Cincinnati Skirball Museum

About Cincinnati Skirball Museum

The Cincinnati Skirball Museum preserves and interprets fine art and artifacts spanning Cincinnati Jewish history and global Jewish culture. Visitors explore the core exhibition An Eternal People: The Jewish Experience, which traces the vibrant story of the Jewish community through thoughtfully curated displays. The museum also presents rotating temporary exhibitions, such as The Guiding Hand, featuring the Barr Foundation Collection of Torah Pointers, and The Collars of RBG by Sam Griffin. The collection includes sacred and secular decorative arts from the former B'nai B'rith Klutznick National Jewish Museum, making it among the most prominent Jewish museums between the Alleghenies and the Rockies. Located on the historic Cincinnati campus of Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, the Skirball Museum is the first formally established Jewish museum in the United States, founded in 1913. The museum welcomes visitors of all faiths and offers engaging public programs alongside its exhibitions.