The Bicentennial Infrastructure Project at the Taft Museum of Art is taking special steps to protect the Robert S. Duncanson murals from damage.

The Bicentennial Infrastructure Project is well underway with grates and shutters removed from the Taft historic house, siding being restored, and more. 

Read about Hiram Powers, America’s most famous sculptor at the time, and the influence of Cincinnati’s Western Museum during the late 19th century.

Discover these works in our bicentennial exhibition and their More to the Story texts, which offer a more diverse understanding of history. 

In preparation for the Taft Museum of Art's Bicentennial Infrastructure Project, Taft staff moved nearly 500 artworks, including paintings, sculptures, furniture, and decorative arts objects, out of the permanent collection galleries in the historic house. Learn more about the process!

The Taft Museum of Art has carefully moved over 500 artworks from our permanent collection in the historic house into their temporary homes, which includes two special bicentennial exhibitions.

Beginning in June 2021, portions of the permanent collection will be placed in storage as part of this intensive and invasive preservation. By August, the historic home will be temporarily inaccessible to museum visitors and members.

“Wear Union Stamped Shoes” declared the Boot & Shoe Workers’ Union, whose slogan you can see on this pocket mirror in our latest exhibition, Walk This Way | Footwear from the Stuart Weitzman Collection of Historic Shoes.

At the turn of the 20th century, few art collectors in Cincinnati shared the passion and determination of Charles Phelps Taft and Anna Sinton Taft.

Discover these works and more in the upcoming bicentennial exhibition In a New Light.