Membership Information

You will receive your card in two to three weeks.

Yes. Please call the Membership department at (513) 287-7041. We will verify we have receipt of your information and payment and will leave a temporary card for you at the Box Office member desk. If your membership was purchased on-line, you may present your acknowledgement as verification of membership at the Box Office member desk to acquire a temporary card.

All cards are sent to the person who paid for the membership, the gift giver.

There are two options.

• Pay and get a parking receipt from the attendant Your temporary card issued by the museum will indicate parking and you will be reimbursed upon exiting the lot.
• Before entering the lot, park in the temporary 15 minute parking in the circle and get your temporary membership card from the kiosk, which you may then use to enter the parking lot.

The new membership structure accommodates the options that were previously sold as “add-ons” directly into the different levels.

Family membership at Cincinnati Museum Center is intended for two named adults and their children/grandchildren ages 18 or under. Individual membership at Cincinnati Museum Center is intended for one named adult and one guest, or two named people.

In attempting to best meet the needs of our constituency, Cincinnati Museum Center offers the following as an alternative. If you have two named adults on your membership and one can’t attend (ex. Mom and Dad are named people, but Dad can’t come) a second person may replace Dad on that visit. Please note – one named adult must accompany this stand-in member.

If you wish for a caregiver to bring your children, it will be necessary for you to purchase an Explorer Premium membership or higher.

In an effort to protect your investment in the event that you card has been lost or stolen, we ask that all members present an ID upon entrance to Cincinnati Museum Center. Exceptions are made if your child/children are visiting with a caregiver. In that event, they will need to check in at the main kiosk before entering the museum.

Explorer Premium and Platinum level memberships include the guest/caregiver option. If you do not have this level of membership, someone else may bring your children; however, they will have to pay for their own museum admissions. If you don’t have this membership option, please have your caregiver stop at the kiosk to have your children’s hands stamped for proof of membership. Your caregiver can purchase his/her own entrance ticket at this time.

Special offers are often issued for members; however, this is not an automatic benefit of renewal.

Currently, this benefit is not available.

You may upgrade at any time, but your expiration date remains the same and cannot be pro-rated.

This individual (guest/caregiver) may visit the museums with either an adult or child member, but not alone. If accompanying a member child 12 years of age or younger the guest or caregiver must be 18 years of age or older.

Memberships are tax deductible to the extent allowed by law. Different memberships carry different benefits associated with them, and our office is able to provide you a good faith estimate of those benefits. Ultimately, we advise consulting a tax specialist.

You can upgrade to the Explorer Plus level or higher to receive the free parking benefit.

No. If someone wants a membership with the guest/caregiver option, he/she must purchase at the Premium level or higher.

All memberships at Cincinnati Museum Center are reciprocal with the institutions that participate in the ASTC reciprocal program. Click here for a list of current organizations. Premium and Platinum level memberships are also entitled to reciprocal privileges with the ACM reciprocal program. Please contact our office directly for a list.

ASTC Travel Passport Program Update- Cincinnati Museum Center is proud to be a part of the Association of Science-Technology Centers (ASTC). Our participation in the Travel Passport Program allows members of ASTC organizations to visit our Museum of Natural History and Science for FREE!

The ASTC Travel Passport Program is intended to provide a travel benefit to families supporting their local science center or museum. To receive ASTC Travel Passport Program benefits at a participating science center or museum, you must live more than 90 miles from the center/museum you wish to visit. Admissions staff reserves the right to request proof of residence for benefits to apply. Science centers and museums requesting proof of residence are marked by (IDs) on the Passport Program participants’ list.

Cincinnati Museum Center advises our members to contact participating institutions to confirm your admission benefits. Currently, there are no science centers or museums in the Tri-State Area (Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana) that require proof of residence in order to claim the ASTC Travel Passport Program benefit.

To review the most updated list of participants of the ASTC Travel Passport Program, please visit our website at www.cincymuseum.org or contact us at (513) 287-7041.