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The Mansfield Memorial Museum houses the Elektro robot

The Mansfield Memorial Museum houses the Elektro robot

Park Avenue West 36, Mansfield

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Kyle McLonely

Before it was a museum, this building was a theater and a library. Now, it houses a mechanical pioneer from the New York World's Fair.

The Mansfield Memorial Museum is located in downtown Mansfield, Ohio. It houses Elektro, an early robot that was originally featured at the Westinghouse pavilion at the 1939 New York Worlds' Fair. The museum's collections include Native American artifacts, American Civil War memorabilia, and artifacts from Asia and Africa.

The building was founded in 1887 and opened to the public in 1889 as the Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hall. It was designed by Oscar Cobb of Chicago and built by architect F.F. Schnitzer. The museum originally housed a library and a theater.

The Grand Army of the Republic has space upstairs in the building. The structure is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Sources: Wikipedia, OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons

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