Akron Art Museum
photo by Richman Haire
Akron, OH
330-376-9185
Providing visitors an intimate setting for learning and discovery, the Akron Art Museum is a world-class institution that showcases regional, national and international art created since 1850. The Museum is located in the heart of downtown Akron, Ohio at 70 E. Market St.
In July 2004 the Museum began construction on a 64,000 square foot expansion. The new building will be built adjacent to the existing museum, increasing its size to 85,000 gross square feet. The expanded Akron Art Museum is expected to open in late summer 2006.
The architect's design for the new Akron Art Museum features three distinct elements: a soaring glass and steel "crystal" lobby; a large, flexible exhibition space called the Gallery Box; and the Roof Cloud, a large cantilevered structure that reaches over the existing museum and above the city's main artery. The project will almost triple gallery space from 8,000 square feet to over 20,000 square feet, allowing greater display of the museum's important paintings and sculpture from its permanent collection as well as selections from its distinguished photography holdings. The expansion also provides a number of amenities long requested by museum visitors such as classroom space, a childrens gallery, auditorium, museum gift shop and café.
Coop Himmelb(l)au was selected as the design architect for the Akron Art Museum project in September 2001 during a year-long architect selection process, which culminated with a competition that included three finalists: Coop Himmelb(l)au, UN Studio Van Berkel & Bos of Amsterdam and Snøhetta based in Oslo.
Please see the Museum's website for hours and admission fees.
Google announced in 2004 a collaboration with institutional libraries, such as the University Of Michigan Library, to digitize large quantities of books: the Google Books Library Project. Public domain books are made available to the public on an open access basis. Copyrighted material is treated in one of three ways. Google negotiates with cooperating publishers through its Google Books Partner Program for "full view" or "limited preview" of entire books, pages or sections within books. For scanned books without copyright permissions, "snippets" may be made available to the public. For remaining books basic information is provided without ability to search within the book. Snippets inform readers about the relevance of the book to their subject of inquiry. A Google Book Search conducted June 19, 2008 located the following books indicated as having been published by the Museum.
La Wilson, Metaphorical Objects, by La Wilson, Ellen H. Johnson, Akron Art Museum, Kathleen Monaghan, Rod Bengston, Akron Art Museum - Art - 1986 - 12 pages. Catalog of an exhibition held at Akron Art Museum, Nov. 14, 1986-Jan. 18, 1987.
The Edwin C. Shaw Collection of American Impressionist and Tonalist Painting, by William H. Robinson, Carolyn Kinder Carr, Akron Art Museum, Margot Jackson - Impressionism (Art) - 1986 - 140 pages. Exhibition catalogue. A Legacy of Beauty: Paintings & Prints from the Edwin C. Shaw Bequest; article by Wendy Kendall-Hess (4/20/05)
Hollis Sigler: Paintings, Drawings and Prints 1976-1986, by Hollis Sigler, Akron Art Museum - Art - 1986 - 8 pages. Catalog of an exhibition held Akron Art Museum, Nov. 14, 1986-Jan. 18, 1987 and Chicago Public Library Cultural Center Jan. 24-Mar. 21, 1987.
Cindy Sherman, by Akron Art Museum - 1984. Catalog of an exhibition held June 23-Sept. 2, 1984.
William Merritt Chase: Portraits, by William Merritt Chase, Carolyn Kinder Carr, Akron Art Museum - 1982. Catalogue of an exhibition held Akron Art Museum on 5th June - 29th Aug. 1982.
Book information courtesy of Google Books.
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