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Art museum · Erie, Erie County

Erie Art Museum

Erie Art Museum: Entrance to the Erie Art Museum
Photo: Erie Art Museum, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Changing exhibitions and a wide-ranging collection strong in American ceramics, Asian art and bronze sculpture, shown partly in the marble 1839 Greek Revival Customs House downtown.

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Nearby

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  • Tom Ridge Environmental Center

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