Racine Art Museum
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Nine Days of Holiday Specials at the Racine Art Museum Store

Whether one-of-a kind artworks, handmade holiday treasures, or  special gifts for hard-to-fill stockings, shoppers will discover incredible options at the Museum Store.

By - Nov 21st, 2019 01:35 pm

Racine, WI   November 21, 2019

The Racine Art Museum (RAM) Store is ready to help kick off the holiday season with fabulous, unique gifts that can only be found there. Whether one-of-a kind artworks, handmade holiday treasures, or  special gifts for hard-to-fill stockings, shoppers will discover incredible options at the Museum Store. In December, the Store will be open 10:00 am – 2:00 pm on Mondays through December 16, offering additional hours to shop.

RAM Members Sale
To thank RAM members for their invaluable support, there will be special 20% off Member Discount Days in the Museum Store, Saturday, November 30 through Sunday, December 8. It is the perfect time to get fabulous gifts at reasonable prices! RAM invites new members to join now online at ramart.org/join-renew-gift to enjoy nine days of Store savings, along with other fabulous museum benefits, while supporting the museum’s exhibition and education programs through their contribution.

RAM Holiday Tree

RAM is pleased to again present a Racine holiday favorite. On display November 22 through December 29, the holiday season sparkles at the museum with the 15-foot illuminated RAM Holiday Tree, adorned with over 1,500 glass ornaments from a variety of time periods and subjects—all from late Racine, Wisconsin gallerist and arts supporter Emile H. Mathis II‘s collection.

Shop Local: Be a Champion
On November 30, Small Business Saturday kicks off the holiday season in the Museum Store. Everyone is invited to shop local with special sales and promotions, including wine and tasty treats served from 1:00 to 3:00 pm. RAM has helped gather over 25 participants for Small Business Saturday, including shops and restaurants, to highlight all that downtown Racine has to offer. An event brochure—filled with great deals and special downtown events—is available at RAM and participating shops, as well as online at ramart.org.

Museum Store Sunday
RAM is joining over 1,200 stores in 50 states and 18 countries to celebrate Museum Store Sunday on December 1. This wide-scale event features stores in art museums, aquariums, and history museums. Find the greatest gifts and stocking stuffers for everyone on your list at RAM! Details about Museum Store specials and other crowd-pleasing treats are online at ramart.org.

Together, the two campuses of the Racine Art Museum, RAM in downtown Racine at 441 Main Street and the Charles A. Wustum Museum of Fine Arts at 2519 Northwestern Avenue, seek to elevate the stature of contemporary crafts to that of fine art by exhibiting significant works in craft media with painting, sculpture, and photography, while providing outstanding educational art programming.

Docent-led contemporary craft and architectural tours of the museums are available. Both campuses of the Racine Art Museum, are open Tuesday – Saturday 10:00 am – 5:00 pm, and are closed Mondays, Federal holidays and Easter. RAM is open Sunday Noon – 5:00 pm, while Wustum is closed Sundays. An admission fee of $7 for adults, with reduced fees for students and seniors, applies at RAM. Admission to Wustum is free. Members are always admitted without charge to either campus.

NOTE: This press release was submitted to Urban Milwaukee and was not written by an Urban Milwaukee writer. It has not been verified for its accuracy or completeness.

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