MLK Day Special Hours

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January 20th, 2025

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10:00am – 4:00pm

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Please join us on Monday, January 20, 2025, as we commemorate the life and legacy of the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and celebrate African American history and culture at the Cleveland History Center. The museum will be open from 10:00 am until 4:00 pm, and admission is FREE.  All museum galleries will be open to explore with special guests and tours available throughout the day.  Rides on the Grand Carousel will be available for $3 each. The WRHS Genealogy Committee will help guests start their family history research. 

Celebrate Black artists in the exhibition History in Their Hands: Black Photographers in Cleveland, Ohio, 1968 - Present. The list of special activities includes displays of visual art by Bonnie Venable and Rodney Carpenter and opportunities to meet the associate curator and some of the photographers whose works are featured in the exhibition. 

Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. joined the staff of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) in 1967 to launch a Poor People’s Campaign in an effort to address problems facing all Americans living in poverty. Dr. King was assassinated prior to the movement in Washington D.C but the vision he carried continued. Learn more in the exhibitions Solidarity Now! 1968 Poor People's Campaign and City Of Hope: Resurrection City and the 1968 Poor People's Campaign Poster Exhibition, organized by the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service in collaboration with the National Museum of African American History and Culture.

A free shuttle bus connecting to all University Circle museums will run every 15 minutes 10:00 am to 5:00 pm.

Western Reserve Historical Society is the oldest cultural institution in Northeast Ohio, the region's largest American history research center, and one of the leading genealogical research centers in the nation.

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Cleveland History Center
10825 East Boulevard
Cleveland, Ohio 44106 ↗

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(216) 721-5722

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Thursday: 12:00 pm to 8:00 pm
Friday, Saturday, & Sunday: 10:00 am to 4:00 pm

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