Haunted Ohio: The Cincinnati Art Museum
Cincinnati Art Museum - Photo By EEJCC To kick off my first October with this blog, I wanted to pick a haunted hotspot in Ohio. Instead of sticking to my hometown of Dayton, I decided to take a little road trip south to Cincinnati and the haunted Cincinnati Art Museum. The Cincinnati Art Museum is not only one of the oldest art museums in Ohio or the Midwest, but it's also the oldest one west of the Allegheny Mountains. Several local women formed the Women's Art Museum Association to build the city's first art museum. In 1881, they opened a small museum in Music Hall, but in 1886, they moved to a separate building in Eden Park, which is still open today. So haunted it the museum that it even designed a self-guided tour for visitors who want to explore the haunted spots. One spot on that tour is Gallery 216. Gallery 216 is one of the oldest parts of the museum. Around the turn of the 20 th century, the Gallery was home to a large collection of African art collected by
