History
BAYarts makes its home in the Huntington Reservation, the western-most member of the Cleveland Metroparks, located in Bay Village near the border of Cuyahoga and Lorain Counties. Nearly one million visitors enjoy the Lake Erie shore and the beauty of its natural areas and park settings annually. Until 1927 when the land was purchased by the Cleveland Parks Department, the Huntington Reservation was the summer estate of John Huntington, inventor, industrialist and key founder of the Cleveland Art Museum. BAYarts campus is within walking distance of two other “gems” in the Metroparks’ “Emerald Necklace”: Lake Erie Nature & Science Center and Huntington Playhouse.
