITES traveling exhibit) Dec 3 - Jan 20, 2011

2011

• Celebrating the Sixties (1960s artifacts) February - May
• Rock the Green Revolution (cool SITES exhibit about renewable energy -- we will purchase the plans and build it here out of recycled materials!) June - October
• "Holiday Traditions" (working title -- history of Christmas) November - January 2012

2012

• "Entertainment in Stark County" (working title -- highlights will include Meyers Lake, resaturants, opera houses, etc) February - June
• "Flags" (working title -- red, white and blue or patriotic artifacts from our collection) July - September
• "Dollhouse exhibit" (working title - with different dollhouses!) October - February 2013

2013

• "Su Nimon" (working title -- featuring photographer/artist Su Nimon's photos of Canton) February - May
• White House Horses, The West Wing, and James Hoban: White House Archictect (a trio of traveling exhibitions from the White House Historical Association) May - October
• Colors! (artifacts and costumes grouped by color) November - March 2014

Of course, plans and dates are always subject to change. But as of right now, these are my plans for the Keller Gallery!

Feel free to suggest titles for the topics listed as "working title" -- it's important to provide a catchy title to get people to come see it!

Dinosaur puzzle cookie cutter!

Check out this cool new thing in the Museum Shoppe!





I just bought one for my nephew who loves puzzles, dinosaurs and baking! Perfect!

Storage building update!

Here are some more photos of our construction, again courtesy of Steve!

Bridal Show invitation

I just sent the file for the Bridal Show invitation to the printer, but you can have it NOW!

Click on the images below for all the information you need to make reservations for the show on Saturday April 10. It has filled up in past years, so make your reservations today!!

Beautiful quilt poem

I just found this lovely poem while researching some of the quilt patterns. I am planning to blow it up and give it its own panel in the quilt exhibit!

Just wanted to share it!

In a Museum
By Carrie A. Hall

Rare old quilt, of faded hue—
Once a bride’s most precious treasure
Hidden in her dower-chest.
Loving hands that fashioned you
Stitch by stitch, in careful measure
Long ago, are now at rest.

Your patches tell a wondrous story
Of treasured scraps and handicraft;
Of love and home, and dreams come true.
For honored guests your pattern’d glory,
Enfolding them, caressing, soft—
And baby hands have lightly touched you.

Now you’re worth your weight in gold;
To lie in state your only duty,
In pleasant ways your lot is cast
And to the world your tale is told.
To those who love your patterned beauty
You re-create the fragrant past.

Published in The Romance of the Patchwork Quilt by Carrie A. Hall and Rose Kretsinger, 1935