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Park Street Closure

(3) streets in Ella Sharp Park are closed through the Winter Months: Birchwood Drive, Maplewood Drive, and W. Hickory Avenue. Please use the main park entrance on 4th street. Read the full press coverage here.

Ella Sharp Museum Receives Consumers Energy Foundation Grant

Ella Sharp Museum has received a $23,000 grant from the Consumers Energy Foundation supporting technology upgrades including new laptop computers and distance learning educational equipment. New technology and distance learning equipment will allow the museum to provide various educational opportunities throughout the world. “The Consumers Energy Foundation is committed to ensuring Michigan communities are growing […]

Ella Sharp Museum Announces New Director of Development and Communications

The Ella Sharp Museum is pleased to name Shawn Stenberg as the new Director of Development and Communications. Shawn will oversee fundraising, community relations, and communications at the non-profit organization which includes the Merriman-Sharp Hillside Farm, Mildred I. Hadwin Center for Art and History, and the Peter F. Hurst Planetarium. Shawn joins Ella Sharp Museum […]

Nationally Touring Civil Rights Exhibition Opens November 2021

Nationally Touring Civil Rights Exhibition Opens November 2021 at Ella Sharp Museum “…we had averted our eyes for far too long, turning away from the ugly reality facing us as a nation. Let the world see what I’ve seen.” – Mamie Till Bradley Click here for exhibit details In September 1955, shortly after fourteen-year-old Emmett […]

Art à Loan Exhibit Returns to Ella Sharp Museum

Art à Loan Exhibit Returns to Ella Sharp Museum with New Jackson District Library Partnership The Ella Sharp Museum’s annual Art à Loan program celebrates and shares the talents of K-12 students throughout Jackson County. This year the museum has partnered with the Jackson District Library’s “Young Poets” Program. Selected artwork was thematically paired with […]

Get to Know the Ella Staff – Emma

  Meet Emma Creamer, our Collections Assistant and newest intern! Having grown up “right down the street” in Mason, MI, Emma is super excited to have the opportunity to work at the Ella Sharp Museum! Emma is currently a graduate student at Michigan State University and is pursuing the thesis track MA in the Arts, […]

Jackson History – Fire Call Boxes

Before telephones became readily available, and certainly long before the advent of cell phones, the fire call box was the main method for calling firefighters for assistance. These boxes dotted street corners around Jackson, as well as most other cities around the U.S. While most are gone, replaced now by cell phones, some cities have […]

Jackson History – Eberle Brewery

Jackson is home to multiple microbreweries who continue traditions of craft beer from the turn of the century. Eberle, one of Jackson’s first and most successful breweries, opened its doors in 1897 to a rapidly growing city. Carl Eberle, a recent immigrant from Bavaria, bought and replaced a large brick building at 901 Water Street […]
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Ella Sharp Museum
3225 4th Street
Jackson, Michigan 49203
Phone: 517.787.2320
Fax: 517.787.2933

Hours

Tuesday – Friday: 10 am – 5 pm
Saturday: 11:30am – 4pm
Sunday – Monday: Closed

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