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 |
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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 |
Slovenian Museum & Archives | St. Clair - Superior | Ethnic | Slovenian Museum |
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 |