Visiting Cleveland for a work conference, I was staying in the University Circle district, centered around Case Western Reserve University. It’s within walking distance to the world class Cleveland Museum of Art.

Now I know everyone goes to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame when in Cleveland, but you need to set aside time for the art museum too. I would put it on par with the Art Institute of Chicago or The Met in New York. Seriously.

Picasso? Check. Monet? Check. Van Gogh? Check. O’Keeffe? Check. Jackson Pollock? Check. Warhol? Check. You get the idea.

Oh, and it’s FREE. What a concept! If you’re hungry, try the museum’s Provenance restaurant–you won’t be disappointed.

Below are some pics from the museum. For more Cleveland pics, check out my Flickr album.

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Henri Matisse / Interior with an Etruscan Vase

Georgia O’Keeffe / White Flower

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Cleveland Museum of Art

Dali / The Dream

Warhol / Marilyn Monroe

Edward Hopper / Hills, South Truro

John Rogers Cox / Gray and Gold

Robert Gober / Untitled

Jackson Pollock / Number 5, 1950

Georg Baselitz / View Out the Window

Anselm Kiefer / Lot’s Wife

Van Gogh / Poplars at Saint-Remy

Joyce Pensato / Batman 007

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Picasso / Harlequin with Violin

Monet / Water Lillies

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Childe Hassam / Fifth Avenue

Closed-Mouth Guardian King from Japan

Cleveland Museum of Art

Tiffany glass

JMW Turner / The Burning of the Houses of Lords and Commons, 16 October 1834

Cleveland Museum of Art

Egyptian artifacts

Cleveland Museum of Art