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The expanded Cowan Pottery Museum is located primarily on the first floor of Rocky River Public Library (renovated in 2006-2007). It features over 1200 pieces of a distinctive form of American art pottery created by R. Guy Cowan and his associates at the Cowan Pottery Studio in Lakewood, Ohio from 1913-1917, and in Rocky River, Ohio from 1920-1931.
The Cowan Pottery Studio was one of the nation’s leading potteries during the 1920s and the Cleveland area’s only major pottery. Cowan Pottery represents a visual cultural heritage unique to Rocky River and Cleveland.
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James E. Lewis Museum of Art (JELMA) is the visual arts cultural extension for Morgan State University’s fine arts and academic program. Developed to enhance the scholastic experience of Morgan students and the community’s exposure to works of art, JELMA provides opportunities to experience exhibitions, programs, and presentations.
The museum features work by artists at all levels of their careers, from students to established, world-renowned practitioners. The JELMA collection comprises art from the Americas, Africa, Asia, Europe, and Oceania, dating from the 9th century to the present.
The wide range of disciplines represented includes painting, drawing, ceramics, sculpture, photography, mixed media and printmaking. JELMA is Maryland’s premier museum for African and Black diaspora art.
In addition to Morgan students, faculty and staff, JELMA exhibitions and events are free and open to the public, and accessible to everyone.
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The Peale is the oldest purpose-built museum in the Americas. Built in 1814, the museum once served as a space for innovation, discovery, and creativity.
The building itself has had many lives, and presently functions as The Peale, Baltimore’s Community Museum. We strive to be a mirror—not a lens—reflecting the cultural narrative of now, not curating a limited version of what it means to be a Baltimorean.
We serve as facilitators and advocates, not gatekeepers of knowledge or assigners of cultural value. We’re not just a physical space; we’re a community resource. We provide a place and platform for creative experimentation and serve as a co-creator for exhibits and cultural programming driven by local creators and storytellers.
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The only art museum in Minnesota’s capital city of St. Paul (Imníža Ska in Dakhóta), the Minnesota Museum of American Art (the M) is located in the Upper Midwest of Dakota territory and at the heart of a diverse urban community. Founded in 1894 as an arts educator, the M has evolved into a community-centered institution dedicated to inspiring understanding of American identities, experiences, and complex truths through art and creativity.
We are an inclusive community of people—artists, art lovers, learners, partners, and supporters—brought together by a belief that artistic creation and engagement with the arts are essential to our common vision of a vibrant community.
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The Newcomb Art Museum of Tulane University is a dynamic academic museum that builds on the legacy of H. Sophie Newcomb Memorial College, the first degree-granting coordinate college for women in the United States. Located in the Woldenberg Art Center on Tulane’s campus, the museum presents innovative exhibitions and public programs that connect art, scholarship, and community. Its mission centers on fostering creative exchange, cross-disciplinary collaboration, and civic dialogue through socially engaged art and design.
The museum preserves and advances research on Tulane’s art collections, which include more than 8,000 works ranging from historic paintings and photography to contemporary art and design. It also holds the world’s largest collection of objects from the renowned Newcomb Pottery enterprise, created between 1895 and 1940.
Through exhibitions, educational initiatives, and community partnerships, the Newcomb Art Museum serves as a gateway between the university and the wider New Orleans region while honoring the artistic contributions of women and promoting dialogue around the social issues of our time.
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The DAR Museum, located in the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution’s historic headquarters near the National Mall in Washington, D.C., is a free decorative arts museum focused on objects used and created in American homes.
The collection includes more than 20,000 objects spanning furniture, silver, ceramics, glass, textiles, and needlework made and used in America through the early 20th century. Thirty-one period rooms offer visitors an immersive look at domestic life across regions, cultures, and time periods.
A study gallery provides close access to hundreds of additional objects from the permanent collection, while a main gallery hosts changing exhibitions that explore the diverse American experience. The museum has been free and open to the public since its founding in 1890.
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The Foothills Craft Guild, Inc., is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization chartered in 1968 in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, to promote fine crafts by:
- setting high standards of creativity and excellence of execution for a variety of handcrafts;
- providing demonstrations, scholarships and education about fine craft for people of all ages; and
- promoting the sale of fine crafts. FCG is the oldest member craft guild in the State of Tennessee and has earned a reputation nation-wide as one of the best in the Southeast region.
The Foothills Craft Guild was created to:
- Encourage the development and appreciation of arts and handicrafts of all types.
- Promote high standards of workmanship in handicrafts.
- Conduct educational programs on handicrafts with all ages.
- Sponsor handicraft shows and demonstrations.
- Engage in activities which contribute to the advancement, development, and appreciate of arts and handicrafts of all kinds.
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Mission: The Pacific Northwest Quilt and Fiber Arts Museum advances creativity and the understanding and appreciation of fiber arts through exhibitions, collections, and community-centered learning and connects cultural traditions.
Vision: We envision the Pacific Northwest Quilt & Fiber Arts Museum as an innovative center for the exhibition, preservation, and interpretation of fiber arts. Through collections stewardship and educational programs, the Museum will nurture creativity and deepen understanding of fiber traditions across cultures and generations. Our work will provide a vibrant gathering place where artists, scholars, and communities connect through the shared language of fiber.
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The Columbia Gorge Discovery Center & Museum is the official interpretive center for the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area, designated by the US Congress in 1986.
The Museum’s multisensory and wheelchair-accessible exhibitions explore thousands of years of cultural and natural history with the mission to inspire stewardship of the Columbia River Gorge and Wasco County, and to encourage active life-long learning about our shared environment and the preservation, collection and interpretation of the cultural and natural history of the region.
Collections include hundreds of historic objects, Native American baskets, photographs, local genealogical files and much more available for research. The Raptor Program enables visitors to experience first hand the magnificent creatures flying through the Gorge today.
The Museum’s educational programs serve thousands of local school students and visitors through hands-on ecology and outdoor experiences that share the history and science of this unique region.
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Waterworks Visual Arts Center aspires to enhance the creative capacity of individuals and communities through extraordinary visual arts experiences that foster creativity and learning.
We strive to be a leader and innovator in the exhibition of the art of our time and in museum education. Waterworks is an exciting space where ideas, issues, and communities converge to expand traditional ways of thinking and explore the complex, unfolding patterns between artistic and cultural spheres.
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The Nichols House Museum on Boston’s historic Beacon Hill was home to an early 20th-century family of artists and social activists. Preserved as a museum by Rose Standish Nichols, a pioneering woman landscape architect, the 1804 townhouse is furnished with an original collection, including pieces created by Rose and her sister Margaret. Rose was an embroiderer and woodcarver, whose historically-inspired designs enlivened her living spaces. Margaret was a furniture maker, designing and building pieces for her family, as well as for her business, Pegleggers. Both were inspired by the ideals of the Arts and Crafts Movement, combining their love of craft with their efforts to build a better world.
The Nichols House Museum fosters curiosity, creativity, and change-making, inspired by the trailblazing work and legacy of the Nichols sisters. Visitors are welcome for tours, programs, and special events throughout the year.
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The Gibbes enriches lives through art. We are committed to telling the story of Charleston’s ever-changing landscape and its people. Including historical, modern, and contemporary works, our collection spans 350 years and features some of the country’s most celebrated artists.
With world-class rotating exhibitions and a dynamic visiting artist residency program, there’s so much to see inside. Set in the heart of downtown Charleston, the Gibbes is a southern museum with a global perspective.
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The Hunter Museum of American Art collects, preserves, and presents American art and connects the community through inspiring educational and visitor-focused experiences for all.
With its iconic campus, exceptional collection of American art, and engagement with the community, the Hunter is an essential space where everyone is welcome to experience creativity, connect, and share ideas.
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Founded by American artist Edith C. Barry in 1936, the Brick Store Museum ignites personal connections to local history and arts through exhibitions, education and programs illustrating the human experience in Kennebunk and the southern Maine region. For 90 years, the Museum has inhabited a campus of five historic buildings, including an 1825 dry goods store built of brick (hence our name!).
The Museum presents a blend of history and art exhibitions and related programming for all ages and learning levels; including arts workshops led by regional teaching artists. The Museum offers a hands-on learning gallery for young visitors, a contemporary arts gallery, and six main galleries to explore. The Museum is located in the heart of downtown Kennebunk, providing a gateway to engaging with the seacoast region and its deep history and artistic heritage.
In 2026, the Museum’s contemporary art gallery, the Bauman Center, will host rotating exhibitions of York County artists presenting their work in a variety of media such as fiber, glass, metal and wood.
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The Workhouse Arts Center is a vibrant 55-acre arts campus housed in a former historic prison. We offer art classes, exhibitions, and artist studio spaces for 70+ working artists, as well as professional theater and music performances, historic tours, and seasonal family-friendly experiences. We strive to harness the power of the arts to engage, heal, and inspire communities through creativity, cultural enrichment, historic preservation, and positive social impact.
2026 commemorates the 25th anniversary of the closure of the Washington DC Corrections Office’s Lorton Correctional Complex (1910-2001). The Workhouse Arts Center is located on 55 acres of the former 3,500-acre prison and is home to the Lorton Prison Museum, dedicated to sharing the 91-years of this former Washington DC prison’s history, including events of the women’s suffrage movement.
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