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SEE JUST HOW HAPPY YOU CAN BE
Science has proven it: art makes you happy. The Akron Art Museum wants to help you enjoy that kind of happiness all the time.
As a member, you can visit on your schedule. Stop by and discover just a few special pieces. Or, spend weekend hours lingering over the galleries and exhibitions with friends or family. Experience all the happiness you can.
Our collection includes thousands of paintings, photographs, prints and sculptures, created by some of the greatest artists of the past two centuries. And each year, we offer special exhibitions that are some of the most exciting and inspiring anywhere.
The Akron Art Museum is more than art. As a member you may attend Members Only! events including day trips, family events, weekend art getaways, behind-the-scenes tours, wine tastings and more. You’ll also receive a subscription to our beautiful and informative magazine View to keep you up-to-date on all that is happening.
EXHIBITIONS
Notable Past and Current Exhibitions
- M.C. Escher: Impossible Realities – An unprecedented collection of 130 works.
- Who Shot Rock & Roll: A Photographic History – The first major exhibition toshow rock history through the eyes of 100legendary photographers.
- American Chronicles: The Art of Norman Rockwell – Idealistic images of twentieth-century American life by its premier illustrator.
- Danny Lyon: The Bikeriders – A dramatic photographic chronicle of American biker counterculture in 1963.
- The Snowy Day and the Art of Ezra Jack Keats – The first major exhibition of the workof this legendary children’s author.
MEMBERSHIP LEVELS
- INDIVIDUAL MEMBERSHIP $50
- HOUSEHOLD MEMBERSHIP $65
Two adults plus all children under 18 at residence - CONTRIBUTOR MEMBERSHIP $100
Additional Benefit
Reciprocal membership at 13 Ohio art museums.
Interested in other levels of membership? Visit http://akronartmuseum.org/genmemberships/.
Brochure Image Credits:
Julian Stanczak, Red Cut-Out, 1970, screenprint on paper, 24 3/8 in. x 24 3/8 in., Collection of the Akron Art Museum, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Orrel Thompson, Mr. and Mrs. Norman J. Carr, Mr. and Mrs. F. Eugene Smith, and Dr. and Mrs. Andrew Currie 1970.46
Peter Dean, Doovekill Poppies, 1984, oil on canvas, 66 in. x 80 in., Collection of the Akron Art Museum, Museum Acquisition Fund 1994.20
Howard Finster, Woman Power, 1999, screenprint and embossing on paper, 25 1/2 in. x 20 in., Collection of the Akron Art Museum, Gift of Larry Clemons 2008.24
Dwight W. Tyron, The New Moon, 1921, oil on panel, 20 in. x 30 in., Collection of the Akron Art Museum, Bequest of Edwin C. Shaw 1955.38
Dale Chihuly, Yellow Persian Edition with Red Lip Wrap, 1996, blown glass, 9 in. x 11 in. x 9 in., Collection of the Akron Art Museum, Gift of Lucille and Jerrold Mirman 1997.4
Claes Oldenburg, Pizza, 1964, lithograph on paper, 21 1/2 in. x 16 1/2 in., Collection of the Akron Art Museum, Museum Acquisition Fund 1970.8 i
Richard Gosminski, Happy Birthday (detail), 1953, oil on canvas board, 21 3/4 in. x 30 in., Collection of the Akron Art Museum, Museum Acquisition Fund 1953.3
Milton Resnick, Abstract Expression, 1959, oil on linen, 78 1/8 in. x 53 in. Collection of the Akron Art Museum, Gift of Mrs. Mary S. Huhn, Mrs. Dorothy S. Steinberg, and Mr. John F. Seiberling, Jr. in memory of their father, Mr. J. Frederick Seiberling 1964.14
Robert Glenn Ketchum, CVNRA #55, from the Federal Lands series, 1986, cibachrome print, 24 in. x 30 in., Collection of the Akron Art Museu, Purchased with funds from Stephen and Celeste Myers 1989.11
Paul Stankard, Flowering stylized orchid plant, 1984, glass, 2 in. x 3 1/8 in. x 3 1/8 in., Collection of the Akron Art Museum, Gift of Annie and Mike Belkin 2010.282.4