List of museums in Cincinnati explained

This is a list of museums in Cincinnati and non-profit and university art galleries.

Museums

NameNeighborhoodTypeSummary
American Classical Music Hall of Fame and MuseumOver-the-RhineHall of fame - Music - Classical
American Sign MuseumCamp WashingtonMediaFormerly known as the National Sign of the Times Museum, art, design and manufacture of signs
Art Academy of CincinnatiOver-the-RhineArtFeatures three galleries
Betts HouseWest EndHistoric houseEarly 19th century brick house, operated by The Colonial Dames of America
Cincinnati Art MuseumMount AdamsArt
Cincinnati History MuseumWest EndLocal historyPart of Cincinnati Museum Center at Union Terminal, city's history
Cincinnati Museum Center at Union TerminalWest EndMultipleComplex includes Cincinnati History Museum, Museum of Natural History & Science, Duke Energy Children's Museum, Cincinnati History Library and Archives and the Robert D. Lindner Family Omnimax Theater
Cincinnati Reds Hall of Fame and MuseumCentral Business DistrictHall of fame - Sports
Cincinnati Triple Steam MuseumCalifornia, OHGreater Cincinnati Water WorksSteam EnginesDisplays four of the world's largest crank and flywheel water pumping steam engines used between 1906 and 1963.
Cincinnati Type & Print MuseumLower Price HillHistoryLetterpress Museum, Artist Studio, Job Training Program[1]
Contemporary Arts CenterCentral Business DistrictArt
Duke Energy Children's MuseumWest EndChildren'sPart of Cincinnati Museum Center at Union Terminal, formerly the Cinergy Children's Museum
Fire Museum of Greater CincinnatiDowntownFirefightingLocated in a former firehouse
German Heritage MuseumMonfort HeightsEthnic - German AmericanContributions of the German immigrants and their descendants in the Ohio River Valley and America
Greater Cincinnati Police MuseumOver-the-RhineLaw enforcement[2]
Harriet Beecher Stowe HouseWalnut HillsBiographicalHouse where author Harriet Beecher Stowe and family lived
Heritage Village MuseumSharonvilleLiving History Museum19th-century village of thirteen buildings including homes, a church, a train station, a general store, a print shop, a Doctor's office, and a schoolhouse.
Laurel CourtCollege HillHistoric houseEarly 20th-century Gilded Age mansion
Lloyd Library and MuseumDowntownArtLibrary of medical botany, pharmacy, eclectic medicine, and horticulture with art exhibits from its collections
Museum of Natural History & ScienceWest EndNatural historyPart of the Cincinnati Museum Center at Union Terminal, exhibits include dinosaurs, Egyptian mummies, geology, Neil Armstrong and Apollo 11
Nancy & David Wolf Holocaust & Humanity CenterWest EndHistoryLocated at Union Terminal, the Holocaust & Humanity Center exists to educate about the Holocaust, remember its victims and act on its lessons.
National Underground Railroad Freedom CenterDowntownHistory Stories of freedom's heroes, from the era of the Underground Railroad to contemporary times
National Voice of America Museum of BroadcastingWest ChesterAmerican HistoryThe original broadcast station of the Voice of America. Includes the Gray History of Wireless Collection and the Media Heritage Collection (original Cincinnati Radio and TV).
Price Hill Historical Society MuseumPrice HillLocal history[3]
Skirball Museum in CincinnatiCamp WashingtonReligiousPart of the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, cultural, historical, and religious heritage of the Jewish people[4]
Taft Museum of ArtDowntownArtHistoric house with fine and decorative art
Verdin Bell and Clock MuseumOver-the-RhineCommodityAntique clocks, bells and bell-ringing equipment
University of Cincinnati Art GalleriesArtDorothy W. & C. Lawson Reed Jr. Gallery in the DAAP Aronoff complex; Philip M. Meyers Jr. Memorial Gallery in the Steger Student Life Center; Sycamore Gallery is used on special occasions when an exhibition opportunity is presented on short notice[5]
William Howard Taft National Historic SiteMount AuburnBiographicalHome of President William Howard Taft

Defunct museums

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Home . Cincinnati Type & Print Museum . 19 February 2021.
  2. Web site: Official site. Greater Cincinnati Police Museum. 5 October 2017.
  3. Web site: Official site. Price Hill Historical Society Museum. 6 October 2017.
  4. Web site: Skirball Museum in Cincinnati. Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion. 6 October 2017.
  5. Web site: Where to find campus art galleries. University of Cincinnati. 6 October 2017.