Cincinnati Art Museum is presenting a free wedding ceremony to some lucky couple to celebrate its upcoming exhibition, "Wedded Perfection: Two Centuries of Wedding Gowns". Cooperated with wedding vendors, Cincinnati Wedding magazine and WLWT Channel 5, Cincinnati Art Museum awards the winning couple a wedding at the Cincinnati Art Museum in spring or summer of 2011.

After a series of contest and public voting, the winning couple can get free rental of the Cincinnati Art Museum, catering by the Terrace Cafe, flowers by Courtenay Lambert Floral, wedding rings by Richter and Phillips, wedding make-up by Brideface and more. Are you envious of all of these fancy awards? Click here to learn more:

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Don't get frustrated if you have missed the chance. You can still have a grand wedding ceremony at Cincinnati Art Museum whatever. Cincinnati Art Museum performs terrific in hosting wedding ceremonies and receptions. Above all, we will let you familiarize with the event venues in Cincinnati Art Museum.

Main Lobby: Main Lobby of Cincinnati Art Museum is a spectacular lobby featuring Dale Chihuly's glass-blown sculpture and Rio delle Torreselle Chandelier. It's for wedding cocktail hours. The venue has a searing capacity of 100.

Great Hall: Great Hall is grand with 180 seated spaces for dinner, 160 seated spaces for dinner with dance floor, 250 seated spaces for ceremony and 400 standing spaces for reception. This building features a romantic architectural style with classical decorations. It's an ideal place for holding wedding ceremonies and receptions.

Alice Bimel Courtyard: Alice Bimel Courtyard is an outdoor wedding venue with beautiful courtyard views. It's quite a classical building with modern touches. Wedding cocktail hours would be so enjoyable under such a nice circumstance. Alice Bimel Courtyard has a huge capacity of 400.

Terrace Cafe: Terrace Cafe caters for rehearsal dinners, wedding cocktail receptions and more. It's an open space dining room, just steps away from Alice Bimel Courtyard. Terrace Cafe has a capacity of 90 seated spaces.

After knowing well the main wedding venues, you might want to ask: what should I do if I want to plan a wedding ceremony at Cincinnati Art Museum?

Cincinnati Art Museum will provide you a series of comprehensive services including ceremonies, receptions, parties, rehearsal dinners and more. You can call 513-639-2955 or 513-639-2347 for detailed arrangement and prices. Or email to special.events@cincyart.org. The Cincinnati Art Museum's Special Events office will tailor a memorable wedding for you thoughtfully.

Still, there is some general knowledge you should know in advance:

1. When booking wedding at Cincinnati Art Museum, you should deposit $1000 in advance which is non-refundable.

2. If you want to cut down your budget, weddings on Friday or Sunday may save you $1000.

3. Whatever purposes you are using the rental spaces for, ceremony, reception or both, the price remains the same.

4. Monday is unavailable as the Cincinnati Art Museum is closed.

5. You may need to pay $500 per hour if your ceremony is overtime.

Your might need to know more guideline and policies of the Cincinnati Art Museum, please contact the Special Events office at 513-639-2347 or visit:

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The Cincinnati Art Museum is one of the oldest art museums in the USA. The 88 galleries and an incomparable art collection of more than 60,000 works make it one of the most comprehensive collections in the Midwest. If you are an art lover, it is really a great destination for you to hang out in Cincinnati.

As diverse as the museum itself, Cincinnati Art Museum is also a great place to work. The museum provides an inclusive environment where welcomes applicants with various backgrounds, cultures and orientations. It offers an equal opportunity for every employer.

Although the Cincinnati Art Museum provides a variety of positions, these positions are not available at all times. Now, there are four job openings available at the museum: senior graphic designer (full time), junior graphic designer (full time), facility support team member (full time) and American paintings & drawings curatorial research assistant (full time & temporary).

Junior Graphic Designer: For those applying for Junior Graphic Designer, you need to possess a bachelor's degree in design and/or a museum studies-area of study with a minimum of 3 years' design experience.

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Facility Support Team Member: If you can lift a minimum of 50 pounds, you can apply for this position. This position also requires you to be flexible to work at some night and weekend shifts.

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American Paintings & Drawings Curatorial Research Assistant: If you are applying for this position, a M.A. degree in Art History with a specialty in American art is required. For more info and details, visit this page:

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Senior Graphic Designer: To be a senior graphic designer in the museum, you should have a bachelor's degree in design, and/or a museum studier-area of stuffy with five years design & design management experience at least. You also need to be effective in fast-paced working environments with absolute deadlines and inflexible production budgets.

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How to apply for these positions? If you qualify for one of these positions, submit your cover letter and resume noting salary requirement by mail, fax or email. For those who apply for junior graphic designer and senior graphic designer, the email address is scott.hisey@cincyart.org. If you are applying for the other two positions, you should email your cover letter and resume to humanresources@cincyart.org.

Fax: (513) 639-2932

Mail Address: Human Resources Department, Cincinnati Art Museum, 953 Eden Park Drive, Cincinnati, OH 45202-1596

Internship/Fellowship Opportunities: Cincinnati Art Museum also provides interns with opportunities to enhance their education by on-the-job training. There are two kinds of internship opportunities: spring internships and summer internships.

If you want to be a spring internship at the Cincinnati Art Museum in 2011, you need to submit your resume and cover letter by January 15, 2011. Resumes and cover letters for summer internships need to be sent by March 15, 2011. To explore the detailed info, click here:

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Cincinnati Art Museum was established in the year 1881. The Cincinnati Art Museum is one of the oldest art museums in United States. The museum has around 60,000 works and it is the first purpose built art museum in United States.

The general admission for the Art museum is free through out the year but in case of special exhibition the admission may be charged. The museum will be closed on Mondays and the museum will be opened from 11am to 5pm from Tuesday through Sundays. Spacious parking is available in the museum and the parking charge is $4 per vehicle.

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Cincinnati Art Museum overview

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The master work collections of the Museum are American Painting & sculpture, European painting & Sculpture, Far eastern art, American Decorative arts, American Decorative Arts, Costume and textiles, Art of Africa, art of Americas, Prints, Drawings, water colors, photographs, classical and eastern art.

The painting collections of Cincinnati Art museum are Titian, van Dyck, Hals, Rubens ands many more. the 19th and 20th century painting collections are by Picasso, Renoir, Derain, Miro and Braque. The Museum display includes the paintings of Cincinnati's Golden age and the carved furniture of Cincinnati.

The Cincinnati art museum has online shopping facility where you can get the posters and publications of Cincinnati art museum. The most popular exhibits of Cincinnati art museum are the American road, Cincinnati Collects America, Walker Evans and more.

Cincinnati art museum online shop

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Cincinnati art museum tour

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In Cincinnati Art Museum you and your family can learn about your community's enormous and growing art collection. This museum was established in the year 1881 and since then it has made acquisitions and collections of art on a continuous basis. It is one of the oldest art museums in the United States. It has a collection of more than sixty thousand art works covering a time period of around six thousand years. These arts include art forms from Egypt, Rome, Greece, Africa and America.

The collection has art forms in costumes and textiles, sculpture, paintings, contemporary art and decorative art. The paintings are from world's greatest painters such as Van Dyck, Hals, Titian, Gainsborough, Picasso, Derain, Chagall, Braque, Modigliani, Miro, Renoir and Rubens. American collection of art works by Rothko, Cole, Wood, Harnett, Hopper, Copley and Diebenkorn are also included in the museum.

Cincinnati Art Museum on Wiki

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Information on the Collection of Cincinnati Art Museum on Its Official Website

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The Cincinnati museum attracts people from all age groups; this makes it an ideal place for families. You and your family can enjoy a variety of resources and programs available here. It has been recently ranked as the top art museum in the U.S. for the families. The visual art can nurture your kid's the interest in art with the help of carefully designed workshops. Local artist can help to explore your child's creativity.

Admission and activities are free in the Artworld. It is the museum's interactive learning space for children. Guided tours are available to increase the knowledge domain of your family. The trained volunteer will take you through various primitive art forms to modern art. It begins in the front lobby everyday at 1p.m.

Children Activity Opportunities at Cincinnati Art Museum

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Planning a visit to Cincinnati Art Museum? Why not? You have tons of reasons to be there. The free admission does come first. Except the closing day - Monday, it's free for any day of a week. Art museums are never free especially ones of this size. This unparalleled visitor venue undoubtedly brings more people and art together.

The Art Museum is located in the beautiful Eden Park on a hill overlooking the city. It's worth a spare few minutes to enjoy the view from the benches around the museum. The address is 53 Eden Park Drive Cincinnati, Ohio 45202. Also Krohn's Conservatory and other great Cincy spots are not far away which means more time-saving and convenient for your trip.

When you step into it, you will find it's really far bigger than you think it is. Be prepared to spend quite a lot of time there as you will have a ton to see! Founded in 1881, it's a well-kept and nicely laid-out building with collection of over 60,000 works. At present it has one of the most comprehensive collections in the Midwest.

The Museum explores 6000 years' art through paintings, sculpture, decorative arts, special exhibitions and other art works from the entire world. It houses the painting works of European old masters such as Titian, van Dyck, Hals, Rubens, and Gainsborough, as well as 19 and 20th century works by Picasso, Renoir, Derain, Braque, Modigliani, Miró, and Chagall. The works of American artists like Copley, Cole, Harnett, Wyeth, Wood, Hopper, Diebenkorn, and Rothko can also be found.

For the local art of Cincinnati, you can head to the Cincinnati Wing added to this art venue in 2003. It has a permanent exhibit of art created for Cincinnati or by Cincinnati artists since 1788.

Collections of Cincinnati Art Museum

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Now we believe you have no excuse not to begin an art tour in Cincy. Let's find out more helpful visiting information about the Cincinnati Art Museum.

Its operation hours are from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. from Tuesday through Sunday. The museum is closed on Mondays and holidays including Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Year's Eve, New Year's Day, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Presidents Day, Memorial Day, Fourth of July, and Labor Day.

Public transportation Metro bus line No. 1 will take your there. The Museum is also easily accessible from the cities nearby by driving. Info on directions is listed here:

(1)For drivers coming from I-75 N (from Kentucky), I-75 S (from Dayton) and I-471 N (from Indianapolis), you should all drive onto the 1-71 N. After passing the Stadium, Coliseum, go through the Lytle Tunnel and exit at the Reading Rd/Eden Park Dr exit. Later get in the right lane and turn right onto Eden Park Dr, then drive through the next light across Gilbert Ave and enter Eden Park, stay in the right lane to Art Museum Dr.

(2)If you drive from I-471 N (From KY), cross the bridge from KY to OH, follow signs to I-71 N, take the Liberty St exit and turn right off the exit onto Reading Rd. After one block driving, turn right onto Elsinore, then turn left onto Gilbert Ave. Finally get onto Eden Park Dr for the Museum.

For visitors from Eastgate, take Rt. 32 W to I-275 S to 471 N, then get onto I-471 N. Later take the above mentioned routes.

(3) Columbus visitors will drive from the I-71 S, take the Reading/Gilbert exit (exit #2) and stay in the Reading Rd exit lane. Later get onto Elsinore, Gilbert Ave, then Eden Park Dr to reach the Museum. More detailed driving info can be found from the official site:

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When it comes to parking, we have to say it's another wow factor of the museum. The onsite parking only charges $4 per vehicle. School groups, museum members and volunteers can park for free.

Since 2010, the Museum has extended the free parking benefit to its Terrace Cafe dinners (who spend $10 or more), patrons in the Art Museum Shop (who spend $15 and above) and visitors who attend paid programs.