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Like Thor’s Mjölnir (or Jane Foster’s, if you are staying current with superhero cinematic happenings), a hammer is rife with symbolism...

Our next visiting artist and master swordsmith Fusataro ‘Taro’ Asano began making blades at the age of 13. At the end of February, Asano...

By Robert Fairchild, Arts Intern in Marketing For the past 19 years, Jim Masterson has worked as the Metal Museum’s lead designer and...

By Robert Fairchild, Arts Intern in Marketing Teaching the public about fine metal art is an important part of the Metal Museum’s...

By Robert Fairchild, Arts Intern in Marketing The Metal Museum has added a brand-new design lab to its facilities! Thanks to a matching...

By Robert Fairchild, Arts Intern in Marketing Kevin Burge, our Repair & Restoration Specialist, has worked at the Metal Museum for nearly...

By Robert Fairchild, Arts Intern in Marketing Over the past 40 years, the Metal Museum has created a number of commissions for public and...

The Metal Museum is pleased to announce that Russian blacksmith, Anton Yakushev, will be a visiting artist at the Museum through the...

We are offering a new class format for our Lost Wax Casting class this year. Instead of two full-day sessions, we are doing six short...

Our Blacksmith Shop is currently working on a project that will resonate with those of us who live near the Mississippi- a 6 foot copper...

After more than a year of planning, prepping, collaboration and casting the Metal Museum Foundry installed the final version of the...

After a year and a half of planning, designing, collaborating and pouring aluminum the Metal Museum's Foundry is just days away from...

The 2017 Forging on the River Pre-Conference workshop went underway this Wednesday and participants were able to work closely with guest...

Forging on the River 2017 is right around the corner (like next week) and our shop is busy in full prep mode for a week of learning,...

The Metal Museum Foundry has been working in collaboration with LaRose Elementary and Cummings Elementary to produce handmade 8x8" cast...

The kudzu vine is growing! The blacksmith shop apprentices Ann Klicka and Lewis Body have been busy welding the kudzu leaves to the steel...

The Metal Museum recently finished a commissioned bronze door handle in the shape of Oak Hall's iconic acorn. The acorn was cut and...