Cowan Pottery Museum
Located in the Rocky River Public Library
www.cowanpottery.org
www.rrpl.org
E-mail: Carol Jacobs, curator:c.jacobs@rrpl.org
1600 Hampton Road
Rocky River, Ohio 44116-2699
Phone: 440-333-7610 ext.236
Hours of operation: M-TH 9 a.m.- 9 p.m.
F-Sat. 9 a.m.- 6 p.m.
SUN. 1 p.m.-5 p.m. (school year only)
Free – Please arrange for group tours in advance
The recently expanded Museum is located on the first floor of the renovated
Rocky River Public Library. It features art pottery created in Lakewood and
Rocky River, Ohio, by R. Guy Cowan and the Cowan Pottery Studio from
1913-1931. Prominent studio artists included Alexander Blazys, Edris Eckhardt, Waylande Gregory, Thelma Frazier Winter, and Viktor Schreckengost. Styles
ranged from Arts and Crafts to Art Deco. Items on display at the Cowan Pottery Museum include vases, bookends, bowls, candlesticks, figures, lamp bases, ceramic sculptures, and the famous Jazz Bowl by Viktor Schreckengost.
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