Virtual Exhibits

Contemporary Republic Steel World Headquarters Photographs By Photographer Jody Hawk

Photographer Jody Hawk presents contemporary interior and exterior photographs of the former Republic Steel World Headquarters on Oberlin Road in southwest Massillon. The images of the nearly-century-old building preserve its visual presence before its imminent demolition.

See the physical exhibit on the Museum's second floor from April 13 - June 2, 2013.

Contemporary Photographs of Massillon's WPA Projects By Photographer Ali Mercer

Intern and photographer Ali Mercer took 35mm film photographs of locations around Massillon where Works Progress Administration (WPA) projects took place in the 1930s.

See the physical exhibit on the Museum's lower level from April 13 - June 2, 2013.

Baseball in Massillon

This gallery contains several digital images taken of glass plate negatives, and prints of various teams and players. All glass negatives were formerly of the Dan Douglass collection, now in the permanent collection of the Massillon Museum.

Massillon Professional Tigers Football Team photos

Flood of 1913

March 2013 marks the centennial of one of the great floods in Massillon, Ohio. It marked the end of the Ohio & Erie canal that ran through downtown Massillon, caused damage to homes and businesses across the city. Because of the availability and popularity of photography at the time, the flood of 1913 is one of the most well-documented events in Massillon history. Enjoy more than 120 photos from the Massillon Museum's permanent collection.

Robert Peet Skinner, Journey to Abyssinia: The Hidden Empire

This exhibit follows Massillon native Robert Peet Skinner's journey to Abyssinia in 1903, with the goal of signing a trade treaty. Skinner was accompanied by fellow Massillonians Horatio Wales and Dr. Abraham Per Lee Pease.

Let it Snow!

Winter Photographs from the Permanent Collection
Click here to view these photographs.

Faces of Rural America: Henry Clay Fleming & Belle Johnson

The staff of the Massillon Museum completed research about two of its photography collections: photographs by Belle Johnson of Monroe City, Missouri and Henry Clay Fleming of Ravenswood, West Virginia. If you would like to see these two collections in their entirety, please visit our project site: Faces of Rural America website.

Canal Photographs from the Permanent Collection

Massillon, Ohio grew with the building and opening of the Ohio and Erie Canal in the late 1820s. Journey through Massillon and Navarre's canalways in photographs from the permanent collection. Click to here to view the slideshow.

Civil War Portraits from the Permanent Collection

The permanent collection contains local residents in the 1860s, mass-produced cabinet cards of famous Generals of the Civil War, and a series of G.A.R. photographs by Massillon photographer J.C. Haring. Click here to view the slideshow.

Downtown Massillon Photos + Google Maps on History Pin
The Massillon Museum cares for more than 60,000 photographs in the permanent collection. Many requests come in to see photographs of downtown Massillon throughout time. Thanks for a new website, you can view Massillon history through our photos on History Pin!