If you've just relocated to the Akron region and you're looking for a day or evening of culture in the city, there are plenty of different places you can visit. Akron is best known for its strong connection to the rubber industry and this along with the melting pot population who have made their home in Akron since the beginning of the twentieth century have created many pockets of cultural history throughout the region. Whether the women are looking for an evening of the arts while their husbands are off at a hockey tournament Ontario or your school is looking for a local field trip location, Akron offers many exciting options.

The Akron Art Museum is definitely one of the gems of the city. What started as the Akron Art Institute in two rooms of the basement of the public library in 1922 is now a twenty thousand square foot gallery space with pieces ranging from the 1850s to the present. You can find old style portraits to new media pieces using things like leaded glass. There are three sections to the building. One is devoted to works from 1850 to 1950 and features artists like Thomas Wilmer Dewing and William Sommer. The second part concentrates on 1950 to the present and has works of Andy Warhol and Chuck Close. The final part of the gallery is devoted to Temporary Exhibitions and gives reason for a local resident or London architect who visits to city often to make return trips to the museum.

The Archives of the History of American Psychology is a must for anyone looking to enrich their mind and expand their intellect for the day. There are 740 individual collections in the archives and within these are over fifteen thousand images and six thousand film records. You can find articles from both the Stanford Prison Experiment and the Milgram Experience here. You don't have to be working in the field of psychology to find this facility interesting. Even if you work with crane deming, it's sure you'll get something out of this experience.

The National Inventors Hall of Fame is the third hidden miracle in Akron. There are over four hundred inductees in the hall of fame and new names are added each February. If you've ever wished of making that discovery trademark, Canadian, American or worldwide, come and be inspired by the inventors that have come before you. It's fascinating to see all of the great things that we now use in everyday life that came from the brains of once ordinary Americans.

Akron, Ohio is a great city full of cultural options for anyone interested in exploring them. Whether you're in town for a visit or just moved to the city, check out what these great attractions have to offer.