The museum will be closed Friday, July 1. We regret any inconvenience.
Museum closed Friday
The museum will be closed Friday, July 1. We regret any inconvenience.
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Learn MorePosted Tuesday, March 29, 2022
As Prussian troops prepared to crush the 1849 socialist uprising in Dresden, anarchist thinker Mikhail Bakunin propose... Learn More
Posted Thursday, September 2, 2021
The Allen Memorial Art Museum’s gallery of 17th- and 18th-century European art has been reimagined to reveal globa... Learn More
Posted Wednesday, June 16, 2021
Imagine encountering the large Coiling Dragon upon entering the museum and using your cell phone to hear a musical compo... Learn More
Posted Wednesday, May 12, 2021
Art history graduate Madi Goetzke ’21 will spend a year as a Watson Fellow, traveling to UNESCO-designated World H... Learn More
Posted Monday, December 7, 2020
Eva Hesse: Oberlin Drawings, a catalogue of the artist’s works held by the Allen Memorial Art Museum at Oberlin ... Learn More
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