Can you transplant a lichen from a dead tree to a living one?
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When Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Walked Cincinnati
When thinking of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., we often imagine protest demonstrations in the South or his iconic “I Have a Dream” speech, not him in Cincinnati, leaving a meaningful mark on our city. Dr. King walked, spoke, strategized, and inspired right here.
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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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Bottoms Up or Demon Drink? Cincinnati and the 18th Amendment
The Queen City has a long and complex relationship with intoxicating spirits, such as beer and wine. Discover how the business of making and selling adult beverages has deep roots in the city’s economy and social fabric.
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Native Americans and the Flag
Did you know that a number of Native American tribes utilized the flag and other American symbols such as eagles, shields and bunting as early as the late 1800s?
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“The Flœts Shell Limestone”: Celebrating Daniel Drake and 200 Years of Cincinnatian Paleontology
Since their first published reference by Daniel Drake 200 years ago, the fossiliferous rocks exposed throughout the region of Cincinnati, Ohio, have fascinated scientists from around the world!
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Mystery solved! Is this the last Great Auk? [Part 2]
In early 2020, Cincinnati Museum Center collected a tissue sample from our Great Auk and sent it off for genetic analysis to a research group in Europe. The sample was analyzed to confirm whether our auk was the last female collected in the wild. Might the remains of the last living female Great Auk reside in Cincinnati?
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Through the Lens: Sharing the Formative Years of The Cincinnati Ballet with Photographs from Sandy Underwood
Incredible photos from The Cincinnati Ballet, now a part of CMC’s Photographs, Prints and Media archives.
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Cincinnati Museum Center and the Cincinnati Zoo Team Up to Evaluate Population Recovery of Cumberland Sandwort
Learn how conservation techniques have been used to produce a supplemental outplanting of the rare Cumberland Sandwort! The Cumberland Sandwort is an herbaceous perennial known to occur exclusively in the Cumberland Plateau of southern Kentucky and northern Tennessee.
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