AKRON ART MUSEUM

The Akron Art Museum provides unique, accessible, meaningful experiences that are created by and for the communities they serve... This is the traditional land of many diverse nations, including the Ohio Seneca and Cayuga, the Lenni Lenape (Delaware), the Miami, the Shawnee, the Wyandot (Wendat), the Odawa (Ottawa) and the Ojibwe Nations. It was these Indigenous People whose cultures, lifestyles, spiritual beliefs, and traditions shaped this land. The Akron Art Museum serves the community within this same place. Native history is American History and we acknowledge the Museum is indelibly intwined with indigenous exploitation and dispossession. The Akron Art Museum pays respect to the native forebearers of this land, honoring the roles indigenous communities have historically held and continue to hold in shaping the future of our shared home. We commit to the continuous processes of education in Native arts, relationship building with and among Indigenous Peoples, offering community..

Primary location: Akron United States