The “Crystal”, Akron Art Museum - Building the Akron Art Museum  a three-story glass lobby that serves as the public entry and as the focal visual space connecting the museum's artistic, educational, administrative, and public programming; the “Gallery Box”, Akron Art Museum - Building the Akron Art Museum  comprising the Arnstein, Haslinger, Bidwell and Isroff Galleries, accommodates the museum's collection and temporary exhibitions; and the “Roof Cloud”, Akron Art Museum - Building the Akron Art Museum  a 327 feet -long cantilevered steel and aluminum armature extends over the old and the new, creating a striking landmark for Akron's downtown which a critic once described as "a mechanical alligator snarfing down a Beaux Arts post office."