Admission to Cowan Pottery Museum at Rocky River Public Library is free.
- Open: Monday – Thursday from 9am – 9pm, Friday – Saturday from 9am – 6pm, Sunday (during the school year) from 1pm – 5pm
- Location: (Map It) Rocky River Public Library at 1600 Hampton Rd. in Rocky River, Ohio
- Curator, Carol Jacobs
- Phone: 440-333-7610 (library), 440-895-3763 (museum)
- Web: click here
Cowan Pottery Museum at Rocky River Public Library has more than 1,200 pieces of R. Guy Cowan and other artists, the largest publicly-owned Cowan collection in the world. It is significant in American cultural history because it bridged a transition from the arts and crafts movement to the modernist or art deco movement. Cowan pottery was produced between 1912 and 1931 first in Lakewood, Ohio, and then in Rocky River, Ohio. The museum opened in 1978 with a collection of 800 pieces purchased from private collector John Brodbeck.
