303 2nd Street SE
Mason City, IA 50401
(641) 421-3666
www.macniderart.org
A North Iowa cultural treasure, the museum includes a permanent collection of American art, the famous Bil Baird puppets, and an impressive range of ceramics. Genuinely an active center for the arts, the museum offers changing exhibits, studio classes, special events, Imagination Playground, and a gift shop. Open Wednesday, Friday, Saturday 9 AM-5 PM; Tuesday, Thursday 9 AM-8 PM. Gift shop features variety of gift items crafted by local, North Iowan artists. Hours: Tuesday & Thursday 9 AM - 8PM; Wednesday, Friday & Saturday 9 AM - 5 PM
The Charles H. MacNider Museum is a non-profit, municipally owned institution conceived in 1964 and opened by 1966 in Mason City, Iowa.
Everything the Museum does is educational or aesthetic in nature centering around working with objects of art.
The museum exhibits and interprets a permanent collection of American art; temporary exhibitions of art; provides art classes for all ages; offers enriching arts programs; and maintains an art library.
The Museum is governed by a Board of Trustees and operated by a professional staff. It is linked in spirit and purpose with museums around the world as one of the keepers of the treasures, history and heritage of humankind.
It is committed to the goals and standards set for museums and the museum profession by the American Alliance of Museums.
303 2nd Street SE
Mason City, IA 50401
(641) 421-3666
www.macniderart.org
