Natural History Museum and Cleveland Museum of Art

Thursday the 27th we visited both the Cleveland Museum of Natural History and the Cleveland Museum of Art, both of which are located in University Circle. The Natural History Museum is open Monday-Saturday 10 am to 5pm, but is open late on Wednesdays (until 10 pm). Sunday hours are 12pm to 5pm. Admission prices are $8 for children and $10 for adults. Currently on exhibit at the Natural History Museum are "Fieldwork: The Rare and Wonderful at Singer Lake Bog", "Tyrannosaurus Rex", "Triceratops Horridus", and "Meet Jane, a Juvenile Tyrannosaur". Coming May 29th is the exhibit "Wild Music: Sounds and Songs of Life". As we had plenty of time, we saw all four exhibits, but if you're in a time crunch, we felt that the full size replica of the T. Rex (part of the "Tyrannosaurus Rex" exhibit) was the most impressive of the four! The schedule of events at the Cleveland Museum of Natural History can be viewed at their website, http://cmnh.org/site/Index.aspx.

After lunch at the Falafel Cafe in University Circle, we headed for the Cleveland Museum of Art, located at 11150 East Blvd. Tickets can be purchased online at http://www.clevelandart.org/?gclid=CNycksrpgaICFYd-5QodOlyfGA or upon arrival at the museum. The Cleveland Museum of Art is open to visitors Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday from 10am to 5pm and on Wednesday and Friday from 10am to 5pm. It is closed on Mondays. The museum is home to a handful of different collections that can be viewed year round, such as African Painting and Sculpture, African Art, Ancient Egyptian Art, Art of the Americas, Chinese Art, Contemporary Art, Drawing, Photography, Textiles and Islamic Art, and more! Our favorite was the African art collection, where we spent over half an hour marveling at the detail of the exotic paintings and sculptures. There are also a handful of exhibits feautured at the Cleveland Museum of Art which are constantly changing. To veiw the current exhibits, visit the official website at http://www.clevelandart.org/visit/Exhibitions.aspx.