Girls are strong! Girls are powerful! Girls are world changers!

Cincinnati Museum Center is excited to host Girlhood (It’s complicated), our newest featured exhibition. From “Sugar and spice and everything nice” to striving to be heard and fighting for a place at the table, let’s be honest, girlhood is a lot. Join us to explore girlhood’s unexpected and complex history and how girls can and have used their voices to make a difference.

Girlhood Day will be an empowering day, for all individuals, filled with firsthand stories of strength and change, supportive and impactful community partners and, of course, all things girlhood! We are here to support, believe in and love each girl – each person – within our community.  

Schedule of Events

11 a.m.
Pesto and Pestles (Cr(EAT)e Culinary Studio featuring the Kroger Food Lab)

11:30 a.m.
Union Terminal Tours by Cincinnati Heritage Programs (Rotunda)

Noon
Girls Rock Cincinnati (Reakirt Auditorium)
Children’s Costume Parade (Animal Spot, The Children’s Museum)

Noon to 2 p.m.
Partial Eclipse Viewing (Fountain Plaza)

Noon to 3 p.m.
Kennedy Heights Cultural Arts Center ‘zine making (History in the Making Classroom, Cincinnati History Museum)

12:30 p.m.
Union Terminal Tours by Cincinnati Heritage Programs (Rotunda)

1 p.m.
Girl Power Dance Party (Corbett Theatre, The Children’s Museum)

1:30 p.m.
Union Terminal Tours by Cincinnati Heritage Programs (Rotunda)

2 p.m.
Children’s Costume Parade (Animal Spot, The Children’s Museum)

2:30 p.m.
“Resilience as a Women” Ciera George, founder of Peach Tree Advocacy (Newsreel Theatre)
Union Terminal Tours by Cincinnati Heritage Programs (Rotunda)

3 p.m.
“Girlhood, It’s Curated” Q&A panel with a CMC curator (Reakirt Auditorium)

4 p.m.
“Glitter Hearts” Role Playing Game demo run by Super Heroines, Etc. (Reakirt Auditorium)

Community Partners & Vendors

* All booths are in the Rotunda unless otherwise noted.

10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

• A Ruth Creation, Annie Ruth
• BLOC Ministries, Girls Wanted
• Central Ohio Women in the Trades (Mezzanine)
• Cincinnati Compass
• Galia Collaborative
• Girl Scouts of Western Ohio
• Girls Health Period
• Girls Rock Cincinnati
• Holocaust & Humanity Center
• JAZZDOT, LLC
• Lighthouse Youth & Family Services
• Lydia Bowers, author
• Peach Tree Advocacy
• Planned Parenthood
• Queens of the Queen City (Cincinnati History Museum)
• Saturday Hoops – CYC
• Super Heroines, Etc. (Cincinnati History Museum)
• UHCAN Ohio

10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

• Cincinnati Museum Center History Collections curator, Katherine Gould (You Are Here Gallery, Cincinnati History Museum)

10:30 a.m. to noon

• Cincinnati Museum Center Photographs, Print & Media curator, Arabeth Balasko

Noon to 3 p.m.

• Commission on Women and Girls