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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.

Museums

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Name Neighborhood Type Summary
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

Defunct museums

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Official site". Cleveland Police Museum. Retrieved 29 September 2017.
  2. ^ "The Galleries at CSU". Cleveland State University. Retrieved 29 September 2017.
  3. ^ "Three Things To Know: Cozad-Bates House From University Circle Inc". Cleveland Magazine. Retrieved 20 May 2021.
  4. ^ "Louis Stokes Museum". This is Cleveland. Retrieved 8 March 2016.
  5. ^ http://www.cmnh.org/site/ClassesandPrograms/SchoolPrograms/HealthEd.aspx Archived 2010-09-22 at the Wayback Machine CMNH Health Education
  6. ^ "Cleveland's Little Italy". Jovina Cooks Italian. April 26, 2013. Retrieved 8 March 2016. The Little Italy Heritage Museum closed at the end of 2007. The museum's collection of photographs and artifacts were donated to the Western Reserve Historical Society in University Circle.
  7. ^ "Official site". Slavic Village Historical Society. Retrieved 5 October 2017.
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