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Causes: Art Museums, Arts & Culture, Arts Education
Mission: For 116 years, the toledo museum of art has offered free admission to one of the world's great art collections housed in its greek revival main building and the glass pavilion. The museum has an extensive education program, offering curriculum-based school tours as well as adult and children's art classes.
Programs: The toledo museum of art operates and maintains art galleries, studio spaces and an art library for the benefit of the general public. This includes educational scholarship, research, conservation, documentation and presentation of a permanent collection of art totaling nearly 23,000 objects. With annual visitation of over 423,000, the museum's visitation is among the highest of american museums per capita.
the museum organizes and presents special exhibitions of its permanent collection as well as hosts traveling exhibitions and mounting exhibitions in collaboration with other art museums. The museum offers cultural activities associated with these exhibitions including musical programs, hands-on activities, lectures, etc. That are available to the general public, generally without charge or at a very low cost.
with an emphasis in art education and visual literacy, the museum integrates art into the lives of people. The family center is open 7 days a week, offering art-based activities free of charge. While there is a charge for most formal classes, the museum has an active scholarship program to support students who would not have the access or means to pursue art classes. The museum provides approximately 700 scholarships annually to its 2,000 class attendees. The museum provides bus funds to local schools and community centers to allow over 20,000 school children the opportunity to tour the museum in docent-led curriculum. The museum also hosts almost 15,000 adults annually for docent-led tours or visual literacy programs.