This is a list of museums in Cleveland and non-profit and university art galleries.
See also List of museums in Ohio for other museums in Cuyahoga County, Ohio and the rest of the state.
| Name | Neighborhood | Type | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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. http://www.clevelandpolicemuseum.org/ [1] |
| Cleveland State University Art Galleries | Downtown Cleveland | Art | Located in the Cowell & Hubbard Building [2] |
| Cozad-Bates House Interpretive Center | University Circle | History | Anti-slavery reflections for the Underground Railroad codename "Hope" [3] |
| 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 |
| Italian American Museum of Cleveland | Little Italy | Ethnic - Italian American | History of Italians in Northeast Ohio |
| 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 [4] |
| 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 | Broadway–Slavic Village | 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 |
Cleveland, officially the City of Cleveland, is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Cuyahoga County. Located in Northeast Ohio along the southern shore of Lake Erie, it is situated across the U.S. maritime border with Canada and lies approximately 60 miles (97 km) west of Pennsylvania. Cleveland ranks as the largest city on Lake Erie, the second-most populous city in Ohio, and the 54th-most populous city in the U.S. with a 2020 population of 372,624. The city anchors the Cleveland metropolitan area, the 33rd-largest in the U.S. at 2.18 million residents, as well as the larger Cleveland–Akron–Canton combined statistical area, the most populous in Ohio and the 17th-largest in the country with a population of 3.63 million in 2020.
The Cleveland Museum of Natural History is a natural history museum located approximately five miles (8 km) east of downtown Cleveland, Ohio in University Circle, a 550-acre concentration of educational, cultural and medical institutions. The museum was established in 1920 by Cyrus S. Eaton to perform research, education and development of collections in the fields of anthropology, archaeology, astronomy, botany, geology, paleontology, wildlife biology, and zoology. The museum traces its roots to the Ark, formed in 1836 on Cleveland's Public Square by William Case, the Academy of Natural Science formed by William Case and Jared Potter Kirtland, and the Kirtland Society of Natural History, founded in 1869 and reinvigorated in 1922 by the trustees of the Cleveland Museum of Natural History.
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.
University Circle is a district in the neighborhood of University on the East Side of Cleveland, Ohio. It is home to the Cleveland Museum of Art, Severance Hall, the Cleveland Institute of Art, Case Western Reserve University, the Cleveland Institute of Music, the Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland; the Cleveland Botanical Garden; historic Lake View Cemetery; the Cleveland Museum of Natural History; and University Hospitals/Case Medical Center.
Euclid–East 120th was a station on the RTA Red Line in the University Circle neighborhood of Cleveland, Ohio. It was located at the Euclid Avenue and Coltman Road intersection, near the western end of Lake View Cemetery. At the end of service on August 11, 2015, it became the first, and thus far only, station in the history of the RTA to permanently close.
This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Cleveland, Ohio.
Tremont is a neighborhood on the West Side of Cleveland, Ohio. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, the district sits just south of the Ohio City neighborhood. It is bounded by the Cuyahoga Valley to the north and east, MetroHealth medical center to the south, and West 25th Street and Columbus Road to the west.
Ohio History Connection, formerly The Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society and Ohio Historical Society, is a nonprofit organization incorporated in 1885. Headquartered at the Ohio History Center in Columbus, Ohio, Ohio History Connection provides services to both preserve and share Ohio's history, including its prehistory, and manages over 50 museums and sites across the state. An early iteration of the organization was founded by Brigadier General Roeliff Brinkerhoff in 1875. Over its history, the organization changed its name twice, with the first occurring in 1954 when the name was shortened to Ohio Historical Society. In 2014, it was changed again to Ohio History Connection, in what members believed was a more modern and welcoming representation of the organization's image.
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.
