Cleveland may be best known for its blue collar heritage and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, but it has one of the finest museums in the United States.
The Cleveland Museum of Arts is running a magnificent exhibit: “Treasures of Heaven: Saints, Relics, and Devotion in Medieval Europe”.
“Treasures of Heaven” offers visitors a glimpse of the Middle Ages, when art mediated between heaven and earth and wondrous objects filled churches and monastic treasuries.
The exhibition will provide American audiences with an unparalleled opportunity to see 135 extraordinary works of late antique, Byzantine, and Western medieval art, including precious metalwork objects, paintings, sculptures, and illuminated manuscripts, drawn from public and private collections as well as church treasuries across the United States and Europe. Several of these spectacular works have never been seen outside their home countries.
“Treasures of Heaven” will run through January 17, 2011, and offers a superb outing during the holidays for the entire family.
Learn more at the Cleveland Museum of Arts website.