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Literacy through play in new exhibit at Cincinnati Museum Center
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 11, 2024 MEDIA CONTACT: Cody Hefner (513) 608-5777, chefner@cincymuseum.org Literacy through play at Cincinnati Museum Center New Kids' Town Park exhibit builds early literacy skills; opens June 28 CINCINNATI – Words are building blocks for life. They can be used to express yourself, describe and make sense of the world around you and build curiosity, generosity and empathy. And, when it comes to early childhood development, the sooner – and more – the better. A new
New exhibit turns your body - and science education - inside out
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 23, 2024 MEDIA CONTACT: Cody Hefner (513) 608-5777, chefner@cincymuseum.org New exhibit turns your body - and science education - inside out Advancing Health presented by Mayfield Brain & Spine opens at Cincinnati Museum Center this July CINCINNATI – Cincinnati Museum Center (CMC) is helping to advance the region’s understanding, interest and appreciation of health. A new permanent exhibit will focus on body systems, medical innovations and health care professions,
Cincinnati Museum Center giving away free eclipse glasses...and drops a new music video
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 18, 2024 MEDIA CONTACT: Cody Hefner (513) 608-5777, chefner@cincymuseum.org Cincinnati Museum Center giving away free eclipse glasses... and drops a new music video Free glasses for Deep Sky OMNIMAX® viewers and program attendees on select dates CINCINNATI – Cincinnati Museum Center (CMC) is helping you get ready for the upcoming solar eclipse. Starting this weekend, the museum will host eclipse-themed programming each weekend leading up to the eclipse. And each
Cincinnati Museum Center twice recognized among nation's best museums
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: February 23, 2024 MEDIA CONTACT: Cody Hefner (513) 608-5777, chefner@cincymuseum.org Cincinnati History Museum recognized among best in the country Children's Museum also named in top five nationwide in USA TODAY vote CINCINNATI – Two of Cincinnati Museum Center’s (CMC) museums have been recognized among the best in the country. Following a four-week nationwide vote, the Cincinnati History Museum was named one of the top three in the Best History Museum category, while
150 artifacts bring to life final days of Pompeii at Cincinnati Museum Center
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: February 14, 2024 MEDIA CONTACT: Cody Hefner (513) 608-5777, chefner@cincymuseum.org PHOTOS AND B ROLL POMPEII: The Exhibition opens at Cincinnati Museum Center Friday CINCINNATI – The sights, sounds and sensations of daily life and the final days of Pompeii will soon dazzle guests at Cincinnati Museum Center. POMPEII: The Exhibition premieres this Friday, showcasing more than 150 priceless artifacts from historic Pompeii at the height of the Roman Empire, just moments before
Free Museum Admission for fourth graders; part of statewide program
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: February 8, 2024 MEDIA CONTACT: Cody Hefner (513) 608-5777, chefner@cincymuseum.org Part of statewide program launched by America 250-Ohio; available through 2026 CINCINNATI – Fourth graders across Ohio will soon be able to visit Cincinnati Museum Center, the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center and other museums free of charge. The Fourth Grade History pass, unveiled today, is a new program for fourth grade students across the state, giving them exclusive access to select
Mayfield Brain & Spine to sponsor upcoming gallery at Cincinnati Museum Center
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: February 7, 2024 MEDIA CONTACT: Cody Hefner (513) 608-5777, chefner@cincymuseum.org Upcoming gallery will focus on body systems, health, innovations and health care CINCINNATI – Cincinnati Museum Center (CMC) announced today a naming rights sponsorship with Mayfield Brain & Spine for an upcoming gallery focused on biology, technology and workforce development. The sponsorship provides significant support to the new gallery that will be a permanent addition to CMC’s Museum of
Museum Camps return, on sale Feb. 1
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: January 25, 2024 MEDIA CONTACT: Cody Hefner (513) 608-5777, chefner@cincymuseum.org Summer is coming. Museum Camps are back. Camps on sale for Members Feb. 1, general Feb. 15 CINCINNATI – When school is out, Camps are in. It doesn’t look like it outside, but summer is fast approaching and a houseful of energized kids is coming with it. But don’t worry, Cincinnati Museum Center (CMC) has you covered. CMC’s Museum Camps are the perfect cure for summertime boredom, blues and
Sushi and cacio e pepe are part of the curriculum at Cincinnati Museum Center
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: January 18, 2024 MEDIA CONTACT: Cody Hefner (513) 608-5777, chefner@cincymuseum.org Registration opens for spring programs in the Cr(eat)e Culinary Studio CINCINNATI – After a sold-out inaugural slate of food science programs, Cincinnati Museum Center (CMC) is releasing their spring schedule for aspiring young chefs. In the spring programs, the museum’s Cr(eat)e Culinary Studio featuring the Kroger Food Lab will walk culinary superstars and microwave misfits alike through classic
Cosmic splendor surrounds you in new OMNIMAX film
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: January 23, 2024 MEDIA CONTACT: Cody Hefner (513) 608-5777, chefner@cincymuseum.org Cosmic splendor surrounds you in immersive new OMNIMAX® film Deep Sky takes you to the edges of the universe at Cincinnati Museum Center; opens Feb. 2 CINCINNATI – Cincinnati Museum Center is offering you a trip a million miles away to the beginning of space and time. Deep Sky, opening February 2, brings the impressive images captured by NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope to the immersive Robert
World-renowned POMPEII: The Exhibition coming to Cincinnati
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: January 16, 2024 MEDIA CONTACT: Cody Hefner (513) 608-5777, chefner@cincymuseum.org PHOTOS AND B ROLL World-renowned POMPEII: The exhibition coming to Cincinnati Exhibition features more than 150 authentic artifacts on loan from Italy; opens Feb. 16 CINCINNATI – Cincinnatians will soon experience the sights, sounds and sensations of the 79 A.D. eruption of Mount Vesuvius that left a city frozen in time. POMPEII: The Exhibition will premiere at Cincinnati Museum Center (CMC) on
Cincinnati Museum Center named finalists for two of country's best museums
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: January 15, 2024 MEDIA CONTACT: Cody Hefner (513) 608-5777, chefner@cincymuseum.org Voting for best history museum and best children's museum open through Feb. 12 CINCINNATI – Cincinnati Museum Center (CMC) is once again being recognized among the top museums in the country. USA TODAY’s 10Best released their nominees for the nation’s best museums and CMC found itself on two lists: Best History Museum for the Cincinnati History Museum and Best Children’s Museum for its Children’s
Updated Children's Museum exhibit provides a new home for learning through play
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: January 11, 2024 MEDIA CONTACT: Cody Hefner (513) 608-5777, chefner@cincymuseum.org Updated Children's Museum exhibit provides a new home for learning through play Cincinnati Museum Center partners with leading home builder Fischer Homes on Welcome Home CINCINNATI – Learning through play has a new home. Cincinnati Museum Center (CMC) has partnered with leading home builder Fischer Homes on Welcome Home, a new interactive learning space in The Children’s Museum. The kid-sized
Partnership expands museum fossil collection
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: November 29, 2023 MEDIA CONTACT: Cody Hefner (513) 608-5777, chefner@cincymuseum.org Partnership expands museum fossil collection and gives guests a front row seat Cincinnati Museum Center partners with Elevation Science Institute on fossil digs, preparation and curation CINCINNATI – Cincinnati Museum Center (CMC) announced a new partnership with Elevation Science Institute that will expand the museum’s vertebrate paleontology collections and continue ongoing field work. The
Cincinnati's beloved holiday classic opens tomorrow
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: November 9, 2023 MEDIA CONTACT: Cody Hefner (513) 608-5777, chefner@cincymuseum.org Holiday Junction featuring the Duke Energy Holiday Trains, classic OMNIMAX® film and Santa ring in the holidays at Cincinnati Museum Center CINCINNATI – Just hear those historic trains click-click-clacking choo choo. Oh, it’s lovely weather to put an exhibition together for you. Cincinnati Museum Center has decked Union Terminal's historic halls with holiday cheer. Dedicated trainmasters have
Cincinnati Museum Center launches culinary science classes for kids and adults
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: October 24, 2023 MEDIA CONTACT: Cody Hefner (513) 608-5777, chefner@cincymuseum.org See what's cookin' in Cincinnati Museum Center's new Cr(eat)e Culinary Studio Programs now available for children and adults CINCINNATI – Some of the best conversations happen around food, and Cincinnati Museum Center (CMC) knows some great learning comes from food, too. That’s why they're inviting you into the kitchen to learn about the science, history and community of food. CMC’s new Cr(eat)e
Girl's history is American history in new exhibition at Cincinnati Museum Center
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: October 11, 2023 MEDIA CONTACT: Cody Hefner (513) 608-5777, chefner@cincymuseum.orgPRESS KIT Smithsonian-produced Girlhood (It's complicated) opens this Saturday CINCINNATI – Cincinnati Museum Center (CMC) is showing why girls’ history is American history. A new featured exhibition opening this Saturday showcases the strength and resilience of girls everywhere. Girlhood (It’s complicated) features nearly 200 artifacts from the Smithsonian to reflect the diversity of girls’
Cincinnati's beloved holiday classic returns Nov. 10
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: October 18, 2023 MEDIA CONTACT: Cody Hefner (513) 608-5777, chefner@cincymuseum.org Holiday Junction featuring the Duke Energy Holiday Trains, classic OMNIMAX® film and Santa ring in the holidays at Cincinnati Museum Center CINCINNATI – Just hear those historic trains click-click-clacking choo choo. Oh, it’s lovely weather to put an exhibit together for you. Final preparations are underway to deck the halls of Cincinnati Museum Center with holiday cheer. Dedicated trainmasters are
Jane Goodall takes you on a journey of hope in new OMNIMAX film
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: October 16, 2023 MEDIA CONTACT: Cody Hefner (513) 608-5777, chefner@cincymuseum.org Jane Goodall - Reasons for Hope opens at Cincinnati Museum Center Oct. 27 CINCINNATI – Jane Goodall revolutionized how we view the world around us. In a new OMNIMAX® film, she surrounds you with that world and her reasons for hope for it. Jane Goodall – Reasons for Hope follows the legendary ethologist and environmentalist on an adventure of inspiration. The film opens in Cincinnati Museum
Eckerles make multi-million dollar gift to Cincinnati museums
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: October 5, 2023 MEDIA CONTACTS: Cincinnati Museum Center | Cody Hefner, chefner@cincymuseum.org, (513) 608-5777 Cincinnati Art Museum Center | media@cincyart.org, (513) 639-2954 Taft Museum of Art | sditlinger@taftmuseum.org, (513) 684-4526 Carol and Bill Eckerle make multi-million dollar legacy gift to Cincinnati museums CINCINNATI – In a generous demonstration of their belief in access to culture and education for every member of our community, Carol and William “Bill”
Cincinnati Museum Center celebrates 25 years of The Children's Museum
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: October 4, 2023 MEDIA CONTACT: Cody Hefner (513) 608-5777, chefner@cincymuseum.org Cincinnati Museum Center celebrates 25 years of The Children's Museum Special events through October and new additions planned in 2024 CINCINNATI – One of Cincinnati Museum Center’s most beloved museums is celebrating a major milestone this month. The Children’s Museum, home to showers of plastic balls, the coolest treehouse and the finest diner in the city, is celebrating its 25th anniversary at
New exhibit takes you 450 million years back in time
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: September 29, 2023 MEDIA CONTACT: Cody Hefner (513) 608-5777, chefner@cincymuseum.org New exhibit featuring 450-million-year-old fossil collection now open Ancient Worlds Hiding in Plain Sight the latest permanent addition to Cincinnati Museum Center CINCINNATI – Without knowing it, many Tristate residents have peered 450 million years into the past. Whether it’s been splashing through a local creek bed, exploring parks or sitting bumper-to-bumper at the Cut-in-the-Hill, you’ve
EXHIBIT PREVIEW: Ancient Worlds Hiding in Plain Sight this Thursday
**EXHIBIT PREVIEW** Ancient Worlds Hiding in Plain Sight Cincinnati Museum Center Thursday, September 28 WHAT: Join us for a preview of Cincinnati Museum Center’s newest permanent exhibition, Ancient Worlds Hiding in Plain Sight. The exhibit showcases the museum’s world-class Ordovician fossil collection as it takes you back in time 450 million years to Cincinnati’s prehistoric tropical sea. Meet and speak with Cincinnati Museum Center paleontologists, researchers and exhibit designers and be among
Music in the Museum organ series returns
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: September 21, 2023 MEDIA CONTACT: Cody Hefner (513) 608-5777, chefner@cincymuseum.org Concert organ to once again echo through Union Terminal Music in the Museum returns with three-concert series; tickets available now CINCINNATI – The grand Rotunda of Union Terminal will once again echo with the triumphant sounds of its concert organ. Cincinnati Museum Center announced the return of its Music in the Museum concert series with a three-concert 2023-2024 season beginning this
Nostalgia-fueled Off the Rails After Hours at Cincinnati Museum Center
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: September 7, 2023 MEDIA CONTACT: Cody Hefner (513) 608-5777, chefner@cincymuseum.org Cincinnati Museum Center invites you to go Off the Rails After Hours Nostalgia-fueled 21+ Off the Rails: 90s Edition Oct. 12; tickets on sale Friday CINCINNATI – Cincinnati Museum Center (CMC) is kicking it old school as it revels in JNCO jeans, over-tweezed eyebrows, JTT and so much neon*. CMC’s Off the Rails After Hours is a new 21 and up series, in partnership with their in-house food service
Exhibit showcasing 450-million-year-old fossil collection opens soon
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: September 5, 2023 MEDIA CONTACT: Cody Hefner (513) 608-5777, chefner@cincymuseum.org New exhibit featuring 450-million-year-old fossil collection opens this month Ancient Worlds Hiding in Plain Sight opens Sept. 29 CINCINNATI – Without knowing it, many Tristate residents have peered 450 million years into the past. Whether it’s been splashing through a local creek bed, exploring parks or sitting bumper-to-bumper at the Cut-in-the-Hill, you’ve seen for yourself traces of our
LEGO-based Bricktionary exhibition enters final weeks at Cincinnati Museum Center
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: August 29, 2023 MEDIA CONTACT: Cody Hefner (513) 608-5777, chefner@cincymuseum.org Your ultimate LEGO adventure enters its final weeks at Cincinnati Museum Center Bricktionary: The ultimate LEGO® A-Z closing Oct. 15 CINCINNATI – Like that 1,600-piece LEGO® Statue of Liberty in the hands of your younger brother, time is running out for Bricktionary: The ultimate LEGO® A-Z at Cincinnati Museum Center. The exhibition, featuring 150 custom-built LEGO® models and four interactive build
Girls are agents of change in new exhibition coming to Cincinnati Museum Center
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: August 17, 2023 MEDIA CONTACT: Cody Hefner (513) 608-5777, chefner@cincymuseum.org Girls are historic agents of change in Smithsonian-produced exhibition coming to Cincinnati Girlhood (It's complicated) opens Oct. 14 at Cincinnati Museum Center CINCINNATI – For America’s first 131 years, the Constitution considered women political spectators – until the ratification of the 19th Amendment on August 18, 1920. But just because women couldn’t vote, didn’t mean they didn’t have a
Cincinnati Museum Center and Rhinegeist partner on prehistoric beer
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: August 10, 2023 MEDIA CONTACT: Cody Hefner (513) 608-5777, chefner@cincymuseum.org Cincinnati Museum Center announces prehistoric beer in partnership with Rhinegeist Brewery Tiktaalik Cold Double IPA celebrates upcoming exhibit and region's fossil-forward significance; available Sept. 4 CINCINNATI – Cincinnati Museum Center (CMC) and Rhinegeist Brewery are preparing to debut a beer 375 million years in the making. The two Cincinnati staples teamed up for a new beer to be
Cincinnati Museum Center awarded $250,000 competitive national grant
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: August 4, 2023 MEDIA CONTACT: Cody Hefner (513) 608-5777, chefner@cincymuseum.org Cincinnati Museum Center awarded competitive national grant Quarter-million-dollar IMLS grant will fund future exhibit development CINCINNATI – Cincinnati Museum Center (CMC) was awarded yesterday a prestigious grant by the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS). The highly competitive grant totaling nearly $250,000 will fund future exhibit development as the museum continues an extensive
Cincinnati Museum Center plans new space to cook up science, history and community
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: August 8, 2023 MEDIA CONTACT: Cody Hefner (513) 608-5777, chefner@cincymuseum.org Cincinnati Museum Center plans new space to cook up science, history and community Cr(EAT)e Culinary Studio opens this November CINCINNATI – Some of the best conversations happen around food and Cincinnati Museum Center (CMC) knows some great learning comes from food and cooking, too. That’s why they’re launching a dedicated space and programming to engage you in the science, history and community
1500 scientists coming to Cincinnati for Society of Vertebrate Paleontology conference
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: August 2, 2023 MEDIA CONTACT: Cody Hefner (513) 608-5777, chefner@cincymuseum.org Cincinnati Museum Center helps land annual meeting of Society of Vertebrate Paleontology Conference expected to draw 1500 scientists to Cincinnati in October CINCINNATI – Paleontologists from around the world will descend on Cincinnati this fall for the 83rd Annual Meeting of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology (SVP). As the lead on bringing the prestigious meeting to Cincinnati, Cincinnati
Cincinnati Museum Center releases music video for Serengeti Swag-turdays
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 20, 2023 MEDIA CONTACT: Cody Hefner (513) 608-5777, chefner@cincymuseum.org Cincinnati Museum Center launches Serengeti Swag-turdays with the bop of the summer WHAT: Cincinnati Museum Center’s OMNIMAX® Theater takes you so close to the action, you feel like you’re part of it. And, with their Serengeti Swag-turdays, you’ll look like you were. Serengeti Swag-turdays will feature a rotating selection of themed swag each Saturday during the run of their OMNIMAX®
Museum youth development program celebrates graduating seniors
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 13, 2023 MEDIA CONTACT: Cody Hefner (513) 608-5777, chefner@cincymuseum.org Cincinnati Museum Center celebrates Youth Programs graduating class Youth development program graduates 10 seniors, welcomes 25 new participants CINCINNATI – Cincinnati Museum Center (CMC) recently celebrated ten graduating seniors from its Youth Programs. As the program cheered on its seniors starting their next chapter, it welcomed 25 incoming youth volunteers that will continue to support the
World-class fossil collection takes you 450 million years back in time
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 11, 2023 MEDIA CONTACT: Cody Hefner (513) 608-5777, chefner@cincymuseum.org Cincinnati Museum Center uses world-class fossil collection to transport you 450 million years back in time New permanent exhibit Ancient Worlds Hiding in Plain Sight opens Sept. 28 CINCINNATI – Imagine, if you will, owning a bungalow over a tropical sea in Cincinnati. Your new Queen City ocean getaway sounds like paradise – until you notice the strange, sometimes terrifying creatures gliding beneath
1940s Day returns to Cincinnati Museum Center Aug. 26
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 6, 2023 MEDIA CONTACT: Cody Hefner (513) 608-5777, chefner@cincymuseum.org Go back in time with 1940s Day at Cincinnati Museum Center 1940s Day returns Aug. 26 with live music, vintage cars, costume contest and more CINCINNATI – Glistening chrome. Exuberant trumpets. Pin curls and twirling skirts. The 1940s are alive and flourishing at Cincinnati Museum Center’s 1940s Day. The annual event returns Saturday, August 26 at historic Union Terminal and its frozen-in-time
Brick-based, boredom-busting deal at Cincinnati Museum Center
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 27, 2023 MEDIA CONTACT: Cody Hefner (513) 608-5777, chefner@cincymuseum.org Save $5 on children's tickets to Bricktionary all summer CINCINNATI – Cincinnati Museum Center (CMC) has your brick-based, boredom-busting deal for the summer. Through Labor Day, CMC is offering discounted children’s tickets to Bricktionary: The ultimate LEGO® A-Z, its current featured exhibition making its world premiere here in Cincinnati. Children’s tickets to the exhibition are $5 off with every
Serengeti: Journey to the Heart of Africa
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 22, 2023 MEDIA CONTACT: Cody Hefner (513) 608-5777, chefner@cincymuseum.org Newest OMNIMAX® film introduces the iconic wilderness in stunning detail CINCINNATI – Cincinnati Museum Center’s OMNIMAX® Theater has taken viewers around the world and beyond the stars; from the vast beauty of America’s national parks to the ancient pyramids of Egypt, from the depths of the South Pacific to the surface of Mars. Now, it’s ready to bless the rains down in Africa. Serengeti: Journey to
Upstander Weekend June 10 & 11
Be an Upstander this weekend. Join us this Saturday and Sunday for an epic lineup of events that will inspire you to make your own mark in the community. Cincinnati Upstander Weekend celebrates and uplifts the changemakers in our beloved Queen City and is proudly organized by Cincinnati Museum Center and the Nancy & David Wolf Holocaust & Humanity Center. Saturday, June 10Fleet Feet Upstander 5K at 8:30 a.m.Pick-up pickleball and free lessonsFC Cincinnati giveaways and activationsOutdoor science
Cincinnati Museum Center partners with Baker Hunt on nature-inspired art classes
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 19, 2023 MEDIA CONTACT: Cody Hefner (513) 608-5777, chefner@cincymuseum.org Drop-in classes find inspiration in museum's Get Into Nature Gallery starting May 20 CINCINNATI – The beauty of nature is all around us. And with a new interactive art series at Cincinnati Museum Center (CMC), aspiring artists of all ages will see that beauty is in the details. Art supplies and inspiration included. CMC is partnering with Baker Hunt Art and Cultural Center to present Art in Nature, a
Make your holiday memories with us Cincinnati Museum Center
Plan Your Visit! Extended holiday hours Every day's a good day to visit Cincinnati Museum Center and Holiday Junction featuring the Duke Energy Holiday Trains. We're giving you more days to fill yourself with holiday cheer. So grab your friends and family and make sure you check this tradition off your holiday list. Tuesday, December 20 open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday, December 21 open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thursday, December 22 open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday, December 23 open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday,