Valley history museum sets holiday exhibit

Staff Report

YOUNGSTOWN

The Arms Family Museum will open its “All Dolled Up” holiday exhibit Dec. 4.

The annual display includes items from the Mahoning Valley Historical Society’s collection, as well as loans from private collectors. It features rare, one-of-a-kind, vintage decorations and period lighting. This year’s exhibit showcases dolls and toys.

Vignettes in the museum include a village of vintage doll houses, a 9-foot Christmas tree filled with American-made, Shiny Brite glass ornaments, and a winter wonderland complete with dolls building a snowman.

Also featured will be two themed trees by collectors Jerry and Darla Arnold of Beechwood. Their 40-year collection of paper ornaments has been featured in Early American Life magazine and exhibited at the Taft Museum in Cincinnati.

The exhibit runs through Jan. 9. Admission is $5 for adults, and $3 for children ages 3-18.

The museum at 648 Wick Ave. is open Tuesdays through Sundays, 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.

For more information, go to www.mahoninghistory.org or call 330-743-2589.

The museum is operateed by the Mahoning Valley Historical Society, which educates and promotes an interest in the history of the Mahoning Valley by collecting, preserving, and developing material representative of the people who have inhabited the region.