The Monday Blues

The Great Depression destroyed the American economy in October 1929 leaving many jobless and unable to care themselves and their loved ones. When Franklin Roosevelt took office in early 1933, he sought inventive and productive ways to help regenerate the country.

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The Taft Legacy in Letters

Since at least the 1870s the Taft family has supported the institutions that became Cincinnati Museum Center (CMC). In 2025, former Ohio Governor Bob Taft donated letters from the Taft family containing over 400 family letters from the children of William Howard and Nellie Taft.

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Thomas Jefferson and the Mastodon

When we study history – including the history of science – we use many sources to make sense of what actually happened. One of our country’s Founding Fathers practiced these methods with items that are now part of Cincinnati Museum Center’s collections, and helped change the course of science as a result.

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