Print detail event | Recent Acquisitions 2014

With its renowned encyclopedic collection, why does the Cleveland Museum of Art continue to acquire works of art? The museum seeks out exceptional objects that help convey the stories of cultural achievement through time and across the globe to provide visitors with a more complete picture of our shared heritage. Such artworks invite us to ponder and better understand the world around us.

Since 2014, the museum has acquired more than 2,000 works of art through purchase, gift, or bequest; this exhibition highlights 29 of these works, which were created for devotional, social, aesthetic, or practical purposes. Thanks to the generosity of our founders and donors, the Cleveland Museum of Art adds to the collection each year, acquiring objects that will pique your curiosity, stimulate your imagination, and perhaps even surprise you.

In conjunction with Recent Acquisitions 2014–2017 in the focus gallery, the permanent collection galleries currently feature more than 50 recent acquisitions, each identified by a “Recent Acquisition” logo on its label. We encourage visitors to explore the museum and discover these objects.

Accessibility Info

Accessibility

Most of the historic 1916 building is accessible to disabled visitors, but visitors must enter the museum from the ramps and elevators at the north entrance and continue through the east wing or the atrium to access the 1916 building. The south steps of the 1916 building, which are open during the spring and summer, are not wheelchair accessible. Wheelchairs are available at coat check in the north lobby.
Service animals accompanying disabled individuals are welcome.
Specially designed tours for visually impaired and hearing-impaired visitors are offered by prior arrangement. Contact the education department.

Parking

Designated spaces, noted with signage, are available in the parking garage for visitors with disabilities.

Service Animals

Service animals are welcome in the museum.

Wheelchairs

The museum is accessible to wheelchair users and other visitors who need to avoid stairs.
Wheelchairs are available free of charge at coat-check areas on a first-come, first-served basis. Advance reservations are not available.
Elevators and escalators are located throughout the building. All water fountains and public restrooms are wheelchair accessible.

Assistive Listening Devices

A limited number of FM assistive listening devices (headsets) are available for selected museum tours and programs.

Audio Guide

Audio Guide players are free for visitors who are blind, partially sighted, hard of hearing, or deaf.

Printed Material

Printed labels and audio tour scripts for paid exhibitions are available on request at the ticket desk.
The Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine is available online. The print may be scaled-up by using the + sign in the center top margin adjacent to the Automatic Zoom tool.

Programs by Request

Visitors with vision impairments can register for special tours with advance notice. These tours include diverse selections from the collection, from an ancient Egyptian carved stone bull to a 20th-century Henry Moore cast bronze. These tours are available to blind or partially sighted visitors of all ages, individually or in groups. Visitors who are blind or partially sighted can also register for verbal imaging tours with advance notice. This enables an experience with the permanent collection or exhibitions with a guide who describes works of art in great detail. Please call 216-707-2655 to inquire.