Cincinnati Museum Center named finalists for two of country's best museums

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January 15, 2024
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

The Cincinnati History Museum traces its roots to the Cincinnati Historical Society in 1831. It’s among the nation’s premier regional history museums, showcasing incredible historic artifacts alongside interactive experiences that transport guests to the city’s earliest days. The Cincinnati History Museum features five exhibits that invite guests to tower over a scale model reproduction of historic Cincinnati, walk the cobblestone streets of the mid-19th century riverfront, meet the innovators and entrepreneurs who powered Porkopolis and the Queen of the West, discover what has come to define the city as Cincinnati and explore the ways the city has shaped and been shaped by the land around it. Together, the exhibits take guests through more than 250 years of Cincinnati history, with additional galleries in development.

The Children’s Museum opened in 1998 and is now helping its second generation learn through play. The museum turns unbound energy into unbridled curiosity as kids, and adults, splash, climb and play through 11 themed areas. Among the most popular areas is The Woods, where kids can explore two levels of a forest, climbing into the treetops, crawling through logs and peering inside an aquarium filled with local aquatic wildlife. With flowing streams, locks, geysers and jets, the power and properties of water spring to life in Water Works. Cause-and-effect and simple machines come to life as a blizzard of plastic balls cascade and float in the Energy Zone. Kids also learn about healthy food choices, sorting and job responsibilities in a mini Kroger grocery and about responsibilities at home through a mini house built by Fischer Homes. Plus, kids are invited to step Inside the Grin, a massive anatomically-accurate recreation of a mouth, to learn about proper oral health in a positive, inviting way.

Contact:
Cody Hefner, Marketing Manager
CHefner@cincymuseum.org, (513) 287-7054