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“containing the single largest collection of works by Clarence Holbrook Carter”
The Southern Ohio Museum opened its galleries and programs to the public in 1979, after the community’s largest bank moved its headquarters from the handsome Beaux Arts style building at 825 Gallia Street in the heart of Portsmouth’s downtown. The building currently houses two permanent installations featuring the largest single collection of works by native son and well-known American Scene painter Clarence Holbrook Carter (1904-2000) and “Art of the Ancients,” containing 10,000 prehistoric Native American objects from the Charles and William Wertz Collection. Three other galleries feature group and solo exhibitions of well-known and emerging contemporary Ohio and regional artists. The Museum also offers a 100-seat theatre for music and performing arts, a gift shop, a reading room complete with more than 1000 volumes, a student art studio, a docent-centered tour program, an off-site circus arts studio, and year-round programming designed to enhance the exhibitions.
This is a hidden jewel--or perhaps just a rather isolated one. Even if you live in Cincinnati or Cleveland, this is so worth the drive. The contemporary exhibitions are excellent and the... Read more
Excellent free museum. Rotates some exhibits with other centers. Kid friendly, great air conditioning, immaculate restrooms. Walking distance from Loft coffeehouse (do them together!) Read more
It was okay, but, thank goodness I didn't have to pay to get in. It took us only about 5 minutes to walk through the place because we didn't see anything worth stopping to really look at it in any... Read more
Southern Ohio Museum & Cultural Center
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