Cincinnati Art Museum

Cincinnati Art Museum Free general admission & free parking. Open Tuesday–Sunday, 11 am–5 pm & Thursday, 11 am–8 pm. Visit cincinnatiartmuseum.org for more info.
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Located in scenic Eden Park, the Cincinnati Art Museum features a diverse, encyclopedic art collection of more than 67,000 works spanning 6,000 years. In addition to displaying its own broad collection, the museum also hosts several national and international traveling exhibitions each year. Visitors can enjoy the exhibitions or participate in the museum’s wide range of art-related programs, activ

ities and special events. General admission is always free for all. Museum members receive additional benefits. The Cincinnati Art Museum is supported by the generosity of individuals and businesses that give annually to ArtsWave. The Ohio Arts Council helps fund the Cincinnati Art Museum with state tax dollars to encourage economic growth, educational excellence and cultural enrichment for all Ohioans. The Cincinnati Art Museum gratefully acknowledges operating support from the City of Cincinnati, as well as our members. Free general admission to the Cincinnati Art Museum is made possible by a gift from The Rosenthal Family Foundation. Special exhibition pricing may vary. Parking at the Cincinnati Art Museum is free. Visit cincinnatiartmuseum.org for more information.

beacon:beckon is a detective story. Grab a flashlight and search the area for the secrets hidden within. Your light may ...
05/28/2026

beacon:beckon is a detective story. Grab a flashlight and search the area for the secrets hidden within. Your light may show you a new path, or it may reveal one to someone else. Remember to look in, under, and around the exhibit. You may even need the help of a friend to discover everything. Afterwards, take that curiosity out into the world!

“This work reminds me of times I spent on the seashore, looking in tidepools for critters, building sandcastles on the beach, and the majesty of an old lighthouse in the distance. I still love to tour lighthouses with the lights and lenses they use to safely guide ships into port. Though modern lighthouses are automated by electricity and advanced optics, it's amazing how little has changed in thousands of years of lighthouse construction.” - Kenton Brett

Join us in the REC tonight, Thursday, May 28, from 5–7 p.m. for this new installation's opening party!

05/28/2026

The Teen Summer Intensive invites young artists ages 13–18 to:

- Dive deep into the world of portraiture, guided by a teaching-accredited, practicing portrait artist.
- Explore CAM’s portrait galleries with museum docents and enjoy rare behind‑the‑scenes museum access.
- Join focused, teaching-artist-led drawing and painting sessions designed to build confidence and sharpen technique.
- Leave with new skills, knowledge about careers in fine arts fields, and a finished portrait painting ready for their portfolio.

You or your teen can learn more at https://cincinnatiartmuseum.org/events-programs/families-teens/teen-immersive-workshop-portraiture/

The Cincinnati Art Museum is always available to those curious about our 145-year collection. While the CAM building may...
05/28/2026

The Cincinnati Art Museum is always available to those curious about our 145-year collection. While the CAM building may only be open from 11 a.m.–5 p.m., Tuesday–Sunday (and until 8 p.m. on Thursdays), access to our artworks is always available online — just a tap or swipe away.

Learn more about how to explore the museum from anywhere at our CAM Uncovered blog: https://cincinnatiartmuseum.org/about/blog/visit-cam-online/

The Cincinnati Art Museum Staff and Community would like to extend our deepest condolences to the family and friends of ...
05/27/2026

The Cincinnati Art Museum Staff and Community would like to extend our deepest condolences to the family and friends of Murry Foust, one of the artists who will be included in our Art After Dark | Q***r Art Fest Pop-Up Gallery.

Murry's family intends to set up a scholarship fund in their name. Proceeds from the sale of Murry's works will go toward this fund. Those interested in making a purchase of the displayed works can provide their information at the event, and CAM will share with Murry's family for next steps.

05/27/2026

Cincinnati families: Come and explore the new Kenton Brett () installation, beacon:beckon now on view at the Rosenthal Education Center!

You can also join us Thursday, May 28, from 5–7:30 p.m. for the installation's public opening reception! Learn more about the work and the artist and explore the new space to see what you can discover!

Here's what's going on at the Cincinnati Art Museum this week! Tuesday: - 1 p.m.: Free Public Tour (The Story of Art in ...
05/26/2026

Here's what's going on at the Cincinnati Art Museum this week!

Tuesday:
- 1 p.m.: Free Public Tour (The Story of Art in Cincinnati)
- 5:30 p.m.: Member Yoga (Members only, ticketed)

Wednesday:
- 1 p.m.: Free Public Tour (CAM Collection Highlights)

Thursday:
- 1 p.m.: Free Public Tour (The Story of Art in Cincinnati)
- 6:30 p.m.: Fine Art Flow (Ticketed - only a few spots left)
- 6:30 p.m.: Free Public Tour (Elizabeth Hawes: Radical American Fashion and Longing: Painting from the Pahari Kingdoms of the Northwest Himalayas)

Friday:
- 1 p.m.: Free Public Tour (CAM Collection Highlights)
- 5 p.m.: Art After Dark | Q***r Art Fest

Saturday:
- 1 p.m.: Free Public Tour (The Story of Art in Cincinnati)

Sunday:
- 10 a.m.: Member Yoga (Members only, registration required)
- 1 p.m.: Free Public Tour (CAM Collection Highlights)
- 1 p.m.: Art in Motion (Ticketed)

The Cincinnati Art Museum salutes all who have given their lives while serving our country today and every day. An Amer...
05/25/2026

The Cincinnati Art Museum salutes all who have given their lives while serving our country today and every day.


An American Soldier, Sir Jacob Epstein (English, 1880–1959), 1917, bronze, Gift of Dr. Samuel Rothenberg, 1925.97

"With the artist absent from his chair, we are made to feel like voyeurs, entering a private work session between painte...
05/21/2026

"With the artist absent from his chair, we are made to feel like voyeurs, entering a private work session between painter and n**e model. "

Born in Cincinnati, Robert Frederick Blum dropped out of high school at age sixteen to become an apprentice at a lithography firm. He attended art classes at the Ohio Mechanics Institute and the McMicken School of Design (now the Art Academy of Cincinnati) studying with Frank Duveneck in 1874 and 1875. After visiting the Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia, Blum attended the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. In 1878 he moved to New York to work as an illustrator and watercolorist.

Blum made his first trip to Europe in 1880, joining both Duveneck and James Abbott McNeill Whistler in Venice. He made several more trips to Venice, and in 1890 he took a long-planned trip to Japan where he remained for two years. Upon his return to New York, Blum was commissioned to execute several mural decorations. He was working on a mural for the New Amsterdam Theater when he contracted pneumonia and died at age forty-five.

Blum began Studio of Robert F. Blum in early 1883, and it was included in the first exhibition of the Society of Painters in Pastel in the winter of 1994. The work gave Blum the opportunity to draw the furnishings he had so carefully selected and to display some of his personal tastes and preferences. Along with the human figure, which played an important role in his art, Blum included his contemporary bentwood chair, a painting after the Spanish painter Diego Velazquez, and one of his own etchings, titled The Modern Etcher. With the artist absent from his chair, we are made to feel like voyeurs, entering a private work session between painter and n**e model.
Robert Frederick Blum (1857–1903), United States, Studio of Robert F. Blum, 1883–84, pastel, Gift of Henrietta Haller, 1905.197

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953 Eden Park Drive
Cincinnati, OH
45202

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Tuesday 11am - 5pm
Wednesday 11am - 5pm
Thursday 11am - 8pm
Friday 11am - 5pm
Saturday 11am - 5pm
Sunday 11am - 5pm

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