Italian American Museum of Cleveland IamCle

10/05/2026

Cleveland's Italian American Heritage Month Opening Ceremony is tonight. Free and open to the public. Come join us and enjoy a free Italian buffet dinner courtesy Italian Son's and Daughters of America.

10/05/2026

It’s Italian Heritage Month, and we’re celebrating some of the stories that are part of Lake View Cemetery—including Nick Orlando. Nick was the longtime head of Orlando Baking Company, the iconic Cleveland source for freshly made bread. Under his tenure, Orlando was the first bakery to recreate Italy’s beloved ciabatta bread in the U.S. (Something we can all be thankful for.) Though he now resides on our grounds, his namesake company still churns out deliciousness daily.

08/26/2026

IAMCLE Director Pamela Dorazio Dean appeared on New Day Cleveland this morning with Terry Tarantino of La Dolce Vita to promote the 3rd annual Little Italy History Shuffle happening this Saturday Aug 28. Visit iamcle.org for tickets!! https://fox8.com/video/new-day-cleveland-little-italy-history-shuffle/12107276/

New Day Cleveland- Little Italy History Shuffle

08/14/2026

Buona Festa! Little Italy CLE's the Feast of the Assumption festival begins tonight, in it's 127th year. 🇮🇹

IAMCLE recently received this incredible 1924 poster advertising the annual celebration in Cleveland's Little Italy.

And what a celebration it was.

The day began at 5:00 a.m. with church bells and the shooting of bombs, followed by Masses, bands parading through the neighborhood, a noon procession with the statue of the Blessed Virgin, an aeroplane flying overhead, an "artistic balloon," a band concert and a 9:00 p.m. fireworks display.

Perhaps most remarkable is the heading: "27th Anniversary, 1924." More than a century later, the Feast of the Assumption remains one of Little Italy's most enduring traditions.

Take a close look at the poster, in English and Italian, and imagine Mayfield Road in August 1924.

Some traditions really do connect generations. 🇮🇹❤️

08/09/2026

🇮🇹 The Feast of the Assumption is almost here!

From Aug 13-16, Cleveland's Little Italy will be filled with food, festivities, and thousands of visitors celebrating one of the neighborhood’s most beloved traditions.

But if you really want to "get to know Little Italy", come back two weeks later when the neighborhood has returned to its regular rhythm for the Little Italy History Shuffle!

Stroll the neighborhood, hear its stories firsthand, visit historic places, and sample great food and drinks along the way.

Come for the Feast. Come back for the history. 🇮🇹❤️

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From Prohibition-era speakeasies to family-owned businesses passed down through generations, the 3rd Annual Little Italy History Shuffle: A Glass From the…

07/04/2026

Happy 250 years to the United States of America!

05/30/2026

Our new exhibit "Built in the Neighborhood: Italian American Boxers from Cleveland" opens Friday June 5! We need your help identifying the individuals in this photo. Know anyone? On far left is boxer Tony Brush whom the park in Little Italy on corner of Random and Mayfield Roads is named for. We need to know the others. Thanks!!!