Akron Art Museum
Art museum in Akron, Ohio
The Akron Art Museum is an art museum in Akron, Ohio, United States.
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| Established | February 1, 1922 (1922-02-01) |
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| Location | One South High St., Akron, Ohio, United States |
| Website | akronartmuseum.org |
The museum first opened on February 1, 1922, as the Akron Art Institute. It was located in two borrowed rooms in the basement of the public library.[1] The Institute offered classes in arts appreciation which were organized by Edwin Coupland Shaw and his wife Jennifer Bond Shaw.[2] Its first permanent home was the Akron Public Library, a Carnegie library building, from 1948 to 1981.[3] It has grown considerably since 1922. The new museum was open to the public on July 17, 2007, and hosts visiting shows from national and international collections.
- ^ Akron Art Museum - Museum History Archived 2015-10-16 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved on February 17, 2008.
- ^ Edwin C. Shaw Bequest
- ^ Lorrie K. Owen, ed. (1999). Ohio Historic Places Dictionary, Volume 2. Somerset Publishers, Inc. p. 1305. ISBN 9781878592705. Retrieved May 7, 2019.
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