The Toledo Museum of Art is an internationally known art museum located in the Old West End neighborhood of Toledo, Ohio (2445 Monroe Street).  Only one-hour’s drive from Catawba Island, Bass Island residents can share the creative inspirations of world-famous artists in more than 35 galleries, Sculpture Garden, and Glass Pavilion.  According to the museum’s descriptor, visitors  will see “paintings and sculptures by Bearden, Cézanne, Calder, Close, Cole, Degas, van Gogh, El Greco, Holbein, Kiefer, Matisse, Miró, Monet, Picasso, Rembrandt, Rubens, and Turner; masterworks from antiquity and Asia; decorative arts; and our renowned glass collection.”  Admission is free; parking costs $5.  An opportunity to indulge in a mind-expanding cultural adventure should not be missed!

The images below are a random sampling of museum pieces photographed by Donna & Bernhard Steinbach on 7 March 2014 for news reporting through the courtesy photography policy of the museum.  They are not exhibited here for any commercial advantage or resale.