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CINCINNATI — JANUARY 21, 2025 — USAToday and 10best.com editors and a panel of subject matter experts have nominated the Cincinnati Art Museum for Best Art Museum in this year’s USA Today 10Best Readers’ Choice Awards. Now, it’s time for the public to weigh in. Vote for the Cincinnati Art Museum to be named the Best Art Museum before polls close Monday, February 17 at 11:59am EST. An individual may vote once per day.

Twenty art museums across the country have been nominated, and the Top 10 vote-getters will earn a spot on the prestigious 10Best list.

“A winning art museum lifts up its city alongside a great children’s hospital, a beautiful parks system, championship sports teams, and outstanding universities— all points of pride that bring us together in Cincinnati,” shared Cameron Kitchin, Louis and Louise Dieterle Nippert Director of the Cincinnati Art Museum. “Here in the heart of the Midwest, we believe in art as central to a vibrant, connected, and aspirational forward-looking community of creators and innovators.”

CAM is no stranger to the USA Today 10Best Readers’ Choice list. The museum ranked No. 8, No. 4 and No. 9 of the 10 best free museums in 2022, 2021 and 2020, respectively.

Remember to vote by February 17! Voters can also scan this QR code to vote for CAM:

About the Cincinnati Art Museum

The Cincinnati Art Museum features a diverse, encyclopedic art collection of more than 73,000 works spanning 6,000 years. In addition to displaying its own broad collection, the museum conducts extensive research and creates and organizes several exhibitions each year. It also hosts national and international traveling exhibitions. Through these critical projects and art-related programs, activities, and special events, the museum contributes to a more vibrant Cincinnati by inspiring its people and connecting its communities.

The Cincinnati Art Museum is supported by the generosity of individuals and businesses that give annually to ArtsWave. The Ohio Arts Council helps fund the Cincinnati Art Museum with state tax dollars to encourage economic growth, educational excellence, and cultural enrichment for all Ohioans. The Cincinnati Art Museum gratefully acknowledges operating support from the City of Cincinnati, as well as its members. Free general admission to the Cincinnati Art Museum is made possible by a gift from the Rosenthal Family Foundation. Exhibition pricing may vary. Generous support for the museum’s extended Thursday hours is provided by Art Bridges Foundation’s Access for All program. Parking at the Cincinnati Art Museum is free. More information is available at cincinnatiartmuseum.org.

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