Brown Bag Lunch Lecture

Check out massillonmuseum.org for the full schedule and topic for each Brown Bag Lunch! 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.

July 23, 2024
Patricia Edmondson from the Western Reserve Historical Society: "Fashion After Dark: How Gaslight and Early Electricity Illuminated Gilded Age Garments"
This lecture complements the Gilding Northeast Ohio: Fashion and Fortune 1870–1900 exhibition in our Main Gallery

August 27, 2024
Nick Diamant: "Stark Recod and Tape Service (My Life in Camelot)"
This lecture complements the On the Record exhibition, which will be on view in the Fred F. Silk Community Room Gallery from August 31–October 27, 2024.

September 24, 2024
Scott Ryan and Becca Moore: "Massillon Against the World"
A book signing will take place after the lecture.

October 22, 2024
Ally Carlson: "McKinley Monument–A Tribute to a Fallen President"

The Brown Bag Lunch Series began at the Massillon Museum in 2003. Funding for the 2024 Brown Bag Lunch series was sponsored in part by the Massillon / North Canton Elks Lodge 2029.

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 Massillon Museum is located at 121 Lincoln Way East in downtown Massillon. For more information, call the Massillon Museum at 330-833-4061.