Music Man Square & MacNider Art Museum

Our next field trip is scheduled for Friday, October 25. We will be leaving school in the morning to drive to Mason City, Iowa. When we arrive in Mason City we will visit the Music Man Square, the Surf Ballroom, and the MacNider Art Museum.

The Music Man Square features a 1912 street scape with an ice cream parlor/soda fountain and gift shop, all in set designs from the Warner Brothers motion picture of The Music Man.

Check out Music Man Square

Then we will travel to The Surf Ballroom. The Surf Ball Room is an American icon and a historical landmark. Some of the greatest performers have sang on the stage of the Surf. We will see the green room where many performers prepared to give their performance. (They have all signed the walls within the green room when they performed there.)  

Check out the Surf Ballroom

Our last stop will be the MacNider Art museum where we will become acquainted with the museum’s permanent collection of American art and Bil Baird’s puppets. Brief visits to special exhibitions will be included.