Akron Art Museum

My fiancé and I took our two kids here yesterday, since our local library offered passes for free. Parking was a pain, but that’s to be expected. We went inside and were greeted warmly by a woman. She let us know a bit about the layout and we proceeded up the steps to the exhibit. The first half was somewhat interesting. Some of the art was beautiful or trippy and some wasn’t very eye-catching. It’s a very small museum and they also had part under renovation, so it seemed even smaller. When we got to the second half, that’s when we started having issues… About halfway through, they have an entire room dedicated to photographs of modern LGBTQ+ couples and individuals, some half naked. Personally, I don’t see this as art, but to each their own. From there, it got even worse. Rooms of paintings of Native Americans turned heavily LGBTQ+. It’s downright degrading to the indigenous. The fact that I walked in with small children and was not warned about the nature of some of these exhibits disgusts me. My children were visibly uncomfortable, as were we, so we had to leave quickly. I will be notifying our library about this as well. My biggest concern isn’t as much the art as it is the museum being advertised as family friendly with no warning about some of their exhibits. Had I known what my children were going to be exposed to, we wouldn’t have gone. If you’re conservative leaning, this is absolutely not the destination for you. If you have children, this is not for them. If I could give 0 stars, I would. Attached are just a few of the paintings/photos that were an issue.