We will be closed Sundays, Mondays, and some other days. Check this link for info.
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We will be closed Sundays, Mondays, and some other days. Check this link for info.
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Aerial view of the Allen Memorial Art Museum Admission is free to all visitors. We are located on the campus of Oberlin College (about 40 minutes west of Cleveland) near several highways, including I-80/Ohio Turnpike, I-480, and I-90.
The museum is closed on Mondays and major holidays, including Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Easter Sunday, Memorial Day, Juneteenth, July 4, Labor Day, Thanksgiving and the following day, and each year from Christmas Eve through New Year’s Day. It is also closed on Fridays in July in conformance with Oberlin College's July Friday office closures.
Our hours may be irregular for the summer. Please check this page or Facebook/Instagram for updates.
Free, ample parking is available on the street in front of the museum building. Overflow parking for evening events is located behind the museum (off Willard Court).
Address: 87 N. Main St., Oberlin, OH 44074
The museum is located at the southeast corner of Ohio Routes 58 and 511.
I-80 (Ohio Turnpike)
Travel west to exit 140 (Amherst/Oberlin interchange). Go south for 6 miles on Ohio Route 58. At the intersection with Ohio Route 511, turn right and the museum will be on your left.
I-90
Travel west and exit at Ohio Route 2 west. Exit at Ohio Route 58 in Amherst and follow the above directions.
I-480 (from Cleveland Hopkins International Airport)
Follow I-480 west as it becomes Ohio Route 10 west toward Norwalk as it becomes Ohio Route 20 west. Take the ramp for Ohio Route 511 toward Oberlin. The Oberlin exit, Ohio Route 511 west, is also Lorain Street. Go west for 2 miles, then turn left on Ohio Route 58. The museum will be immediately to your left.
Travel on I-71 north to I-80 west (Ohio Turnpike)
Take exit 140 (Amherst/Oberlin interchange) and go south for 6 miles on Ohio Route 58 into Oberlin. At the intersection with Ohio Route 511, turn right and the museum will be on your left.
Take I-80 (Ohio Turnpike)
Take the turnpike east to exit 140 (Amherst/Oberlin interchange). Go south for six miles on Ohio Route 58. At the intersection with Ohio Route 511, turn right and the museum will be on your left.
See the museum's floor plan and entrances, including the courtyard entrance that has a ramp for those with limited mobility.
The Weltzheimer/Johnson house is located about 1.5 miles west of the museum, at 534 Morgan St., in Oberlin. Download directions to the house from the Allen.
To explore the town and campus, download maps of the City of Oberlin and the Oberlin College campus.
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