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Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, OH

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Toledo Museum of Art

Toledo Museum of Art is a museum in Toledo, OH, part of the Detroit guide. Cost: free.

2445 Monroe St · Toledo, OH

Why you should go…

Glassmaker Edward Drummond Libbey founded the Toledo Museum of Art in 1901, and its collection now holds more than 30,000 objects. Inside the 1912 Greek Revival main building you find works by Van Gogh, Monet and Picasso alongside Renaissance, Greek, Roman and Japanese pieces. On the same campus, the Glass Pavilion designed by SANAA has curved glass walls and a hot shop where artists give glassblowing demonstrations.

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