Akron Art Museum

Akron Art Museum
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EstablishedFebruary 1, 1922; 102 years ago (1922-02-01)
LocationOne South High St., Akron, Ohio, United States
Websiteakronartmuseum.org

The Akron Art Museum is an art museum in Akron, Ohio, United States.

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.

  1. ^ Akron Art Museum - Museum History Archived 2015-10-16 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved on February 17, 2008.
  2. ^ Edwin C. Shaw Bequest
  3. ^ Lorrie K. Owen, ed. (1999). Ohio Historic Places Dictionary, Volume 2. Somerset Publishers, Inc. p. 1305. ISBN 9781878592705. Retrieved May 7, 2019.