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The African American Museum in Cleveland was founded by Icabod Flewellen in 1953. It became the first independent African American museum to open in America. Flewellen was a long-time resident of East Cleveland and best known for his extensive collection of African-American historical artifacts and souvenirs. [ 1 ]
This list of museums in Ohio is a list of museums, defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing.
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
The Cleveland Museum of Art (CMA) is an art museum in Cleveland, Ohio, United States. Located in the Wade Park District of University Circle , the museum is internationally renowned for its substantial holdings of Asian and Egyptian art and houses a diverse permanent collection of more than 61,000 works of art from around the world. [ 4 ]
The museum was opened out of the desire to acquaint the people of Yugoslavia with the art and culture of Africa since there was a deeply rooted notion about Yugoslavia sharing a friendship with African countries thanks to their similar struggles; all of the original items in the museums were legally bought by the Yugoslav ambassador and ...
The Hay-McKinney Mansion, part of the Cleveland History Center. The Western Reserve Historical Society (WRHS) is a historical society in Cleveland, Ohio. The society operates the Cleveland History Center, a collection of museums in University Circle. The society was founded in 1867, making it the oldest cultural institution in Northeast Ohio.
A Decorative Mangbetu Pot from the Brooklyn Museum. The Mangbetu is African tribe part of Democratic Republic of the Congo, living in the Orientale Province.The people of this tribe produced a large variety of highly developed art and music, such as harps, guitars, pots, and other crafts. [1]
The Intermuseum Conservation Association ( doing business as ICA-Art Conservation or ICA) is the oldest non-profit art conservation center in the United States, currently located in Cleveland, OH. The ICA offers conservation and preservation treatments for paintings, murals, works on paper, documents, objects of all media, outdoor sculpture ...