The recently expanded Cowan Pottery Museum is located primarily on the first floor of the Rocky River Public Library. It features over 1,200 pieces of a distinctive form of American art pottery created by R. Guy Cowan and his associates.
The recently expanded Cowan Pottery Museum is located primarily on the first floor of the Rocky River Public Library. It features over 1,200 pieces of a distinctive form of American art pottery created by R. Guy Cowan and his associates at the Cowan Pottery Studio in Lakewood, Ohio 1913-1917 and Rocky River, Ohio 1920-1931. It was one of the nation's leading potteries during the 1920s, and the Cleveland area's only major pottery. Cowan Pottery represents a visual cultural heritage unique to Rocky River and Cleveland.