Akron Art Museum

The Akron Art Museum is an art museum in , 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.
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  • Opening hours:
    Wednesday—Sunday: 11:00 AM—5:00 PM
    Thursday: 11:00 AM—8:00 PM
    public holidays: closed
  • Type: Museum
  • Description: art museum in Akron, Ohio
  • Wheelchair access: yes

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include John S. Knight Center and Akron-Summit County Public Library.

Community center
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The is a large convocation center located in , named after the newspaper publisher and editor John S. Knight. It is the site for Holiday Tree Festival. is situated 620 feet south of Akron Art Museum.

Library
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The is a public library system in . Founded in 1874, it operates the Main Library on South High Street and South Main Street in downtown , 18 branch libraries located throughout the city of Akron and , the Akron Art Library, the Project LEARN of Summit County Training Room, Mobile Services, and Project LEARN of Summit County. is situated 550 feet southwest of Akron Art Museum.

Theater building
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The is a theater in . It is one of only five remaining atmospheric theatres designed by John Eberson in the United States and is an excellent example of the great movie palaces of the 1920s. is situated 1,900 feet southwest of Akron Art Museum.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Akron and Cuyahoga Falls.

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is a city of almost 200,000 people in the region in Summit County. is proud of its heritage as a center of industry, and now offers visitors a wide range of recreational and cultural attractions, food experiences, and shopping.

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is a city in , United States. The population was 51,114 at the 2020 census. The second-largest city in Summit County, it is located directly north of and is a suburb in the .

Neighborhood
is a former shopping district in , surrounding the now-demolished . Planning for the area began in 1960s with Forest City Enterprises, a Cleveland real estate company and the powerful Buchholzer family, whose previous endeavors involved financing much of the Chapel Hill Mall area. is situated 4 miles southwest of Akron Art Museum.

Akron Art Museum

Latitude
41.08426° or 41° 5′ 3″ north
Longitude
-81.51525° or 81° 30′ 55″ west
Open location code
86HW3FMM+PW
Open­Street­Map ID
way 305101135
Open­Street­Map feature
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Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­museum
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­yes
Wiki­data ID
Q420869
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Turkish—“Akron Art Museum” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “متحف أكرون للفنون”
  • Dutch: “Akron Art Museum”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “متحف اكرون للفنون”
  • Finnish: “Akron Art Museum”
  • French: “Akron Art Museum”
  • German: “Akron Art Museum”
  • Japanese: “アクロン美術館”
  • Portuguese: “Museu de Arte de Akron”
  • Spanish: “Akron Art Museum”
  • Spanish: “Museo de Arte de Akron”
  • Turkish: “Akron art museum”
  • Turkish: “Akron Art Museum”
  • Turkish: “Akron Sanat Müzesi”

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