Cincinnati Art Museum

Location:
Cincinnati, Ohio

LEED Certification:
LEED Certified

Construction Cost:
$13.3 million

Project Size:
40,000 SF

The existing facility consisted of the original building and numerous additions that created small spaces without flow. This project opened up multiple areas, creating large gallery spaces and allowing for cohesive flow through the building. The renovation began with approximately 15,000 square feet of gallery and exhibition space. It included the creation of the Rosenthal Education Center – a space for families to discover the museum in a fun, safe, and very immersive manner.

There were complex renovations to three existing buildings, including the Adams – Emery Wing and the Alms Addition to the 1880s original structure. The project involved significant modifications to the existing structure consisting of masonry-bearing walls and a concrete pan joist floor system. Existing office spaces were relocated, and the existing auditorium was turned into an open gallery space. Original window openings were restored for new windows to let light into the Schmidlapp Gallery, creating inviting space within the gallery and the adjacent courtyard.

This LEED Certified renovation is now home to staff offices, the new Rosenthal Education Center, and Archives.

Night view of the courtyard at the Cincinnati Art Museum, featuring a row tables and chairs, flanked by a row of trees on the left and small fountains that separate the table spaces on the right.

Woman reads a her phone while sitting on a yellow couch in front of a large window, next to a bust statue of Phillis Wheatley by Elizabeth Catlett.

Entrance to the Emma Louise Schmidlapp wing of the Cincinnati Art Museum. Small groups of circular yellow couches line the left wall, each set in front of large windows letting in lots of light. There is a mural on the right wall., and an atrium entryway with two large structural columns at the end of the corridor.

Entrance to the Emma Louise Schmidlapp wing of the Cincinnati Art Museum. Small groups of circular yellow couches line the right wall, each set in front of large windows letting in lots of light. There is a mural on the left wall., and an atrium entryway at the end of the corridor.

Woman reads a her phone while sitting on a yellow couch in front of a large window, nest to a statue of

Sets of yellow circular couches in front of large windows letting in lots of light in the Schmidlapp building at the Cincinnati Art Museum.

Sets of yellow circular couches in front of large windows letting in lots of light. Fine art pieces encased in glass are placed between the windows, lining the hall in the Schmidlapp building at the Cincinnati Art Museum.

A open reading space with couches, a beanbag chair, and fuzzy carpets at the Rosenthal Education Center at the Cincinnati Art Museum.

The craft area at the Rosenthal Education Center at the Cincinnati Art Museum.

Courtyard at the Cincinnati Art Museum, featuring a row tables and chairs, Flanked by a row of trees on the left and small fountains that separate the table spaces on the right.

Courtyard at the Cincinnati Art Museum, featuring a table and chairs, flanked by a row of trees behind it and small fountains that separate the table spaces in front.