Opened in 2001, the Canton Plaza Museum incorporats a diverse collection: the Brewer Bell Collection, First Monday Museum, and the Kennedy collection of Indian artifacts and models made by Mr. Butch Boots Kennedy. It also houses various local historic items, including a 1938 fully restored fire engine as well as an impressive Civil War collection. An 1830s rosewood melodian grand piano and items pertaining to the piano, orginally owned by Lucy Holcombe Pickins, is housed as a temporary collection. The museum is owned by the city of Canton and operated a a private non-profit museum.