Browse Exhibits (70 total)
What role do tugboats play on the Cuyahoga River?
Tugboats play a major role in along the river. They are used for icebreaking, ship assistance, and towing.
Doan Brook
Doan Brook is a watershed that flows through the communities of Cleveland Heights, Shaker Heights, and University Heights. A watershed is an ecological system of streams, brooks, rivers and lakes which flow into a larger lake or ocean. The Doan Brook watershed flows into Lake Erie.
Citizens, Government, and the Burning River
"Anyone who falls in the Cuyahoga, does not drown, ... he decays." (TIME Magazine. Aug. 1, 1969). For dedades pollution on the Cuyahoga River was out of control. National attention was drawn to the pollution problem with information about the Cuyahoga River fire of June 22, 1969 appearing in the widely publicized TIME issue of the Ted Kennedy scandal of Chappaquiddick. That along with efforts by then mayor Carl Stokes, sparked the interaction of community groups, the city of Cleveland, the state of Ohio and the federal government to attack polluted water ways.
Cleveland's Historical Cemeteries
This exhibit explores two Cleveland cemeteries to demonstrate the variety that exists in the planning and environment of sacred grounds. Specifically, the exhibit looks at Lake View Cemetery and Erie Street Cemetery. The cemetery is a well planned sacred ground. It can be used for a variety of purposes. From the obvious memorial purpose to the park like recreational use. These lands are built around, but rarely through. Thus, an area's cemetery becomes a permenant part of that location, typically for the duration of it's existance.
The Cuyahoga River
This exhibit will develop three important parts of the Cuyahoga River: the early years, the industrial boom years, and the clean-up.
Comparing the Impact of Industrialization and Immigration on Three Neighborhoods: Tremont, Lakewood, and Bay Village
A Comparison of census data for the three neighborhoods in Tremont, Lakewood, and Bay Village. The data will span 50 years (1880, 1910, and 1930).
Republic Steel: The Rise and Fall
This exhibit will trace the rise and fall of Republic Steel Corporation from its roots to eventual merger and transformation to LTV Steel in the 1980s. Republic Steel was a direct symbol of Cleveland's identity as a center of industrial power from the Depression years through to the early 1980s.
Frankie Yankovic, King of Polka
Frankie Yankovic burst onto the Polka scene with the platnium single "Just Because" in 1947. His is credited with popularizing the Cleveland-Style of Polka which has Slovenian roots. The Cleveland-Style Polka, which is characterized by fluid moves and a slower pace than other ethnic polkas, was greatly appreciated throughout the United States with Frankie Yankovic at the forefront. His Slovene upbrining in diverse Cleveland led to his success.
Commercial Travel on the Cuyahoga: Past and Present
The purpose of this exhibit is to pose questions for students and to provide answers about how humans interacted with their environment to provide commercial transportation on the Ohio and Erie Canal, the Cuyahoga River, and Lake Erie.
The exhibit will discuss how geographic and environmental factors influenced human interaction on the river in two eras -- the early 19th century and the late 20th century.
The exhibit will also create connections between Great Lakes transportation and folk music.
Women on Display: Gender and the Great Lakes Exposition
This exhibit examines the ways that women were involved with and depicted at the Great Lakes Exposition. The expo was held for two summers, during 1936 and 1937, along the shore of Lake Erie, just north of downtown Cleveland. Like all regional and world's fairs, the Great Lakes Exposition was held to promote industry, business and consumerism. Female imagery ranged from the blatantly sexual casino and peep shows to the fresh faced, wholesome, young women who acted as official hostesses, and the society matrons who were icons of respectable, middle-class, values.