Cincinnati Art Museum

About Cincinnati Art Museum

Following the success of the 1876 Centennial Exhibition held in Philadelphia, the Womens Art Museum Association was organized in Cincinnati with the intent of bringing such an institution to the region for the benefit of all citizens. Enthusiasm for these goals grew steadily and by 1881 the Cincinnati Museum Association was incorporated. Just five years later, in May 1886, a permanent art museum building was completed in Eden Park and was heralded worldwide as The Art Palace of the West. By the turn of the 21st Century, the Art Museums collection numbered over 60,000 objects and, today, is the largest in the state of Ohio. In 2003, the Cincinnati Art Museum deepened its ties with the Greater Cincinnati community by opening the popular and expansive Cincinnati Wing, the first permanent display of a citys art history in the nation.