Akron · US
Clayton Bailey's World of Wonders AKRON
Clayton Bailey's World of Wonders is a free art museum in downtown Akron, Ohio, celebrating the wildly imaginative ceramics and metal sculptures of Funk Art pioneer Clayton Bailey (1939–2020). Housed in the historic Polsky Building at 225 South Main Street, the museum displays Bailey's legendary robots, his infamous Bigfoot skeleton, kinetic Burping Bowls, exploding pots, and dozens of other gloriously absurd works that blur the line between art, invention, and prank.
The museum is a re-creation of the original World of Wonders that Bailey built on his property in Port Costa, California, in the 1970s. It was brought to Akron by Curated Storefront, a nonprofit arts organization that became steward of a significant portion of Bailey's collection after the artist's death in 2020. The collection holds the largest assembly of Bailey's work in the world.