Akron Art Museum

This is an art museum in Akron. Although the area is small, there are some more distinctive exhibition artworks inside. You can see the Amish handicrafts of Ohio

The Akron Art Museum, formerly the Akron Academy of Art, was founded on February 1, 1922, when there were only two rooms leased in the basement of the public library, and the museum had its own fixed pavilion - Akron Public Library between 1948 and 1981. The Carnegie Library has been increasing since 1922. On July 17, 2007, the new museum was completed as a stunning modern building, mainly displaying collections after 1950 and special exhibitions, with Chuck Close's giant painting Linda. The new museum building of Andy Warhol's works Elvis, Rosk's works and other museums began construction on May 22, 2004, and was completed by the Vienna architectural firm Coop Himmelb(l)au. The building area is about 5,900 square meters. The museum hall is a three-story "crystal" space, and the whole space is glass. Building materials such as metal and cement, complex shapes, from any angle, are like an abstract work, shape, color, light and shadow. The roof of the museum is a cantilevered bracket made of steel and aluminum plates about 100 meters long, spanning the roof of the new and old museums, which also makes the museum building a landmark building in Akron. The old museum is an Italian Renaissance building. Mainly displaying works from 1850 to 1950, including realism works at the end of the 19th century, American Impressionist works, American modern works, works by artists in the Ohio region from 1910 to 1950, and a room mainly composed of works by famous painters in the Ohio region. In addition, the museum has a garden. Because the location of the museum has a slope, people can follow the slope of the garden and enjoy the aluminum building like a spaceship.