Recent News

“Tourism & Technology” Seminar by the University of Illinois in Pontiac! Wednesday, December 22nd @ Pontiac City Council Chambers from 10am – 12pm. Come hear a presentation discussing & demostrating Web 2.0 technologies for tourism promotion at the community and destination/business levels. All are welcome to attend this FREE seminar!

The museum invites all to enjoy a special holiday performance by Pontiac Junior High School musicians on: FRIDAY, DECEMBER 17TH @ 10:30AM! All are welcome! Happy Holidays!

New Winter Hours:
Monday – Friday: 10am – 5pm
Saturday & Sunday: 10am – 4pm

Come check out the mural museum!! Learn what a “walldog” is and even find a cool piece of art to take home with you! Happy Holidays!

Happy Holidays from the Mural Museum! To celebrate this festive season, several of the artists consigning their artwork  in the museum are having special holiday art sales! We are pleased to announce that sales  include 10% - 20% off of select artwork and even a “Buy 2, Get 1 Free” individual artist sale! If you’re looking for that unique, special gift, check out the Mural Museum! And  don’t forget you can also order personalized signs (even Christmas signs!) from Walldog Artist Mike Battistello. The museum is open 7 days a week. Winter Hours include: Monday – Friday: 10am-5pm; Saturday – Sunday: 10am – 4pm.

Have you met our friendly ghost in the International & museum?  Pontiac, Illinois is filled with many friendly ghost stories, but one famous one stands out above all because if its significance to the brand new museum that is located in Downtown Pontiac. Little did the town of Pontiac know that the International and museum would have a ghost of its own! In April of 2010, one week before the Grand Opening of the International and museum, the city workers made the discovery of a lifetime. While preparing the space, a group of workers in the back of the museum began removing the plaster off one of the back walls. Now, the building in which the museum is located, was built in 1905. So the wall in which they were removing the plaster, was actually a brick exterior wall for the building next door. To everyone’s surprise….BOOO!!!!! Our museum ghost appeared!! Yes, a ghost mural, painted sometime prior to 1904 was revealed in the back of the museum! The ghost’s name is: Bremer’s Clothes for Gents. This was a clothing business in Downtown Pontiac located just next door to the museum in the late 1800’s and early 1900’s. Visitors from all over the world enjoy seeing the museum ghost. It is a great depiction of how sign painting was one of the prominent forms of advertising used over 100 years ago. The mural is called a “ghost mural” because of its faded and historic nature. What a find – so fitting for our mural museum!! We welcome all to come meet our friendly ghost mural in the International and museum!

Also, we’d love to hear about your ghost mural stories! There are thousands of these historic, faded murals around the world…and each tells a story! Have a picture? Send them to the museum: reet, Pontiac, or [email protected]. Let the “Scary Ghost Mural” stories begin!

Happy Scary Mural Month!

Just posted by the Smithsonian Magazine…September 25th marks the 6th annual Museum Day!  Museum Day is an annual event hosted by Smithsonian Media in which participating museums across the country open their doors for free to anyone presenting a Museum Day Ticket – https://microsite.smithsonianmag.com/museumday/

There are many wonderful museums across the world working to preserve and exhibit collections for all to enjoy. We invite you to participate in “Museum Day”.  Head out to a museum near you and check out what they have!

The International and Sign Art Museum offers FREE admission EVERY day…so come and enjoy! The museum is receiving artwork almost daily – so there is bound to be something new to see every time you walk through the doors!

Happy Museum Day! Check out a museum near you!

Pontiac Walldogs, the Diaz Family of Diaz Sign Art, are at it again in Downtown Pontiac, IL! Extending the alleyway mural art behind the Route 66 Museum and Hall of Fame is the topic at hand.  The Diaz Family (Bill, Jane, Ben, and Joe Diaz) are creating yet another phenomenal mural. The mural depicts an old-time garage theme with the name Daniel’s Oil Company. The new mural is located just left of the Roszell’s Soda Fountain mural. Come watch the local Walldogs paint on Pontiac’s 2010 mural!

The Walldogs will be invading Danville, IL on August 5th-8th.  15 murals are planned for this event.  Click here to learn more about downtown Danville.  You can read more about the event in either the Commercial News or The News Gazette.

Here are the murals to be featured:

On July 16-17th, Downtown Pontiac will be hosting Summer Bash II! Check out the International & museum while you’re out and about. We will have extended hours during the event! The museum will be open 9am – 8pm both days. Come to Downtown Pontiac and enjoy the summer fun!