The Metal Museum’s annual Repair Days event took place for the first time at the new Metal Museum at Overton Park. Repair Days 2026, held November 5th through November 8th, also included the first Repair Days Auction on November 7th, also at the new location.

Guests partied, dined on finger food, listened to music, and had the opportunity to meet local and out-of-town blacksmiths at the cocktail party. Then they made their way to the auditorium for bidding.

According to the museum’s Website, Repair Days proceeds “directly support the Museum’s year-round programming, including exhibitions, the apprenticeship program, M4 on Tour, and the after-school initiative, Forging the Future.

Metal Museum executive director Carissa Hussong and David Lusk at Repair Days Auction Party. (Credit: Michael Donahue)
Mitch de Rubira at Repair Days Auction Party (Credit: Michael Donahue)
Fenton and Lisa Wright at Repair Days Auction Party (Credit: Michael Donahue)
Aidan Rhoades at Repair Days Auction Party (Credit: Michael Donahue)
Taylor Fentz, Jack Rhodes, Matthew McCormack at Repair Days Auction Party (Credit: Michael Donahue)
Catherine and Phil Brun at Repair Days Auction Party (Credit: Michael Donahue)
John Medwedeff and Charles Logan at Repair Days Auction Party (Credit: Michael Donahue)
Adam Hawk, Lewis Body, Leah Aripotch, Mike Bondi at Repair Days Auction Party (Credit: Michael Donahue)
Allison and Andy Cates at Repair Days Auction Party (Credit: Michael Donahue)
Paulo L. and Patricia Teixeira at Repair Days Auction Party (Credit: Michael Donahue)
Elisha Gold at Repair Days Auction Party (Credit: Michael Donahue)
Casey Hebel, Alex Irwin, Charles Logan at Repair Days Auction Party (Credit: Michael Donahue)
Charles Kistler, Yuki Matsuda at Repair Days Auction Party (Credit: Michael Donahue)
Kevin Thompson, Stephen Baxter, Jon Osborne at Repair Days Auction Party (Credit: Michael Donahue)
Grace Megel and Sarko Kish at Repair Days Auction Party (Credit: Michael Donahue)
Aidan Rhoades and Adam Hawk at Repair Days Auction Party (Credit: Michael Donahue)

Michael Donahue began his career in 1975 at the now-defunct Memphis Press-Scimitar and moved to The Commercial Appeal in 1984, where he wrote about food and dining, music, and covered social events until...