{{Use American English|date=September 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}} {{Infobox museum |name= MacNider Art Museum |image= Charles H. MacNider Art Museum in June 2018.jpg |caption= Charles H. MacNider Art Museum in June 2018 |established=1966 |location= 303 Second Street SE<br>Mason City, Iowa, USA |type= Art museum |public_transit= {{Bus icon}} {{RouteBox|Red|Mason City Transit|red|white|bold=}} |website= {{URL|http://www.macniderart.org}} }}
'''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. It is housed in a former convent.<ref name= "estate">{{cite news |last=Smith |first=Jaci |url= https://globegazette.com/news/local/macnider-estate-pieces-part-of-chicago-auction-house-offering/article_e538c11d-d318-586e-a66c-471f9ceeedce.html |title=MacNider estate pieces part of Chicago auction house offering |work=Globe Gazette |date=September 16, 2019 |accessdate=February 11, 2020}}</ref> 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''.<ref name= "traveler">{{cite news |last=Chandler |first=Sarah |url= http://www.startribune.com/midwest-traveler-no-trouble-at-all-in-mason-city-iowa/381027971/ |title=Midwest Traveler: No trouble at all in Mason City, Iowa |work=Star Tribune |date=May 27, 2016 |accessdate=February 11, 2020}}</ref>
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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==External links== *[http://www.macniderart.org/ MacNider Art Museum]
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Category:Art museums and galleries established in 1966 Category:Art museums and galleries in Iowa Category:Institutions accredited by the American Alliance of Museums Category:Buildings and structures in Mason City, Iowa Category:1966 establishments in Iowa Category:Museums in Cerro Gordo County, Iowa Category:Museums of American art
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