Martin Luther King Jr. Day Celebration

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  • Special Event
Monday, January 20, 2025, 10:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m.
Location:  ATRM Atrium
Ames Family Atrium
Free; No Ticket Required
a group of people dancing on a stage

About The Event

Join us on Monday, January 20, when the Cleveland Museum of Art opens its doors for a free daylong celebration honoring Martin Luther King Jr. Explore how the moving passages of Dr. King’s writings and speeches shed light on the museum’s collection and create a work of art inspired by his legacy. 

Guests are invited to experience the blockbuster exhibition Picasso and Paper for FREE. No tickets are required. Visitors are admitted into the exhibition throughout the day on a first-come, first-served basis.

Activities in Ames Family Atrium

Free Picasso and Paper

Guests are invited to experience the blockbuster exhibition Picasso and Paper for FREE on Monday, January 20. No tickets are required. Visitors are admitted into the exhibition throughout the day on a first-come, first-served basis.

Gallery view of a large paper collage with 3 figures standing in front of it

Installation view of Women at Their Toilette (winter 1937–38) in the exhibition Picasso and Paper

Community Arts Center Shuttle

Guests are invited to use the University Circle Inc. shuttle to travel between locations (the CMA in University Circle and the CAC in the Clark-Fulton neighborhood) to explore more opportunities for engagement. Shuttle departures are every 20–30 minutes. 

Gallery with giant puppets

Sponsors

All education programs at the Cleveland Museum of Art are underwritten by the CMA Fund for Education. Principal support is provided by Dieter and Susan M. Kaesgen and Gail C. and Elliott L. Schlang. Major annual support is provided by Brenda and Marshall Brown, Eva and Rudolf Linnebach, Medical Mutual of Ohio, the Edwin D. Northrup II Fund, Shurtape Technologies, and the Kelvin and Eleanor Smith Foundation. Generous annual support is provided by an anonymous donor, Gini and Randy Barbato, the M. E. and F. J. Callahan Foundation, Dr. William A. Chilcote Jr. and Dr. Barbara S. Kaplan, Char and Chuck Fowler, the Giant Eagle Foundation, Linda Harper, the late Marta and the late Donald M. Jack Jr., Susan LaPine, Bill and Joyce Litzler, the Logsdon Family Fund for Education, Sarah Nash, Courtney and Michael Novak, William J. and Katherine T. O’Neill, the Pickering Foundation, William Roj and Mary Lynn Durham, Suzanne Cushwa Rusnak and Jeff Rusnak, Ellen and Lowell Satre, in memory of Dee Schafer, Betty T. and David M. Schneider, the Sally and Larry Sears Fund for Education Endowment, Roy Smith, Paula and Eugene Stevens, the Trilling Family Foundation, Jack and Jeanette Walton, and the Womens Council of the Cleveland Museum of Art.

    The Cleveland Museum of Art is funded in part by residents of Cuyahoga County through a public grant from Cuyahoga Arts & Culture.

    Education programs are supported in part by the Ohio Arts Council, which receives support from the State of Ohio and the National Endowment for the Arts.