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Lunch & Learn

Last Friday of the Month

12–1 p.m.

Explore Cincinnati’s past, present, and future during our Lunch & Learn events! In collaboration with local experts, these lunch hour talks reveal the Queen City’s culture from new perspectives.

January 31 | The Brothers of the Queen City

February 28 | The Art and Artists of Cincinnati Union Terminal

March 28 | On Manifest: A Sanctuary for the Practice, Learning, and Experience of the Visual Arts

April 25 | The Power of Voice: Harriet Beecher Stowe's Legacy

These are free events. Optional box lunch: $10 for Taft members; $15 for non-members. Museum admission sold separately. Registration is required one week in advance for boxed lunches.

Questions? Contact education@taftmuseum.org. 

Signature Talk | From the Curator

Sunday, February 9

2–3 p.m.

Speaker | Ann Glasscock, PhD

The fascinating works in Mystery & Benevolence: Masonic and Odd Fellows Folk Art allow us to step into the world of the nation’s oldest fraternal organizations. Many of the objects on view are both familiar and strange, macabre yet alluring. In this talk, Associate Curator Ann Glasscock, PhD, will decode hidden messages and aim to dispel myths about these “secret societies.” She will also explore several institutional connections: Taft Museum of Art co-founder Charles Phelps Taft was a high-ranking Mason, and his father, Alphonso Taft, co-founded Yale University’s enigmatic Skull and Bones society in 1832. 

Free for Taft members; $5 for non-members. Event admission includes the opportunity for attendees to view the special exhibition before the talk. 

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Questions? Contact education@taftmuseum.org. 

Supported by the Stanley and Frances D. Cohen Lecture Series.