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At the CMA, we create transformative experiences that make art matter, connecting visitors to our collection through scholarship, innovation, and fun. We invite you to connect online and in person with masterworks of art through our groundbreaking digital tools, including our ArtLens AI, open access collection, and photogrammetry. 

AI Collection Toolsets

ArtLens Gallery

    Come experience the award-winning ArtLens Gallery, a multifaceted, innovative experience that allows you to look closer, dive deeper, and have fun discovering the museum’s collection, gaining tool sets to explore every gallery in the museum. 

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    Explore and Innovate

    Discover our collection in a whole new way using our digital tools. The ArtLens App transforms your visit; download it before arriving, plan your visit, and create or browse tours. While visiting, use the interactive map to navigate the museum, and keep track of your favorite artworks. In the ArtLens Exhibition, interactives use gesture-sensing projections that respond seamlessly to body movement and facial recognition as you approach, immersing you in the experience. And ArtLens AI goes beyond traditional museum resources as a fun way to bring art into your daily life and an easy way to deep dive into the museum’s collection resources.

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    Digital Process: The Story of the Cleveland Krishna

    Through two sculptural and four digital galleries, Revealing Krishna transports visitors to the dramatic floodplains of southern Cambodia and tells the life story of the CMA’s monumental sculpture Krishna Lifting Mount Govardhan, spanning 1,500 years and three continents. The exhibition unveils the...
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    Into the Seven Jeweled Mountain: An Immersive Experience

    Journey into the Seven Jeweled Mountain, surrounded by vivid animation inspired by a 19th-century folding screen that illustrates the mountain’s striking scenery.
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    Open Access

    The Cleveland Museum of Art is proud to be an open access institution, offering the public the ability to download, share, collaborate, remix, and reuse images and metadata of public-domain artworks from the museum’s collection.

    The year 2024 marks the fifth anniversary of the CMA’s open access collection. The online collection has been viewed six million times on its website, its API has been downloaded 45 million times, and its collections have been viewed nearly 300 million times on Wikimedia platforms. The CMA’s open access initiative has reached millions of users, serving the museum's mission to “create transformative experiences through art for the benefit of all the people forever.”

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    Measuring Impact

    Since 2019, we have been collecting data across multiple platforms to gather insights about how the public interacts with our collection. The virtual collection dashboards share out information about interactions with the CMA artwork via Collection Online, open access API, and Wikimedia. 

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      Digital Innovation Collaborators

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      Our Redesigned Website

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      Welcome to our new site! We’ve built it to grow with the museum and are continuing to work on functionality and design,...
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      Into the Seven Jeweled Mountain

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      Located in the northeast of the Korean peninsula, the Seven Jeweled Mountain (칠보산, in Korean) was one of the most coveted...

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      Half a Decade of Open Access

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      Five years ago, in January 2019, the CMA launched its open access initiative, which makes available to the public high-resolution...
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      The New CMA Website

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      Get ready for something new! The Cleveland Museum of Art is about to unveil its updated website, carefully crafted to provide...

      The New CMA Website, Part 2

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      If this magazine is in your hands, the museum’s new website is either up and running or just days away from launching. We...

      Tuti-Nama (Tales of a Parrot)

      "The Story of the Cleveland Krishna" HoloLens Experience Full Walkthrough

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      This video provides a full, first-person POV walkthrough of the HoloLens experience, The Story of the Cleveland Krishna....

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      3-D Magnifies Miniatures and More

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      China through the Magnifying Glass: Masterpieces in Miniature and Detail, digital technology reveals the exquisite detail...

      Artistic rendering of the digitally constructed 3-D model for Figure of Daoist Immortal He Xiangu, 1700s

      Transformation by Digitization

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      Over the past year, the museum has been unwavering in its commitment to creating new digital content and programs. Our ability...

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      What Can Art Be?

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      Is it possible to take Art History 101 through gameplay? ArtLens Exhibition aims to provide non-traditional visitors—including...

      New to This Installation Explore 3-D–projected models of objects to uncover exciting new details.

      A Virtual Polish for an Ancient Masterwork

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      While developing the digital elements in Revealing Krishna: Journey to Cambodia’s Sacred Mountain, I caught myself thinking...

      Home Is Where the Art Is

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      Since public health guidelines closed the Cleveland Museum of Art’s doors in mid-March, the CMA has continued to fulfill...

      Home Page The CMA’s newly redesigned home page puts all our resources at your fingertips.

      Introducing Open Access

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      “The Cleveland Museum of Art’s adoption of a clear open-access policy allows Wikimedia volunteers alongside other reusers...

      Studio Play 2.0

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      Every element in the new Studio Play gallery is strategically designed to inspire a relationship between visitors and the...

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      Hidden Figures in Revealing Krishna

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      Among the many layers of integrative technology, collaboration (in every sense of the word), and conservation achievements,...

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      Looking From All Angles: ArtLens Exhibition Embraces Photogrammetry

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      ArtLens Exhibition is an experiential gallery that uses innovative technology to put the visitor into conversation with...

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      Pushing the Digital Boundaries

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      Amid the curators, conservators, and educators, an art museum is not the first place most people expect to find digital...
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      Exploring the New Installation of ArtLens Exhibition: Why Iteration Matters

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      ArtLens Exhibition is an experiential gallery that uses innovative technology to put the viewer into conversation with masterpieces...

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      Art from All Angles

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      Three years ago, more than 30,000 artworks in the CMA’s collection became available to the public when the museum waived...

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      What Can Art Be? Exploring the New Installation of ArtLens Exhibition

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      ArtLens Exhibition is an experiential gallery that uses innovative technology to put the visitor into conversation with...

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      Introducing Open Access at the CMA: For the Benefit of All the People Forever

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      Beginning immediately, as many as 30,000 images of public-domain artworks in the Cleveland Museum of Art’s (CMA) collection...

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