Do the Mu!—Architecture
Saturday, June 6, the Massillon Museum will host its monthly Do the Mu program, a free family drop-in activity time. The theme, Architecture, will be based on the current exhibition, The Rise of a Landmark: Lewis Hine and the Empire State Building. It includes fifty classic black and white images of the 1930-1931 construction of America’s iconic Empire State Building, which includes stainless steel fabricated in the Massillon Republic Steel plant. A supporting exhibition in the second-floor photography gallery features architectural images from the Massillon Museum’s permanent collection.
Families and individuals are invited to tour the exhibition, then join architect Don Allcorn to discuss details of the construction of the Empire State Building, learn more about architecture, and build their own structures. Allcorn is an Akron-based architect who has worked professionally for 22 years in northeast Ohio. He has traveled extensively to New York and has studied its rich architectural, cultural, and geologic history.
The Do the Mu program was instituted by Jill Malusky Bacon, the Massillon Museum’s educator. Participants may drop in any time between noon and 2 p.m. on the first Saturday of every month for a tour, an arts activity, and a snack. No preregistration is required. Do the Mu receives funding from ArtsinStark.
The Massillon Museum is located at 121 Lincoln Way East (Ohio Route 172) in downtown Massillon. A visit to the Massillon Museum is always free. For more information, call the museum at 330-833-4061 or visit www.massillonmuseum.org.
