The Cincinnati History Museum, located in the Cincinnati Museum Center, has opened an exhibit sure to appeal to anyone who loves travel.
‘Treasures of Travel’ displays unique cultural artifacts gathered from around the world by travelers from Cincinnati, or those with connections to the city. The exhibit showcases 11 separate vignettes of family or individual travel, and features more than 280 objects collected in various areas of the globe.
The main attraction of the exhibit is the collection of Dorette and Julius Fleischmann. The Fleischmanns sailed on the ‘Camargo’, their private yacht, from 1931 to 1932, and brought back many artifacts and photos.
At the time of their yearlong adventure, the Camargo was the biggest and costliest yacht built in the United States, and had a 36-man crew. They sailed through the Panama Canal to the Pacific, throughout Southeast Asia, then to the Gulf of Suez, which led to the Mediterranean and finally back to the United States.
Other items in the exhibit include masks, headdresses, and various body ornaments, all with featherwork,collected by Robin Adair in the Amazon during the 1980s. Lewis Cotlow, a filmmaker, contributed items from Africa, the Arctic, South America, and the South Pacific.
Travels of Treasure runs now through June, 2016. Museum officials could work with a poster printing company to create a colorful poster of the exhibit, and offer it for sale in one of the gift shops.
