Why give?

Through the Annual Fund, supporters of Cincinnati Museum Center provide critical support above and beyond funds derived from membership and admission fees.

Your gift to the Annual Fund allows us to advance our mission and broaden our reach in the community. We welcome more than one million visitors each year, yet memberships and admission fees alone generate less than 1/3 of the income it takes to keep Museum Center operating. Your donations are the cornerstone of our Annual Fund.

Donate Today

To extend the reach of your gift, we invite you to join our Giving Societies. The benefits listed below are intended to recognize individual contributions. Membership cards will be issued unless you elect to waive all benefits. Other donor benefits are available upon request and are subject to availability. Tax receipts, including the fair market value of all benefits received, will be mailed by January 31 of the following year. Click here to submit your pledge form. For more information, please contact Director of Individual Giving, Jay B. Kalagayan at (513) 287-7004 or jkalagayan@cincymuseum.org.

Cornerstone Society

Gifts of $1,000-$4,999

• $50 discounts on Family Membership, Family Premium Membership, or Club memberships purchased as a gift.
• Gold Card membership includes
  • Free museum admission and parking
  • Reciprocal membership at 100+ children’s museums nationwide, 200+ history museums and science centers worldwide
  • Discounted admission to special exhibits and OMNIMAX®
  • Subscription to Museum Center publications, and dining, retail and program discounts
  • Ten guest passes and ten OMNIMAX® vouchers upon request
  • Exclusive invitations to exhibition and OMNIMAX® film previews
  • Behind-the-scenes tours of Union Terminal
  • Private receptions with guest lecturers, and other events sponsored by the 1788 Club (history), Hopewell Council (natural history and science) and Treehouse Club (children’s education).
  • National and international travel opportunities.

Gifts of $5,000-$9,999

• All benefits offered to the Cornerstone Society plus two family gift memberships upon request.

Great Clock Society

Gifts of $10,000-$24,999

• All benefits offered to the Cornerstone Society
• One Union Terminal room rental
• Two additional family gift memberships (total of 4) upon request
• Season subscription for two to the Music in the Museum concert series upon request

Mural Society

Gifts of $25,000-$49,999

• All benefits offered to the Great Clock Society
• Platinum Card membership status, granting these exclusive privileges:
• Reserved parking within the circular drive with 1-hour minimum notice (subject to availability and for cardholder use only
• Complimentary OMNIMAX® admission for cardholder and up to four guests per visit

High Steel Society

Gifts of $50,000-$99,999

• All benefits offered to the Mural Society
• One Union Terminal room rental
• Four additional family gift memberships (total of 8) upon request
• Private tour of the museum of your choice, followed by refreshments in the Union Terminal President’s Office

Grand Rotunda Society

Gifts of $100,000 or higher

• All benefits offered to the High Steel Society
• Private OMNIMAX® screening upon request
• Private tour of the museum, collection or special exhibition of your choice, followed by dinner with a curator or the President of Museum Center in the Union Terminal President’s Office