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A historic university with many unique buildings.
Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) is a private research university in Cleveland, Ohio, United States. It was federated in 1967 by a merger between Western Reserve University, founded in 1826 by the Presbyterian Church, and the Case Institute of Technology, founded in 1880. In 2026, the university enrolled 12,145 students from all 50 U.S. states and 106 countries, and employed more than 1,188 full-time faculty members.
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A world class music school, regularly has live performances by students. Many are free.
Includes two turn of the (20th) century mansions as well as displays about Cleveland history from the days of Moses Cleveland to the present. The buildings also house the Crawford Auto-Aviation Museum and an extensive Cleveland historical research library.
Weatherhead School of Management
The principal building of Case Western's business school, designed by Frank Gehry with his trademark undulating metal forms.
Garden with over 350 species of plants and 50 species of animals, including hundreds of butterflies. Includes the Hershey Children's Garden, the Elizabeth and Nona Evans Restorative Garden, the David and Paula Swetland Topiary Garden, the Western Reserve Herb Society Garden, the Japanese Garden, the Sears-Swetland Rose Garden, the Ohio Woodland, the C.K. "Pat" Patrick Perennial Border, and the public Campsey-Stauffer Gateway Garden.
MOCA
Museum with exhibits of contemporary art. The museum particularly highlights artists from northeastern Ohio.
Home to an excellent collection of pre-war automobiles, as well as the very first DeLorean DMC-12 to roll off the assembly line.