• If you have additional questions or wish to join/renew your membership, staff will be present. Join or donate online.
• In a continuation of previous policies, all bags larger than a small purse will need to be inspected. We ask that you simply open it to show the contents. Very large bags will not be permitted and must be left at home or safely secured in your car. Coat rooms and lockers are available. The museum is not responsible for lost or stolen items. 
• Limited wheelchairs are available upon request.
• Strollers are available.
• Water fountains are located throughout the building.

• Children must be accompanied by an adult at all times.
• For the safety of children and the art, large-framed child carriers and wagons are not permitted in the galleries. Small baby slings and less bulky child carriers are allowed, but we ask parents to be mindful of their surroundings while walking in the Art Museum.
• Family Restrooms are available on the Ground and First Floors of the art museum. Diaper-changing stations are available in all restrooms that are wheelchair accessible.
• Stroller Entrance is available via our Front and DeWitt Entrance.
• The distribution of materials or posting of signage unauthorized by the Cincinnati Art Museum is strictly prohibited in the museum building and on museum grounds.
• Notice of Photography/Recording: Please be advised that by entering the Cincinnati Art Museum, or any public Event hosted or sponsored by the Museum, you acknowledge that you may be photographed, filmed, or otherwise recorded by Museum personnel while on the premises.
  
  By entering the premises, you grant your irrevocable consent to the Museum, its affiliates, assigns, and licensees, to use, publish, and/or reproduce your image, voice, likeness, and actions for archival, documentary, publicity, advertising, or any other purpose deemed appropriate by us, without compensation and/or credit, in any and all media now known or hereafter devised throughout the world in perpetuity. This includes, but is not limited to, use on our website, social media pages, and/or marketing and promotional materials. All photographs, film, or video footage taken by or on behalf of Cincinnati Art Museum on the premises, and any works derived therefrom, shall be the sole property of Cincinnati Art Museum and you waive any and all rights of publicity, privacy, or other rights therein. You further waive any and all rights to bring an action at law or equity related to such materials against Cincinnati Art Museum, its affiliates, assigns, and licensees, and release them from any and all liability whatsoever. If you do not agree to the above terms, you should not enter the premises.
  
  If you wish to revoke your consent, you must contact the Cincinnati Art Museum no later than three (3) calendar days following your visit to the Museum premises and/or attendance at, or participation in, the relevant Event by emailing [email protected].

• Sketching with pencil and colored pencil is permitted in all permanent galleries during our regular hours, and does not require completion of the Copyist Permit form.

  Visitors who wish to copy a work of art using other materials must complete a copyist permit issued by the museum at the Visitor Services Desk. Visitors must give the completed copyist permit to the Visitor Services Desk when they visit. Sketching and copying is not permitted in special exhibitions nor of works under copyright.

  For the safety of the collection, use of fixatives, sprays, charcoal and pastel is strictly prohibited. We request copyists maintain a minimum distance of 4 feet from any work of art, and please refrain from using the floors, walls or pedestals as support for sketching.

  Do not hinder or impede the flow of traffic in the galleries or to fire exits. Please be advised that a security guard may ask that work be discontinued if a problem is perceived or if galleries become crowded with other visitors.

  Copyists must provide their own easel, work materials and drop cloth.

  Artists agree to exercise every precaution when working around the art objects in the museum, including, carrying their easel upright in transit and permitting examination of canvas or other copy materials, paint box and other supplies brought into the building each time they are removed from the museum. No glass containers will be permitted.

  Copyists must never make any representation that the copy is anything more than a reproduction.

  For group reservations, please contact our Tour Coordinator at [email protected] or 513-639-2975, at least 3 weeks prior to your visit to schedule.

• Accessibility programs are available. Learn more about Accessibility programs.
• Download one of our custom guides for visiting the museum:
  • Social Narrative: Entering the Museum
  • Social Narrative: Getting Around the Museum
  • Sensory Friendly Guide
• Accessible Parking is available. Wheelchair and stroller entry is available via our Front and DeWitt Entrances. For more information on Directions and Parking please click here
• Elevators are located on the First Floor (beyond the Great Hall providing access to the Ground and Second Floors) and First Floor (near the Terrace Café providing access to the Second and Third Floors).
• Wheelchair Accessible Restrooms are available on the First Floor (in the Great Hall), on the Second Floor (in Gallery 213), on the Ground Floor (next to the Fath Auditorium).
• Service Animals are welcome in the Art Museum. Please check in with the security guard in the front lobby or at the DeWitt entrance upon arrival.

Please be advised that you may be photographed, filmed, or otherwise recorded by Museum personnel, or our partners, while on the premises. We may feature these photographs and recordings on our website and social media accounts, or in other marketing and advertising materials, in order to promote the Museum. By entering the premises, you grant us permission to utilize your image, voice, likeness, and actions in any photographs or recorded audio or video captured by or on behalf of Cincinnati Art Museum on the premises for these purposes, in addition to any other purposes we deem appropriate, in any manner and medium, without further authorization from, or compensation to, you or anyone acting on your behalf. For more information, please view our full policy.

Nonflash still photography and video are permitted only on mobile phones or small cameras and recording devices.

• Photography must not disrupt other museum visitors or staff.
• Photography must not limit accessibility to galleries, exhibitions, entrances/exits, doorways, and high traffic areas.
• Photographers and subjects must always stand at least three feet away from artwork at all times. Do not touch artwork.
• Flash photography is not permitted in any area of the museum.
• Camera bags, selfie sticks, stabilization devices such as tripods and monopods, and other large or specialty photographic equipment are prohibited in the galleries (unless approved and accompanied by museum staff).
• Visitor photography is permitted for personal, noncommercial use only.
• Professional photography for portraits require that advance arrangements (at least two weeks in advance) be made with our Special Events Staff by emailing [email protected]. In addition, there is a $250 location fee for professional photography.
• Photographs may not be published, sold, reproduced, distributed, or otherwise commercially exploited in any manner unless approved by the museum in writing. For all requests to reproduce or publish images including artwork or the museum building in any way, please email [email protected].
• The museum reserves the right to stop visitors' photography endeavors at any time if it deems that they are not in compliance with the above guidelines.