List of museums in Cleveland
This is a list of museums in Cleveland and non-profit and university art galleries.
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See also List of museums in Ohio for other museums in Cuyahoga County, Ohio and the rest of the state.
Museums
Name | Neighborhood | Type | Summary |
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A Christmas Story House | Tremont | Media | Museum about and house used for the film A Christmas Story |
African American Museum | Hough | African American | Currently closed |
ARTneo | Detroit-Shoreway | Art | website, exhibitions of Northeast Ohio art and architecture of Cleveland and the surrounding region |
Artists Archives of the Western Reserve | University Circle | Art | website, Ohio art gallery and research facility |
Baseball Heritage Museum | Hough | Sports | website, multicultural heritage of baseball and the values it represents |
Buckland Museum of Witchcraft & Magick | Old Brooklyn | History | website, historic artifacts of witchcraft, magick, and occultism |
Children's Museum of Cleveland | Goodrich–Kirtland Park | Children's | |
Cleveland Grays Armory Museum | Downtown Cleveland | Military | History of the Cleveland Grays, a private military company which was founded in 1837, and the military heritage of Greater Cleveland |
Cleveland History Center | University Circle | Multiple | Operated by the Western Reserve Historical Society, history of Northeast Ohio, includes the Euclid Beach Park Grand Carousel, Bingham-Hanna Mansion, Hay-McKinney Mansion, Crawford Auto-Aviation Museum, Chisholm Halle Costume Wing, and Kidzibits Family Hands-On Gallery |
Cleveland Hungarian Museum | Downtown Cleveland | Ethnic - Hungarian American | History of Hungarians in northeast Ohio |
Cleveland Museum of Art | University Circle | Art | Collections include Chinese, African, Ancient Greek and Roman art, European art, Textiles & Islamic art, American painting & sculpture, Contemporary art, Medieval art, Decorative art & design, Pre-Columbian and Native North American art, Japanese & Korean art, Indian & Southeast Asian art, and Photography |
Cleveland Museum of Natural History | University Circle | Natural history | Animal mounts, skeletons, dinosaurs and fossils, minerals |
Cleveland Police Museum | Downtown Cleveland | Law enforcement | Located on the first floor of the Cleveland Police Headquarters Building in the Justice Center[1] |
Cleveland State University Art Galleries | Downtown Cleveland | Art | Located in the Cowell & Hubbard Building[2] |
Dittrick Museum of Medical History | University Circle | Science - medicine | History of medicine, experience of individuals and society as they grappled with changing conceptions of health and medicine |
Dunham Tavern Museum | Central | Historic house | Mid 19th-century tavern, oldest building in the city |
Great Lakes Science Center | Downtown Cleveland | Science | Includes the NASA Glenn Visitor Center |
Greater Cleveland Aquarium | Downtown Cleveland | Natural history | |
Historical Society of Old Brooklyn Museum | Old Brooklyn | Local history | website |
International Women's Air & Space Museum | Downtown Cleveland | Aviation | History of women in aviation and space, located at Cleveland Burke Lakefront Airport |
Learning Center and Money Museum | Downtown Cleveland | Numismatic | Part of Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland |
Louis Stokes Museum | Central | Biographical | Located at Outhwaite Homes, life of politician Louis Stokes[3] |
Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland | University Circle | Art | Contemporary art |
NASA Glenn Visitor Center | Downtown Cleveland | Aerospace | Features exhibits about NASA, space exploration and the solar system, part of the Great Lakes Science Center |
Polish-American Cultural Center of Cleveland | South Broadway | Ethnic | website |
Reinberger Galleries | University Circle | Art | Part of the Cleveland Institute of Art |
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame | Downtown Cleveland | Hall of fame - Music | |
Sculpture Center | University Circle | Art | website, gGallery for sculpture |
SPACES Gallery | Ohio City | Art | website, contemporary art |
Steamship William G. Mather Maritime Museum | Downtown Cleveland | Museum ship | Retired Great Lakes bulk freighter |
Temple Museum of Religious Art | University Circle | Jewish | Three locations |
Transformer Station | Ohio City | Art | website, contemporary art |
Ukrainian Museum-Archives | Tremont | Ethnic - Ukrainian American | |
USS Cod | Downtown Cleveland | Museum ship - Military | World War II Fleet Submarine |
Defunct museums
- Cleveland Health Museum, AKA HealthSpace Cleveland, merged in 2007 with the Cleveland Museum of Natural History[4]
- Lake Shore Electric Railway
- Little Italy Heritage Museum, closed in 2007[5]
- Mill Creek Falls History Center, operated by the Slavic Village Historical Society[6]
See also
References
- "Official site". Cleveland Police Museum. Retrieved 29 September 2017.
- "The Galleries at CSU". Cleveland State University. Retrieved 29 September 2017.
- "Louis Stokes Museum". This is Cleveland. Retrieved 8 March 2016.
- http://www.cmnh.org/site/ClassesandPrograms/SchoolPrograms/HealthEd.aspx Archived 2010-09-22 at the Wayback Machine CMNH Health Education
- "Cleveland's Little Italy". Jovina Cooks Italian. April 26, 2013. Retrieved 8 March 2016.
The Little Italy Heritage Museum closed at the end of 2007. The museum’s collection of photographs and artifacts were donated to the Western Reserve Historical Society in University Circle.
- "Official site". Slavic Village Historical Society. Retrieved 5 October 2017.
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