Youth and Beauty: The Cleveland Museum of Art and the 1920s

At the dawn of the 20^th century the city of Cleveland was famous throughout the nation and world as the quintessential example of the American dream in action. During the 1920s the Cleveland Museum of Art demonstrated the vitality and energy of a recently founded city landmark. Clevelanders flocked to the many exhibits, programs, and classes held both at the museum and throughout the city. The museum provided many outlets for local artistic and musical exuberance.

Museum Archives on the trail of The Holden Gallery

[slideshow]By Leslie Cade
Archivist and Records Manager
Ingalls Library

Remembering a Few of Our Friends

The Cleveland Museum of Art in spring

By Cindy Fink
Director of Marketing and Communications

Mysteries Unveiled at Museum After Midnight

Gather round while we tell some spine-chilling Cleveland Museum of Art ghost stories sure to get you in the spooky spirit. These stories are collected by Carolyn Ivanye, protection services operation manager, who keeps a record of mysterious events that occur in the museum. Come in closer, grab hold of a loved one and don’t look behind you!

Beauty Behind the Scenes: About Those Flower Arrangements

There is always something new to see at the Cleveland Museum of Art. Have you ever noticed the flower arrangements in the lobby of the museum’s north entrance?

Behind the Scenes of Our Recent Banner Installation

The Cleveland Cavaliers have successfully completed the first round of the NBA playoffs and are on track to bring the 2010 championship home to Cleveland. The Cleveland Museum of Art is proud to show its support for Cleveland’s courtside artists and appreciates the positive national attention the Cavs generate for the entire city.

Last week, the museum installed new banners flanking the doors of its south entrance. On a scale worthy of King James himself, each of the two banners—which together read “Go Cavaliers”—measures 26.5 feet wide by 23 feet high.

Be the 300,000th visitor this year and win a prize!

If you haven’t been hiding underneath a rock you’ll know that this past year has been a really exciting one for the museum. We opened up the East Wing with a fantastic party and gave people even more reason to come visit us. We had some really great exhibitions like Friedlander, Art and Power in the Central African Savanna, Streams and Mountains Without End and of course Gauguin: Paris, 1889. And, most recently, we got the okay to go ahead with another phase of our renovation and expansion project (you can read about it

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