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Monday - Closed
Tuesday-Sunday - 10am-5:30pm
Thursdays - 10am-8:30pm
Free: Members, children 5 & under
Free: Sunday
$10: Adults
$8: Seniors 60+ & Students 18+ (with ID)
$5: Students 6-17 years old
Monet to Matisse: CMA celebrates the 20th anniversary of the Sirak collection with a special exhibition of the entire collection of 78 works by masters such as Claude Monet, Edgar Degas, Pierre-Auguste-Renoir, Paul Cézanne, Paul Klee, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Chaim Soutine, and Henri Matisse among others.
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Every Columbus City School 5th grader can tour the museum for free, your support makes this possible.
Each year, every Columbus City School 5th grade student - more than 5,000 - participates in the Artful Reading program at no cost. This is made possible in part through the generous support of The Harry C. Moores Foundation and McGraw-Hill Education.
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Our world changes around us every day. Developing our creativity will help to provide us with the essential skills that we need to keep up with the present and become innovators in the future. Risk taking, problem solving, questioning, deep thinking, and harnessing multiple perspectives will be the tools of tomorrow. Developing our creativity will impact every facet of our lives – from our families and communities to our schools and businesses. Infusing creativity into our lives transforms us into visionaries who create new perspectives, new solutions, and even new worlds.
Next RoomThis space is the homeroom for our school and group tours as well as a home base for flexible programming including birthday parties, classes, and special events.
« Back to map Next RoomThis unique exploration space incorporates art into a playful environment that is full of hands-on fun designed specifically for families with children ages three to fourteen.
« Back to map Next RoomThis flexible, immersive technology lab is the home of diverse interactive learning experiences that promote innovative thinking in our schools, our businesses, and our community organizations.
« Back to map Next RoomThis is the home of art-making workshops and a variety of new classes and programs that will be offered each year.
« Back to map Next RoomWith a new stage, comfortable seats, and audio-visual production facilities, the refreshed auditorium will accommodate performances, conferences, films, and live webcasting.
« Back to map Next RoomThe Forum gallery is the perfect boardroom setting for meetings, presentations, cocktail receptions, luncheons or dinner parties. The atmosphere is enhanced by artwork from the Museum’s collection and is sure to inspire your event.
« Back to map Next RoomThis gallery highlights art from the Museum’s collection through yearly exhibitions with lively themes. Our debut show, Don’t Eat the Art, focuses on food in art.
« Back to map Next RoomThis is a dedicated space where Central Ohio schools and community organizations can showcase their creative projects.
« Back to map Next RoomThis space celebrates the creative process, projects, and innovations inspired by CMA programs with diverse audiences from preschoolers to high school students, to adults.
« Back to map Next RoomEducation Department Guiding Principles
To Live Forever: Ancient Egypt Webliography and Bibliography
Shout Freedom Educator Resource
« Back to map“You can’t use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have.”– Maya Angelou
The Columbus Museum of Art’s 18,000-sqaure-foot Center for Creativity is a hub for Museum experiences that foster imagination, critical thinking, and innovation. The Center for Creativity will provide myriad experiences that engage CMA visitors with art and with each other, model the creative process, highlight examples of creativity in action, and underscore the importance of creativity in our community.
People of all ages will explore, think, imagine, collaborate, play, learn, problem-solve, wonder, design, and create in the center. Through a variety of programs, initiatives, and collaborations, you can:
Creativity is one of our most important human resources. The Columbus Museum of Art’s Center for Creativity is a place where people are always thinking about, practicing, and championing creativity. It is a laboratory for our schools, a resource for our families, and a dynamic space for our businesses. It is where you connect to your own creativity.
To be competitive in a global marketplace, Central Ohio must foster innovation and a creative workforce. The Center for Creativity embraces its role in cultivating creativity to ensure the vitality of our community.
“Imagination is more important than knowledge. For while knowledge defines all we currently know and understand, imagination points to all we might yet discover and create.” – Albert Einstein

“You can’t use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have.”– Maya Angelou
The Columbus Museum of Art’s 18,000-sqaure-foot Center for Creativity is a hub for Museum experiences that foster imagination, critical thinking, and innovation. The Center for Creativity will provide myriad experiences that engage CMA visitors with art and with each other, model the creative process, highlight examples of creativity in action, and underscore the importance of creativity in our community.
People of all ages will explore, think, imagine, collaborate, play, learn, problem-solve, wonder, design, and create in the center. Through a variety of programs, initiatives, and collaborations, you can:
Creativity is one of our most important human resources. The Columbus Museum of Art’s Center for Creativity is a place where people are always thinking about, practicing, and championing creativity. It is a laboratory for our schools, a resource for our families, and a dynamic space for our businesses. It is where you connect to your own creativity.
To be competitive in a global marketplace, Central Ohio must foster innovation and a creative workforce. The Center for Creativity embraces its role in cultivating creativity to ensure the vitality of our community.
“Imagination is more important than knowledge. For while knowledge defines all we currently know and understand, imagination points to all we might yet discover and create.” – Albert Einstein
“You can’t use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have.”– Maya Angelou
The Columbus Museum of Art’s 18,000-sqaure-foot Center for Creativity is a hub for Museum experiences that foster imagination, critical thinking, and innovation. The Center for Creativity will provide myriad experiences that engage CMA visitors with art and with each other, model the creative process, highlight examples of creativity in action, and underscore the importance of creativity in our community.
People of all ages will explore, think, imagine, collaborate, play, learn, problem-solve, wonder, design, and create in the center. Through a variety of programs, initiatives, and collaborations, you can:
Creativity is one of our most important human resources. The Columbus Museum of Art’s Center for Creativity is a place where people are always thinking about, practicing, and championing creativity. It is a laboratory for our schools, a resource for our families, and a dynamic space for our businesses. It is where you connect to your own creativity.
To be competitive in a global marketplace, Central Ohio must foster innovation and a creative workforce. The Center for Creativity embraces its role in cultivating creativity to ensure the vitality of our community.
“Imagination is more important than knowledge. For while knowledge defines all we currently know and understand, imagination points to all we might yet discover and create.” – Albert Einstein
CMA's Innovation Lab is an incubator for creativity and collaboration. We welcome individuals and organizations to propose ideas for using the space for workshops, sharing new ideas, and developing projects. We are especially interested in projects and programs that encourage cross-discipline collaboration, demonstrate creative problem solving, and use original approaches to technology.
The room can accommodate groups up to 50, and houses audiovisual presentation equipment, a Macintosh-based postproduction suite, and an audio recording booth. The Lab is located in the Center for Creativity, an 18,000-square-foot space in the museum that is completely dedicated to cultivating and practicing creativity.
If you or your organization would like to propose an idea for a program, event, or project that will foster innovation in Columbus, contact Jeff Sims at (614)629.0355 or via email at jeff.sims@cmaohio.org
“You can’t use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have.”– Maya Angelou
The Columbus Museum of Art’s 18,000-sqaure-foot Center for Creativity is a hub for Museum experiences that foster imagination, critical thinking, and innovation. The Center for Creativity will provide myriad experiences that engage CMA visitors with art and with each other, model the creative process, highlight examples of creativity in action, and underscore the importance of creativity in our community.
People of all ages will explore, think, imagine, collaborate, play, learn, problem-solve, wonder, design, and create in the center. Through a variety of programs, initiatives, and collaborations, you can:
Creativity is one of our most important human resources. The Columbus Museum of Art’s Center for Creativity is a place where people are always thinking about, practicing, and championing creativity. It is a laboratory for our schools, a resource for our families, and a dynamic space for our businesses. It is where you connect to your own creativity.
To be competitive in a global marketplace, Central Ohio must foster innovation and a creative workforce. The Center for Creativity embraces its role in cultivating creativity to ensure the vitality of our community.
“Imagination is more important than knowledge. For while knowledge defines all we currently know and understand, imagination points to all we might yet discover and create.” – Albert Einstein
“You can’t use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have.”– Maya Angelou
The Columbus Museum of Art’s 18,000-sqaure-foot Center for Creativity is a hub for Museum experiences that foster imagination, critical thinking, and innovation. The Center for Creativity will provide myriad experiences that engage CMA visitors with art and with each other, model the creative process, highlight examples of creativity in action, and underscore the importance of creativity in our community.
People of all ages will explore, think, imagine, collaborate, play, learn, problem-solve, wonder, design, and create in the center. Through a variety of programs, initiatives, and collaborations, you can:
Creativity is one of our most important human resources. The Columbus Museum of Art’s Center for Creativity is a place where people are always thinking about, practicing, and championing creativity. It is a laboratory for our schools, a resource for our families, and a dynamic space for our businesses. It is where you connect to your own creativity.
To be competitive in a global marketplace, Central Ohio must foster innovation and a creative workforce. The Center for Creativity embraces its role in cultivating creativity to ensure the vitality of our community.
“Imagination is more important than knowledge. For while knowledge defines all we currently know and understand, imagination points to all we might yet discover and create.” – Albert Einstein
“You can’t use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have.”– Maya Angelou
The Columbus Museum of Art’s 18,000-sqaure-foot Center for Creativity is a hub for Museum experiences that foster imagination, critical thinking, and innovation. The Center for Creativity will provide myriad experiences that engage CMA visitors with art and with each other, model the creative process, highlight examples of creativity in action, and underscore the importance of creativity in our community.
People of all ages will explore, think, imagine, collaborate, play, learn, problem-solve, wonder, design, and create in the center. Through a variety of programs, initiatives, and collaborations, you can:
Creativity is one of our most important human resources. The Columbus Museum of Art’s Center for Creativity is a place where people are always thinking about, practicing, and championing creativity. It is a laboratory for our schools, a resource for our families, and a dynamic space for our businesses. It is where you connect to your own creativity.
To be competitive in a global marketplace, Central Ohio must foster innovation and a creative workforce. The Center for Creativity embraces its role in cultivating creativity to ensure the vitality of our community.
“Imagination is more important than knowledge. For while knowledge defines all we currently know and understand, imagination points to all we might yet discover and create.” – Albert Einstein
“You can’t use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have.”– Maya Angelou
The Columbus Museum of Art’s 18,000-sqaure-foot Center for Creativity is a hub for Museum experiences that foster imagination, critical thinking, and innovation. The Center for Creativity will provide myriad experiences that engage CMA visitors with art and with each other, model the creative process, highlight examples of creativity in action, and underscore the importance of creativity in our community.
People of all ages will explore, think, imagine, collaborate, play, learn, problem-solve, wonder, design, and create in the center. Through a variety of programs, initiatives, and collaborations, you can:
Creativity is one of our most important human resources. The Columbus Museum of Art’s Center for Creativity is a place where people are always thinking about, practicing, and championing creativity. It is a laboratory for our schools, a resource for our families, and a dynamic space for our businesses. It is where you connect to your own creativity.
To be competitive in a global marketplace, Central Ohio must foster innovation and a creative workforce. The Center for Creativity embraces its role in cultivating creativity to ensure the vitality of our community.
“Imagination is more important than knowledge. For while knowledge defines all we currently know and understand, imagination points to all we might yet discover and create.” – Albert Einstein
“You can’t use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have.”– Maya Angelou
The Columbus Museum of Art’s 18,000-sqaure-foot Center for Creativity is a hub for Museum experiences that foster imagination, critical thinking, and innovation. The Center for Creativity will provide myriad experiences that engage CMA visitors with art and with each other, model the creative process, highlight examples of creativity in action, and underscore the importance of creativity in our community.
People of all ages will explore, think, imagine, collaborate, play, learn, problem-solve, wonder, design, and create in the center. Through a variety of programs, initiatives, and collaborations, you can:
Creativity is one of our most important human resources. The Columbus Museum of Art’s Center for Creativity is a place where people are always thinking about, practicing, and championing creativity. It is a laboratory for our schools, a resource for our families, and a dynamic space for our businesses. It is where you connect to your own creativity.
To be competitive in a global marketplace, Central Ohio must foster innovation and a creative workforce. The Center for Creativity embraces its role in cultivating creativity to ensure the vitality of our community.
“Imagination is more important than knowledge. For while knowledge defines all we currently know and understand, imagination points to all we might yet discover and create.” – Albert Einstein
“You can’t use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have.”– Maya Angelou
The Columbus Museum of Art’s 18,000-sqaure-foot Center for Creativity is a hub for Museum experiences that foster imagination, critical thinking, and innovation. The Center for Creativity will provide myriad experiences that engage CMA visitors with art and with each other, model the creative process, highlight examples of creativity in action, and underscore the importance of creativity in our community.
People of all ages will explore, think, imagine, collaborate, play, learn, problem-solve, wonder, design, and create in the center. Through a variety of programs, initiatives, and collaborations, you can:
Creativity is one of our most important human resources. The Columbus Museum of Art’s Center for Creativity is a place where people are always thinking about, practicing, and championing creativity. It is a laboratory for our schools, a resource for our families, and a dynamic space for our businesses. It is where you connect to your own creativity.
To be competitive in a global marketplace, Central Ohio must foster innovation and a creative workforce. The Center for Creativity embraces its role in cultivating creativity to ensure the vitality of our community.
“Imagination is more important than knowledge. For while knowledge defines all we currently know and understand, imagination points to all we might yet discover and create.” – Albert Einstein
“You can’t use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have.”– Maya Angelou
The Columbus Museum of Art’s 18,000-sqaure-foot Center for Creativity is a hub for Museum experiences that foster imagination, critical thinking, and innovation. The Center for Creativity will provide myriad experiences that engage CMA visitors with art and with each other, model the creative process, highlight examples of creativity in action, and underscore the importance of creativity in our community.
People of all ages will explore, think, imagine, collaborate, play, learn, problem-solve, wonder, design, and create in the center. Through a variety of programs, initiatives, and collaborations, you can:
Creativity is one of our most important human resources. The Columbus Museum of Art’s Center for Creativity is a place where people are always thinking about, practicing, and championing creativity. It is a laboratory for our schools, a resource for our families, and a dynamic space for our businesses. It is where you connect to your own creativity.
To be competitive in a global marketplace, Central Ohio must foster innovation and a creative workforce. The Center for Creativity embraces its role in cultivating creativity to ensure the vitality of our community.
“Imagination is more important than knowledge. For while knowledge defines all we currently know and understand, imagination points to all we might yet discover and create.” – Albert Einstein
Concerto in Glass: The Art of Lino Taliapietra comprises more than 100 brilliantly colored works by on of the most powerful and creative forces in contemporary glass.
Learn moreCatalogue for the exhibition Optic Nerve: Perceptual Art of the 1960s. Written by the Columbus Museum of Art's Associate Curator of Contemporary Art with introduction by Dave Hickey.
Learn moreSelection of notecards from the collection of the Columbus Museum of Art.
Learn morePurchase this fabulous silk scarf designed by the Columbus Museum of Art's own Charles Kleibacker.
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