{"id":94010,"date":"2026-01-22T22:35:18","date_gmt":"2026-01-22T22:35:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/94010\/"},"modified":"2026-01-22T22:35:18","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T22:35:18","slug":"valentine-display-pops-up-outside-museum-in-scranton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/94010\/","title":{"rendered":"Valentine display pops up outside museum in Scranton"},"content":{"rendered":"

SCRANTON \u2014 Hundreds of large red valentine hearts decorate the snowy grounds of the Everhart Museum in Nay Aug Park.<\/p>\n

Frank Dubas placed them there as part of his fourth annual sweetheart street-art display, which this year he relocated from his nonprofit Garden of Cedar lot in South Scranton to the grounds of the Everhart.<\/p>\n

Dubas started installing this year\u2019s crop of hearts at the Everhart on Wednesday with a batch of 100 and continued Thursday with another 200 \u2014 all of which were leftover \u201cgreatest hits\u201d hearts from prior displays at the Garden of Cedar in the 700 block of Cedar Avenue.<\/p>\n

\"HeartsHearts inscribed with names and messages for Valentines Day are installed by Scranton reisident Frank Dubas on the lawn area in front of the Everhart Museum in Scranton Thursday, January 22, 2026. (SEAN MCKEAG \/ STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER)<\/p>\n

Dubas also has received many requests from the public for hearts this year that he will place in the ground outside of the museum in coming days and weeks.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ll fill in (the grounds) as they (heart requests) come in,\u201d Dubas said.<\/p>\n

He again expects to end up with a few thousand 1-foot-tall hearts by Valentine\u2019s Day.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m heartened by the amount of goodwill that\u2019s expressed out there\u201d as written on the hearts, Dubas said. \u201cHere we are in a cold and bleak season and we put a little color \u2014 in this case red \u2014 on the landscape. It\u2019s a wonderful community response.\u201d<\/p>\n

This year, Dubas also will put out a batch of 2-foot-tall hearts, each adorned with artwork by students from various local schools. One of those hearts, from the NativityMiguel School of Scranton, features a classroom motif and the words \u201cLove to Learn.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"AA large valentine heart featuring artwork by students of the Nativity Miguel school that Frank Dubas will put on display with other hearts outside of the Everhart Museum in Scranton. (PHOTO PROVIDED \/ COURTESY OF FRANK DUBAS)<\/p>\n

To get a free valentine heart inscribed with names or messages, see the Garden of Cedar\u2019s website, gardenofcedar.org<\/a>, or its Facebook page.<\/p>\n

Dubas changed the location this year for several reasons, including to do a pop-up art installation at the Everhart that hopefully would prompt visitors to also check out the museum, and because the park and museum have more parking and winter grounds maintenance that would give the public more ability to access the display than at the smaller Garden of Cedar lot.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re thrilled clearly to have it here. I know how popular it was in South Side,\u201d Everhart Museum CEO Tim Holmes said. \u201cWhen someone comes to see their heart, they\u2019re here and they can come inside\u201d and see everything the museum has to offer.<\/p>\n

The museum already has been having a banner January, with an exhibit on the sitcom \u201cThe Office,\u201d a popular toy train exhibit titled \u201cScranton to Scale: Don Clark\u2019s Miniature Memories,\u201d and a NASA exhibit on the Hubble and Webb space telescopes.<\/p>\n

\"TimTim Holmes, CEO of the Everhart Museum in Scranton, stands amid a NASA exhibit at the museum, on Thursday, Jan. 22, 2026. (JIM LOCKWOOD \/ STAFF PHOTO)
\n\"PartPart of a NASA exhibit at the Everhart Museum, in Scranton on Thursday, Jan. 22, 2026. (JIM LOCKWOOD \/ STAFF PHOTO)<\/p>\n

And now come the hearts.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re kind of clicking on all cylinders,\u201d Holmes said.<\/p>\n

For information on the Everhart Museum, see its website at everhart-museum.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n

After starting to put hearts out at the museum Wednesday afternoon, Dubas returned Thursday morning to find a large snow heart that someone created on part of the museum lawn, apparently inspired by his nearby valentine hearts display.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was walking in and I saw that and I said, \u2018That looks interesting,\u2019\u201d Dubas said of the snow heart. \u201cSomeone likes what we\u2019re doing.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"FrankFrank Dubas stands inside of a large snow heart that someone made on the grounds of the Everhart Museum at Nay Aug Park in Scranton, on Thursday, Jan. 22, 2026. The snow heart appears to have been inspired by a nearby display of red valentine hearts that Dubas placed outside of the museum. (JIM LOCKWOOD \/ STAFF PHOTO)
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Hearts inscribed with names and messages for Valentines Day are installed by Scranton reisident Frank Dubas on the lawn area in front of the Everhart Museum in Scranton Thursday, January 22, 2026. (SEAN MCKEAG \/ STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER)\n<\/p>\n

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Hearts inscribed with names and messages for Valentines Day are installed by Scranton reisident Frank Dubas on the lawn area in front of the Everhart Museum in Scranton Thursday, January 22, 2026. (SEAN MCKEAG \/ STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER)\n<\/p>\n

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Scranton resident Frank Dubas installs hearts inscribed with names and messages for Valentines Day on the lawn area in front of the Everhart Museum in Scranton Thursday, January 22, 2026. (SEAN MCKEAG \/ STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER)\n<\/p>\n

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Scranton resident Frank Dubas installs hearts inscribed with names and messages for Valentine\u2019s Day on the lawn area in front of the Everhart Museum in Scranton Thursday, January 22, 2026. (SEAN MCKEAG \/ STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER)\n<\/p>\n

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Scranton resident Frank Dubas installs hearts inscribed with names and messages for Valentine\u2019s Day on the lawn area in front of the Everhart Museum in Scranton Thursday, January 22, 2026. (SEAN MCKEAG \/ STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER)\n<\/p>\n

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Scranton resident Frank Dubas installs hearts inscribed with names and messages for Valentine\u2019s Day on the lawn area in front of the Everhart Museum in Scranton Thursday, January 22, 2026. (SEAN MCKEAG \/ STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER)\n<\/p>\n

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Hearts inscribed with names and messages for Valentines Day are installed by Scranton reisident Frank Dubas on the lawn area in front of the Everhart Museum in Scranton Thursday, January 22, 2026. (SEAN MCKEAG \/ STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER)\n<\/p>\n

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Frank Dubas installs a batch of valentine hearts for display on the grounds of the Everhart Museum at Nay Aug Park in Scranton on Thursday, Jan. 22, 2026. (JIM LOCKWOOD \/ STAFF PHOTO)\n<\/p>\n

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One of the few hundred valentine hearts put on display by Frank Dubas on the grounds of the Everhart Museum at Nay Aug Park in Scranton on Thursday, Jan. 22, 2026. (JIM LOCKWOOD \/ STAFF PHOTO)\n<\/p>\n

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Frank Dubas installs a batch of valentine hearts for display on the grounds of the Everhart Museum at Nay Aug Park in Scranton on Thursday, Jan. 22, 2026. (JIM LOCKWOOD \/ STAFF PHOTO)\n<\/p>\n

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A large valentine heart featuring artwork by students of the Nativity Miguel school that Frank Dubas will put on display with other hearts outside of the Everhart Museum in Scranton. (PHOTO PROVIDED \/ COURTESY OF FRANK DUBAS)\n<\/p>\n

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Hearts inscribed with names and messages for Valentines Day are installed by Scranton reisident Frank Dubas on the lawn area in front of the Everhart Museum in Scranton Thursday, January 22, 2026. (SEAN MCKEAG \/ STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER)\n<\/p>\n

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