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| - I am pleasantly stunned and floored after visiting this remarkable GEM of an art museum (as was my 8 year old 'budding artist' daughter)! It is truly a world class art museum in every sense, with an impressive breadth and quality of art only seen in the truly best art museums globally. Amazingly, admission is FREE! I've been to the popular art museums in New York and Europe, and the CMA ranks up there with most of them! The CMA has been around for almost 100 years, and they have acquired some incredible and historic art from virtually every country and time period thru the ages. There is literally something for everyone here- from massive classic oil paintings to sculptures to tapestries to furniture to medieval armor and weaponry to folk art to wood carvings to ceramics and pottery to jewelry to ornate clocks to modern art and much more. You literally need almost a whole day to properly take in the expansive amount of exhibits in this architecturally gorgeous, well laid out, and cavernous museum! The wide open, airy main atrium with it's huge, tall glass ceiling is a sight in and of itself. I literally was on the verge of tears at one point, reflecting on how I could have possibly missed not coming here in all the 19 years i've lived in Northeast Ohio as a 'transplant'! As a mentionable sidenote, the museum's cafe 'Provenance' serves up some great tasting gourmet food, sandwiches, salads, and desserts, which rounded out our most pleasant visit. The museum curators are very nice and helpful as well, and the museum store was enjoyable. There is paid parking in the adjacent garage, which is conjoined with the museum for convenience. Do NOT miss a visit to the Cleveland Museum Of Art!
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