Best places: Museums in Shaker Heights, United States

Museum featuring over 45,000 works covering 6,000 years plus films, music, lectures & a restaurant.

A 3,600-acre horticultural haven offering lakes, trails, cultivated gardens & educational programs.

Open for tours from May 1 to September 30, this World War II-era sub honors fallen submariners.

Museum of items collected by Raymond Buckland who started collecting in 1966.

House used in "A Christmas Story" film, now a museum with a replicated interior & film memorabilia.

Iconic music-minded museum loaded with pop-culture memorabilia, artifacts, instruments & a jukebox.

Museum dedicated to furthering an understanding of Jewish immigrant history & culture in the U.S.

Sizable museum housing an ample collection of antique cars, aircraft, carriages & other artifacts.

Historic 1836 temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, offering guided tours.

Planetarium & museum focusing on local prehistoric discoveries, fossils & geological specimens.

Performance venue in a 1920s temple, hosting live classical, jazz & gospel concerts & other events.

👍👍 This is a very nice visitor center accompanying the Kirtland Temple, one of the most important historic sites for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and other faiths with Latter-day Saint origin such as the Community of Christ. The Community of Christ does an outstanding job maintaining...

This museum in the Burke Lakefront Airport chronicles the history of women in aviation & space.

👍👍 The work they are doing is incredible! They go in depth on the history of the trains and round house. The technical information during the tour is outstanding. The volunteers are great at interacting with large groups and one on one. It is truly a great time!

👍👍 I have been a member of the Grays for four years and have done lots of volunteer work rehabbing the building. The drill hall is huge with an upper balcony. The 2nd and 3rd floors have the museum and club rooms. Lots of history in this building with massive sandstone blocks in the front that it loo...

👍👍 I wasn't expecting much, but the exhibits were really interesting with some beautiful artifacts. The staff was very engaging and entusiastic. The dispatch office was an incredible pre computer era solution to a complex problem and well worth the admission price on its own if you are technology buff....

👍👍 Got into a hairy situation at SPACES gallery this past weekend. The immersive installation featured sounds, scents, tables full of liquorice and huge sculptural tapestries made of human hair!

👍👍 This venue is really big and can host a range of arts events.

👍👍 Rocky River public library is not only a very interesting library but it also has a large collection of glass pieces. Definitely take time to go see them. And pick out a really good book, movie or music while you're there.

😐 As others have said, it does seem over priced for what it is. You’re more or less paying for the photo ops vs an experience. It only took my 5 year old daughter and I 30 minutes to see and do everything. She loved the marshmallow pit but other than that there wasn’t that much to actually interact wi...