List of museums in Cincinnati


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, and the Robert D. Lindner Family Omnimax Theater
Cincinnati Reds Hall of Fame and MuseumCentral Business DistrictHall of fame - Sports
Cincinnati Triple Steam MuseumCalifornia, OH
Greater Cincinnati Water Works
Steam 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
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
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
West 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 CenterDowntownHistoryStories 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.
Price Hill Historical Society MuseumPrice HillLocal history
Skirball Museum in CincinnatiCamp WashingtonReligiousPart of the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, cultural, historical, and religious heritage of the Jewish people
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
William Howard Taft National Historic SiteMount AuburnBiographicalHome of President William Howard Taft

Defunct museums