The Butler, the first museum in the world to focus exclusively on American art, celebrates its centennial this year. Special exhibits include “A Century of Fashion by Pete Ballard” and “Mark Perrot: Ancient Ink.”
The permanent collection includes such iconic pieces as “Snap the Whip” by Winslow Homer, “Pennsylvania Coal Town” by Edward Hopper and “Lincoln the Railsplitter” by Norman Rockwell.

Admission: free

Cleveland’s modern art museum, around the corner from the better-known Cleveland Museum of Art, is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year with a birthday gift to all — free admission. The museum is hosting several anniversary exhibits, including “Lee Mingwei: You Are Not a Stranger,” and “Abe Frajndlich: Portraits of Our Early Years.”

Admission: free

Cleveland’s venerable art museum is hosting another blockbuster special exhibit this summer, “Shinto: Discovery of the Divine in Japanese Art,” which examines religious tradi-tion in Japan through more than 100 objects, including garments, calligraphy, paintings and masks. This is the only stop for this special exhibit, which runs through June 30.

The museum, considered among the finest in the world, is located east of downtown in Cleveland’s cultural mecca, University Circle.

Admission: free; $10 for “Shinto” or $8 for seniors and students, $5 for children 6 to 17

Highlights here include the Hall of Fame Gallery, where more than 300 bronze busts of the sport’s greatest players, coaches and contributors are on display. There also is the Lamar Hunt Super Bowl Gallery and “A Game for Life,” featuring Joe Namath and other greats in hologram form.

Every August, Canton hosts the Pro Football Hall of Fame Enshrinement, when former players and league contributors are inducted into the museum. This year, the event runs Aug. 1-4, with the Hall of Fame Game (Denver Broncos vs. Atlanta Falcons) on Aug. 1; the Enshrinement Ceremony on Aug. 3; and Concert for Legends, featuring Imagine Dragons, on Aug. 4.

Admission: $26, or $22 for those 65 and older, $19 for children 6 to 12

Downtown Cleveland’s best-known tourist attraction continues to evolve, like the music it celebrates.

New this year is an exhibit on the 2019 inductees, including The Cure, Def Leppard, Janet Jackson, Stevie Nicks, Radiohead, Roxy Music and the Zombies. Also: the “Stay Tuned: Rock on TV” exhibit and a 25th anniversary concert to celebrate the Vans Warped Tour (June 8), with a related exhibition.

And of course, the museum is still loaded with costumes, instruments and other paraphernalia that track the revolution of rock over the decades.

Admission: $26, or $24 for those 65 and older, $16 for children 6 to 12

Celebrating its 50th season, “Trumpet in the Land” is set in the same Ohio hills where the story unfolded more than two centuries ago. Paul Green’s play tells the story of Moravian missionary David Zeisberger and his Christian Indian followers as they struggle to maintain their settlement in the years leading up to the Revolutionary War.

The show runs June 14 through Aug. 17. Also on stage at the Schoenbrunn Amphitheatre this summer: “The Wizard of Oz,” “Love Letters” and “8-Track: The Sounds of the ’70s.”

Admission: $20, or $18 for those 60 and older and children 13 to 17, $10 for children 3 to 12

For a perfect warm-weather evening, head to Blossom Music Center, summer home of the Cleveland Orchestra. The amphitheater seats 5,700, with room for another 13,500 on the lawn. The orchestra plays weekends from late June through early September. Among this season’s highlights: Rhapsody in Blue (July 5-6), Brian Wilson (Aug. 11), and live performances with “Harry Potter and The Sorcerer’s Stone” (June 29-30) and “Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back” (Aug. 30-31, Sept. 1).

During the week, a wide variety of popular musicians take the stage, including the Zac Brown Band (June 14), Phish (June 19) and Wiz Khalifa (July 30).

Admission: prices vary; children under age 18 are admitted free to the orchestra (two free lawn passes with one paying adult).

Date: June 8-9
LaureLive, the popular outdoor musical festival on the grounds of Laurel School’s Butler Campus, returns for its fourth year, with 30 musical acts spread across two days, including headliners Hozier (June 8) and Sheryl Crow (June 9). In addition to music: food, children’s activities, arts and more.

Admission: Single-day admission is $85, or $25 for children 3 to 10.

Holden Arboretum is one of the nation’s largest botanical gardens, featuring 20 miles of trails spread across 3,500 acres. Recently reopened for the season: Murch Canopy Walk and Kalberer Tower, which rises 120 feet above the forest floor for spectacular views.

Admission: $12, or $8 for children 3 to 12 (canopy walk extra)

With magical spaces inside and out, this is a great destination whatever the weather. Inside: Madagascar and Costa Rican biomes within the Eleanor Armstrong Smith Glasshouse, featuring plant life and animals. And outside: the Japanese Garden, Rose Garden, Woodland Garden and Hershey Children’s Garden, with plenty of family-friendly activities.

Admission: $12, or $8 for children 3 to 12