Cleveland Museum of Art

Q: What famous artworks are at the Cleveland Museum?

George Bellows's Stag at Sharkey's (1909) is one of the best American realist paintings anywhere. Rembrandt prints and drawings fill an entire study room.

Q: Is the Cleveland Museum free?

Yes, always free. One of the few major American museums with no admission charge. The collection of 61,000+ objects spans 6,000 years. Rembrandt's works are in the European galleries on the second floor.

Q: What artists are best represented?

Rembrandt has the strongest presence with multiple paintings, prints, and drawings. Frederic Edwin Church and other Hudson River School painters represent the American landscape tradition.

Q: What makes Cleveland's museum special?

It punches well above its weight for a mid-size city. Free admission since 1916, world-class Asian art, and a renovated 2013 building make it one of the best art museums in the Midwest. Bellows's boxing paintings capture early 20th-century New York.

Q: What art periods does the collection cover?

Everything from ancient Egyptian to contemporary. European painting is strong in Baroque and Dutch Golden Age works. The Asian and medieval armor collections are also nationally recognized. The Impressionist gallery was recently rehung.

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11150 East Boulevard, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA

Cleveland, United States

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Free (special exhibitions vary)

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15 artists in database

1Rembrandt van Rijn29 works 2Auguste Rodin22 works 3Antoine-Louis Barye12 works 4Edgar Degas11 works 5Joseph Matthias Götz10 works

The Cleveland Museum of Art was founded as a trust in 1913 through bequests from Cleveland industrialists Hinman Hurlbut, John Huntington, and Horace Kelley. Jeptha Wade II donated the Wade Park land with the stipulation that the museum serve "for the benefit of all the people forever." This vision has been honored since the Neoclassical Revival building opened on June 6, 1916. The permanent collection remains free to all visitors, supported by a $920 million endowment that makes it the fourth-wealthiest art museum in the United States.

The collection spans over 61,000 works from ancient Egypt through contemporary America. Rembrandt's prints and paintings, including The Three Trees and The Three Crosses, represent the Dutch Golden Age. Edgar Degas features prominently with works like Dancers in Pink. Asian and Egyptian art holdings have earned international recognition. The museum draws approximately 770,000 visitors annually, attracted by both the collection and the commitment to public access that has defined the institution since its founding.

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George Bellows's Stag at Sharkey's (1909) is one of the best American realist paintings anywhere. Rembrandt prints and drawings fill an entire study room.

Yes, always free. One of the few major American museums with no admission charge. The collection of 61,000+ objects spans 6,000 years. Rembrandt's works are in the European galleries on the second floor.

Rembrandt has the strongest presence with multiple paintings, prints, and drawings. Frederic Edwin Church and other Hudson River School painters represent the American landscape tradition.

It punches well above its weight for a mid-size city. Free admission since 1916, world-class Asian art, and a renovated 2013 building make it one of the best art museums in the Midwest. Bellows's boxing paintings capture early 20th-century New York.

Everything from ancient Egyptian to contemporary. European painting is strong in Baroque and Dutch Golden Age works. The Asian and medieval armor collections are also nationally recognized. The Impressionist gallery was recently rehung.

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The Death of Count Ugolino della Gherardesca and His Sons (Inferno Canto XXXIII)

Apollo and Marsyas

Jesse

Statuette of a Young Spearman

Two Standing Apostles (probably Saint John the Evangelist and St. Paul)

Standing Apostle (Saint Paul?)

Standing Apostle (Probably Saint John the Evangelist)

Why Born Enslaved!

Column Base

Capitals and Columns

Dido

Devi

One of a Pair of Guardian Figures (Zuishin)

Head of a Weeping Woman

Dawn

Disk

Bow Stand

Sleeping Christ Child

Standing Devi

Head of Surya

Crane

Twin Figure (Ère Ìbejì)

Male Figure (Ofika)

The Trinity

Shrine Figure (Ikenga)

Deer

Leda and the Swan

Bird

The Bread Line

Standing Female Figure

The Furnace

Ceremonial Ladle (Wunkirmian or Wakemia)

Bust of a Classical Hero or Emperor

Head of Balzac

Chateaubriand

Gustave Planche

Sappho: Portrait of a Woman (Louise Colet)

En no Gyōja with Zenki and Kōki (En no Gyōja)

Portrait of Philip II, King of Spain

Virgin and Child in Majesty

Seated Zenki and Koki

Seated Koki

Seated Zenki

Jaina Figure

Head of Kubera

Head of a Follower of Shiva

Box

Siva and Parvati (Uma-Mahesvara)