Cincinnati Art Museum to explore rich visual history in new book published by Arcadia
(Artdaily.org)

A new book that chronicles the Cincinnati Art Museum’s history through photographs will soon be available. Titled Cincinnati Art Museum, the book will be published as a part of Arcadia’s “Images of America” series and available starting April 22, 2019. Cincinnati Art Museum tells the story of the museum from its founding in 1881 to present day. The book is organized chronologically, featuring 275 images of notable exhibitions, people and events from the past 138 years. The images were pulled from the museum’s archives, a treasure trove of information on the institution’s history, and an exceptional resource for the study of art history in Cincinnati and beyond. Cincinnati Art Museum Archivist Geoff Edwards agreed to author the book and sorted through nearly 30,000 prints, negatives and slides before settling on the final selection to be