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SPRING 2014 97 ANNOUNCEMENTS The People’s Princess Comes to the Queen City Don’t miss the FINAL stop of this world-renowned exhibition More than fifteen years after her death, Princess Diana’s memory still stirs interest and emotion. The award-winning exhibition Diana: A Celebration, which chronicles the life of the late Diana, Princess of Wales, will be open at Cincinnati Museum Center through August 17. This will be the final showing of the renowned exhibition before the items return to her sons in England to be preserved for future generations. The exhibition presents the life and humanitarian work of Princess Diana through nine galleries containing one hundred fifty objects ranging from her royal wedding gown and twenty eight of her designer dresses to family heirlooms, personal mementos, paintings, and rare home videos and photos. The items help to showcase the legacy of one of the most remarkable women of her time. Her charm, beauty, and grace touched people worldwide and will do so once again during the exhibition’s visit to Cincinnati. The final stop of the world-renowned exhibition, Diana: A Celebration, runs through August 17, 2014 at Cincinnati Museum Center. For more information visit cincymuseum.org or call (513) 287-7000. Daughters of the Queen City inspires a new breed of princess Materials from Cincinnati Museum Center collections form interactive gallery Just as Diana, Princess of Wales, continues to inspire people around the globe, Cincinnati Museum Center hopes to inspire people locally with the companion gallery, Daughters of the Queen City. Items from Cincinnati Museum Center’s historic collections illustrate a sampling of philanthropic efforts by Cincinnati women from the 1850s to the 1960s. The gallery features the wedding gowns of Josephine Lytle Foster, Olivia Procter Benedict, Helen Pogue Fisk, Louise Dieterle Nippert, and Carol Ann Homan Haile, as well as images and information about Virginia Coffey, Anna Sinton Taft, Patricia Corbett, and Maria Longworth Nichols Storer. Daughters of the Queen City will be open through August 17 at Cincinnati Museum Center. For more information visit cincymuseum.org or call (513) 287-7000. ANNOUNCEMENTS 98 OHIO VALLEY HISTORY Exhibit documents a century in the life of the Queen City Treasures in Black and White: Historic Photographs of Cincinnati Acentury’s worth of black and white photos from Cincinnati Museum Center’s collections will provide a window into the Queen City between 1860 and 1960. Through still images of Cincinnati’s people, commerce, transportation , infrastructure, and religious, cultural, and educational institutions, Treasures in Black and White documents the remarkable story of Cincinnati over a century of change and progress. Treasures in Black and White is an opportunity to revisit the neighborhoods, architecture, and people of Cincinnati from the outbreak of the Civil War to the 1960s. This visual history of a city provides a snapshot of the nation as it grew through five wars, economic depression, and great prosperity. The images will inspire, provide perspective, and evoke insight into former generations of Cincinnatians. This fascinating and nostalgic exhibit utilizing historical artifacts and video in addition to more than sixty photographs runs through October 12, 2014 at Cincinnati Museum Center. For more information visit cincymuseum.org or call (513) 287-7000. Online exhibit features history and use of World War I propaganda posters World War I Propaganda Posters: Art That Shaped History In an age before commercial radio and television, posters served as an important method of communicating with and influencing a mass audience. Entering World War I in 1917 after nations in Europe had been fighting for three years, the United States needed to mobilize men and resources quickly. Just as countries in Europe on both sides of the conflict utilized posters to shape public opinion, the United States took similar steps. World War I Propaganda Posters: Art That Shaped History is an online exhibition featuring fifteen posters pulled from Cincinnati Museum Center collections that demonstrate the variety of approaches used during World War I. Some posters galvanized public opinion by depicting the enemy as brutal, sadistic, and ANNOUNCEMENTS SPRING 2014 99 inhumane while also emphasizing the strength and morality of one’s own side. Other posters depict American soldiers in heroic poses and scenes to...