Visitors will have the chance to enter the Haggin Museum in Stockton free of charge on Saturday.

The Robert T. McKee Student Art Exhibition, currently showing through March 17, is the country’s longest running museum-sponsored student art exhibit and features work from San Joaquin County students ranging from kindergarten to 12th grade. (Photo courtesy of Haggin Museum)

The Haggin is an art and local history museum located at Victory Park at 1201 N. Pershing Ave. that offers free entry every first Saturday of the month from noon to 5 p.m.

One of the exhibitions on display at the museum currently is the 93rd annual Robert T. McKee Student Art Exhibition.

According to the museum, the exhibition is the country’s longest running museum-sponsored student art exhibit and features work from San Joaquin County students ranging from kindergarten to 12th grade.

Museum officials said on average they receive 1,000 pieces of art from public, private, charter, parochial and home schools in the county, and the ones on display were selected by teachers as “best in the class.”

Other artwork at the museum includes fine art, history, and art by German native J.C. Leyendecker.

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