International Walldog Mural & Sign Art Museum

05/11/2017

Interesting article from Antique Archaeology about ghost murals and the Walldog movement!

The comeback of nostalgic advertising from ghost signs to modern Walldogs

05/03/2017

We're open again for the summer and look forward to seeing you soon!

Ready for the Route 66 travelers of May 2017! Will you be visiting the Route 66 Museum in Pontiac? Come sign and tell us where you're from!

02/23/2017

The Walldogs are coming to Beaver Dam, WI this summer!

The Walldogs are a group of artists who volunteer their time each summer to paint murals on walls in selected cities during a Walldog Mural Festival.

01/09/2017

We may be closed for the season but you can still learn all about the Walldogs from this new book by Jay Allen. We just got our copy in the mail today and it is fabulous! https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01MZ7T69I

Public Art was turned upside down in August of 1993 when The Walldogs - America's curious band of public art muralists - first applied paint on a wall to tell the story of a small town in the Midwest. Since their inception it has turned into a worldwide movement producing over 500 murals around t...

10/26/2016

Today is the last day the exhibit will be open for the season! We will see you in 2017!

04/25/2016

The exhibit in the Pontiac Museum Complex is open for the season. Come learn the story of the Walldogs and enjoy some time in downtown Pontiac!

01/28/2016

Our exhibit is currently closed for the season. Please be on the lookout for our announcement when we open back up in the spring!

10/20/2015

We already shared this news but this is a great article from The Pantagraph about our mural being featured on the National Geographic Route 66 2016 Calendar!

PONTIAC — Pontiac's ongoing popularity with the Route 66 crowd is getting another boost.

10/14/2015

Great article on the history of the Walldogs and the signs they painted!
http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/walldogs-and-the-disappearing-art-of-painting-signs-on-buildings

Factory building of the Bloch Brothers To***co Company, on Wheeling Island, West Virginia. (Photo: Library of Congress)

08/20/2015

One of Pontiac's famous murals is featured on the cover of the 2016 National Geographic Route 66 Calendar! You can get your's locally at Pontiac Oakland Automobile Museum.

We just got these beautiful National Geographic Route 66 calendars. The cover features the 1948 Pontiac convertible we had on display here in the museum and the mural located on the back of the Route 66 museum just a couple of blocks from us. They are now available in our gift shop.