Group Visits
Adult Group Visits and Tours
The Cleveland Museum of Art welcomes professional outings, senior centers, family reunions, and adult groups and clubs of all kinds. Please register for your group visit at least two weeks prior to your preferred date. To register, please email your group name, preferred date, and time of visit, and...
Special Exhibitions Group Rate
View special exhibitions at a discounted rate with a group of 10 or more. See Current Ticketed Exhibitions for current group rate listings. To purchase tickets, contact group sales at groupsales@clevelandart.org or call 216-707-2752 to reserve tickets.
Guided School Tours
Bring your students to the CMA for an hour-long experience that sparks curiosity, challenges your students to consider the possibilities of art, and builds social-emotional skills by connecting them with artworks and each other. Please note that all school groups (including self-guided groups) must...
University Group Guided Tours
Faculty are welcome to bring their students to the museum and must register their visit using the online registration form below.
Self-Guided Group Tours
Self-guided tours of the permanent collection are always free, and the CMA ArtLens App is free to download.
FAQs
Self-guided tours of the permanent collection are always FREE, and the CMA ArtLens App is FREE to download
Group tours can be scheduled for groups of 10 or more. Tours must be requested at least two weeks in advance of the visit date. Group tours may be scheduled up to three months in advance.
For docent-guided tours of the permanent collection, there is a suggested donation of $25 per docent.
The use of pencils is permitted in the galleries. Pens, markers, paint, charcoal, and pastels are not permitted.
BACKPACKS ARE NOT ALLOWED. Bags 13 x 17 x 6 inches or larger are also not permitted in the galleries. Please check all bags, backpacks, and briefcases 13 x 17 x 6 inches or larger, umbrellas, and other bulky items. All items are subject to inspection, and the museum reserves the right to decide what should be checked. Nothing is permitted to be carried on one’s back.
Children 14 years of age and younger should be under adult supervision.
Food and beverages cannot be brought into the museum. Food, beverages, and gum chewing are not permitted in the galleries, library, auditorium, or lecture halls.
Provenance Café is open on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., on Wednesdays and Fridays from 10:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m., and on Saturdays and Sundays from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. A limited selection of hot food items are available during select open hours. The café is closed on Mondays.
Provenance Restaurant is open from Tuesday to Saturday. The restaurant’s dining room is open from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., and the bar and lounge are open from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m on Tuesdays and Thursdays, and 2:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. on Wednesdays and Fridays. The restaurant is closed on Sundays and Mondays.
The museum has its own parking garage, accessible from Jeptha Drive. The garage is conveniently located within a few minutes’ walking distance to all major University Circle institutions, including the Cleveland Museum of Natural History, the Cleveland Botanical Garden, Western Reserve Historical Society, Case Western Reserve University, and Severance Hall. Explore more at University Circle.
Designated accessible parking, noted with signage, is available on the top level of the parking garage, a short distance from the museum’s north entrance, and on level P2 in the parking garage, which connects to the lower level of the museum through an interior tunnel.
Parking Rates
Parking fees for the museum’s garage may be paid in advance during the ticket reservation process. Visitors can also pay on-site at the garage entrance using a credit card. The museum highly recommends paying parking fees in advance.*
Flat Rates
Members: $7
Nonmembers: $14After 5:00 p.m.
Members: $7
Nonmembers: $12
Accessibility and ADA Compliance
Accessibility
Most of the historic 1916 building is accessible, but visitors who need to avoid stairs must enter the museum from the ramps and elevators at the north entrance and continue through the east wing or the atrium to access the 1916 building. The south steps of the 1916 building, which are...
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