Built around 1820 as a private home for several of Cincinnati’s most prominent citizens, the Taft Museum of Art is now one of the finest small art museums in America and holds National Historic Landmark status for its historic house and Duncanson murals.

Here, you’ll find gems of history nestled into every nook and cranny in our period-inspired rooms—each their own canvas of creativity—that surround you in stories that have endured for generations. Our 200-year-old house holds a remarkable collection that spans the Middle Ages through the 19th century with European and American paintings, and 18th-century watches, Chinese porcelains, and French Renaissance enamels. The collection features iconic artists including Rembrandt, Goya, Gainsborough, Turner, Ingres, Whistler, and Sargent, as well as Federal-period American furniture and the most significant pre-Civil War domestic murals in the United States.

Throughout our campus, guests can enjoy special exhibitions, the secluded outdoor garden, our Museum Shop and Lindner Family Café, events and programming for all ages, and complimentary on-site parking. It is all at the Taft Museum of Art, culminating in a one-of-a-kind, multi-sensory experience that puts you at the center of art and history.

In our Google Arts & Culture online gallery, you can explore works selected from the nearly 800-piece collection, highlighting the museum’s major areas of specialization: European paintings, European decorative arts, American art, and Chinese art.

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