Celebrating Black Empowerment during MLK weekend

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: December 30, 2025
MEDIA CONTACT: Cody Hefner (513) 608-5777, chefner@cincymuseum.org

Cincinnati Museum Center hosts celebration of Black empowerment in honor of MLK weekend
Saturday, January 17

WHAT: Cincinnati Museum Center is celebrating the legacy of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Black empowerment with a day of programming Saturday, January 17. The daylong celebration will highlight the history, present and future of Black excellence through art, performances, informational booths, vendors and speakers. The day will showcase businesses, nonprofits, artists, freedom fighters and community leaders as they share their authentic stories.

Partners at Cincinnati Museum Center’s Celebrate Black Empowerment Day include:

• Cincinnati Museum Center curators and collections
• Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center
• Cincinnati & Hamilton County Public Library
• Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
• Greater Cincinnati Grotto
• Greater Cincinnati Homeless Coalition
• Hamilton County Developmental Disability Services
• Harriet Beecher Stowe House
• IDEA Greater Cincinnati Public Schools
• Kids Thrive
• National Underground Railroad Freedom Center
• Peach Tree Advocacy
• Primary Care Solutions of Ohio
• Seven Hills Neighborhood House
• Taft Museum of Art
• The STEM Lab
• Urbanist Media
• YANI Collective

Cincinnati Museum Center is notably hosting their celebration of MLK Day on Saturday to encourage guests to participate in the MLK Coalition March and to visit the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center on MLK Day itself, Monday, January 19.

Cincinnati Museum Center will release the full Celebrate Black Empowerment Day schedule in early January.

WHERE: Cincinnati Museum Center at Union Terminal
WHEN: Saturday, January 17, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
COST: Included with Museum Admission, free for CMC Members