Gartner Auditorium at the Cleveland Museum of Art

The auditorium is at the Cleveland Museum of Art, 11150 East Boulevard, Cleveland, OH 44106. The museum describes the location as being in University Circle. For arrivals by car, the museum’s garage is accessed from Jeptha Drive.

The museum’s directions page also lists public-transit options for reaching University Circle, including RTA rail connections to University Circle and HealthLine bus service along Euclid Avenue.

Gartner Auditorium is presented by the museum as a state-of-the-art performance space. The venue page says it is suited to corporate programs, concerts, dances, and performances. It also notes that the entrance is just off the north lobby, which can support pre- or post-performance receptions.

For public visitors, that means programs may be ticketed separately from museum admission, even though the venue sits inside a museum that otherwise offers free general admission to its permanent collection galleries.

The auditorium is configured with both a main level and a balcony. The museum lists 452 seats on the main level and 231 seats in the balcony, for a total capacity of up to 683 guests.

The museum also highlights technical features that matter for performances, including a 20-by-40-foot projection screen, a projector, specialty lighting, acoustics, and the historical McMyler pipe organ. The venue page does not break down row-by-row seating, sightline differences, or wheelchair locations, so those specifics should not be assumed beyond the published main level and balcony arrangement.

The Cleveland Museum of Art says it has its own parking garage, reached from Jeptha Drive. Visitors can pay on site at the garage entrance with credit card or cash. The museum states that prepaid parking is no longer offered. Published rates vary by membership and time of day, and the museum also notes a special Tuesday Senior Member Day rate for senior members.

Accessible parking is officially designated on the garage’s top level near the museum’s north entrance and on level P2, which connects to the museum’s lower level through an interior tunnel. The museum also says metered street parking is available near the building. Because the garage is attached to the museum complex, it is the clearest official parking option for auditorium visitors.

Museum-wide entry rules apply at the building entrance. The museum says visitors must pass through metal detectors, that weapons are not permitted, and that anyone who refuses screening will be denied entry. It also says at least one visitor in a party must be over 18, and minors must be accompanied by an adult.

The site also asks guests to follow posted signage and museum instructions, and to refer to the full museum policies page for items not permitted.

The museum states that the covered walkway to the north courtyard lobby is fully wheelchair accessible. It also says the accessible parking spaces in the garage are signed and placed on the top level and on P2, with P2 connecting to the lower level by tunnel.

Other practical visitor services listed by the museum include a coat check, the availability of cafe and restaurant service during published museum hours, and general visitor support through the museum’s main phone line.