Akron Art Museum

1 S High St, Akron, OH 44308
Telephone: 330-376-9185

LINK www.akronartmuseum.org

CATEGORIES: Arts & Entertainment | Non-profit Organizations | Completed

HOURS: Wed.-Sun. 11 a.m.-5 p.m., Thur. 11 a.m. - 9 p.m.

PARKING : Available on High Street. The parking garage is the first building on the right, across the street from the museum.

 

The Akron Art Museum, founded in 1922, houses a permanent collection of over 3,800 objects. Particular areas of strength include American painting and sculpture since 1960, 20th-century American and international photography and American impressionist and tonalist paintings. The museum's Martha Stecher Reed Library houses over 10,000 titles supporting the research and teaching goals of the museum. In July 2007, the Akron Art Museum moved in to a new building designed by the Austria-based architecture firm COOP HIMMELB(L)AU. Joined with the museum's exisiting19th century building, the new John S. and James L. Knight Building added 64,000 square feet of programming and public space.

 
 

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Upcoming Events At this Location

• Indie Game: The Movie
  May 24th
• Five Favorites Tour
  May 27th
• Sunday Sampler
  June 3rd
• 17th Annual Akron Wine Auction
  June 9th
• Gravity and Grace: Monumental Works of El Anatsui Opening Party
  June 16th
• Downtown@Dusk, Wanda Hunt Band
  June 21st