Seasons Greetings from Cincinnati Museum Center!

Happy Holidays from Cincinnati Museum Center!

Holiday cheer is echoing all throughout Union Terminal right now.

Voices of singing groups are delighting us with daily Holiday Harmonies performances. The sounds of train whistles emerge from the Cincinnati History Museum, now home to the Duke Energy Holiday Train display and our annual Holiday Junction, as well as from the Rocky Mountain Express barreling through the OMNIMAX® Theater. Laughter and sounds of WOW are daily occurrences in the Duke Energy Children’s Museum and our Museum of Natural History & Science. Even reverential silence can be heard in the spectacular exhibition of the Dead Sea Scrolls: Life and Faith in Ancient Times.

I want to share this cheer with you and invite you to be a part of it in the next few weeks and throughout the year.

A few inside tips from me to you:

• Duke Energy is generously offering FREE vouchers to its customers to see the holiday train display. Get your voucher at www.holidaytraindisplay.com and be sure to use it before Dec. 24.

• We’ve got special hours, including extended evenings on Friday and Saturday nights. This is a great time to visit, the lines are shorter and you can make a date of it with a great restaurant downtown! Our holiday hours (through January 6, 2013) are:

Monday through Thursday: 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Friday and Saturday: 10 a.m. – 8 p.m.
Sunday:11 a.m. – 6 p.m.
December 24: 10 a.m. – 3 p.m.
Christmas Day: Closed
December 31 and January 1: 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.

• And, Membership is the best deal around. This is a great gift, providing free admission to our museums, discounts on OMNIMAX®, special exhibits, retail and food, and free parking! Buy one Membership now, get the second for 50 percent off.

Thank you for supporting Cincinnati Museum Center. Happy New Year!

 

The 17th Annual Holiday Junction -Cincinnati Museum Center at Union Terminal – Cincinnati, Ohio

Merry Christmas everyone! I thought it appropriate to write about the holiday exhibit at my home museum since Christmas is at the end of this week! Located in the lower level South Gallery of the Cincinnati History Museum Holiday Junction is celebrating its seventeenth year as a family destination where holiday memories are created.

Thomas coming around the bend

This is my second Christmas season as the Manager of Special Exhibits at Cincinnati Museum Center at Union Terminal and this year we added a few things to enhance the exhibit this year. Of course we have plenty of model train layouts to watch as they whiz around snowy hills and cityscapes, but added to our trains this year is Harry Potter’s Hogwart’s Express, and not only is there one Thomas the Tank Engine, but there are TWO!

Again, the kids can ride the children’s train around a wintry scene, play Reindeer Games, and visit with Santa Claus so don’t forget to bring your holiday wish lists! Have last minute shopping to do? Have no fear! During the holiday season Cincinnati Museum Center has not one, not two, not even three, but FOUR stores loaded with last minute gifts with one located conveniently inside Holiday Junction!

There is plenty of holiday cheer to go around so if you’re not yet in the holiday spirit, come see Holiday Junction. You’ll be singing Christmas carols in no time.

IMHO (In my humble opinion)

It’s a great exhibit to bring the family and have a good time. There is something for everyone, and Holiday Junction serves as the proverbial cherry on top of any all museums visit to Cincinnati Museum Center.

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