FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: December 11, 2025
Museum takes dinner and a movie to the MAX
Help cook through a three-course, film-inspired meal at Cincinnati Museum Center's OMNIMAX® Dinner Date; tickets on sale now
CINCINNATI - Cincinnati Museum Center (CMC) is once again taking dinner and a movie to the MAX. Their OMNIMAX® Dinner Date offers you a dome-cooked meal and an immersive film experience that supersizes a date night classic. With four dates planned in 2026, the series is serving up space age flavors, cooking local and crafting prehistoric plates. The 2026 season kicks off January 23 with a fresh and flavorful seafood feast inspired by Secrets of the Sea. Limited tickets are available for all four OMNIMAX® Dinner Dates now.
Inspired by some of the museum’s favorite giant screen films, OMNIMAX® Dinner Date curates a themed three-course dinner and shows you the techniques to pull it all together. With over 20 OMNIMAX® films to choose from, CMC’s food service partners the SSA Group can find menu inspiration to create a seafood feast, dinner fit for royalty and bites that are out of this world.
OMNIMAX® Dinner Date’s January 23 Secrets of the Sea-inspired meal features a bounty of flavors waiting to be discovered. Chefs took inspiration from the film’s exotic locations and the beautiful ways marine species interact and depend on each other, allowing various flavor profiles to balance and enhance each other. During the meal, a team of chefs will show you and your friends the techniques to make the dishes and ask you to lend a hand in the preparation.
Before the meal, enjoy nori chips with sesame and sea salt, bagna cauda with crudité and smoked salmon mousse blini. After dinner, dive into an underwater world as Secrets of the Sea surrounds you with some of the ocean’s strangest and most spectacular creatures. From the Philippines, Mexico and Tahiti, to Indonesia, Hawaii and California, immerse yourself in 15 spectacular locations.
Tickets are $150 per person and include a three-course meal, custom cocktail, beer and wine and OMNIMAX® screening. Dinner starts at 6:30 p.m. Tickets are available at cincymuseum.org/omnimax-dinner-date.
2026 OMNIMAX® Dinner Dates are:
January 23 – Secrets of the Sea
March 27 – Hubble
July 19 – Ohio: Wild at Heart
November 20 – T. REX
The Secrets of the Sea menu includes:
Starter: Local Tilapia Crudo with Ginger, Lime, Carrot, Sea Beans and Micro Salad
CMC partnered with local zero waste farm Roothouse Aquaponics to highlight the symbiotic relationships featured in the film. The dish features Roothouse Aquaponics’ sushi-grade tilapia paired with bright flavors.
Interaction: Get an introduction to sea beans as you blanch them and taste them at the various stages of preparation.
Main Course: Walnut and Shallot Crusted Salmon with Parsnip Puree, Kale and Beluga Lentils
Enjoy a cozy dish inspired by winter flavors. Pair a snow-white parsnip puree, fried shallots and toasted walnuts with buttery salmon and warm spiced lentils.
Interaction: Assist chefs in making the parsnip puree and plating the dish.
Dessert: Citrus Scented Madeleines with White Chocolate Mousse and Passionfruit Pearls
The classic seashell-shaped sponge cake gets a seasonal upgrade with citrus flavors, a silky white chocolate mousse and tart bursts of passionfruit pearls.
Interaction: Help make passionfruit pearls and quenelles of decadent mousse then plate your decadent dessert.
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About Cincinnati Museum Center
Cincinnati Museum Center (CMC) at Union Terminal is a nationally recognized, award-winning institution housed in a National Historic Landmark. CMC is a vital community resource that sparks curiosity, inspiration, epiphany and dialogue. CMC was awarded the 2009 National Medal for Museum and Library Service from the Institute of Museum and Library Services and received accreditation from the American Alliance of Museums in 2012, one of a select few museums in the nation to receive both honors. Organizations within CMC include the Cincinnati History Museum, Museum of Natural History & Science, The Children’s Museum, Robert D. Lindner Family OMNIMAX® Theater, Cincinnati History Library and Archives and the Geier Collections and Research Center. Housed in historic Union Terminal – a National Historic Landmark restored in 2018 and recognized as the nation’s 45th most important building by the American Institute of Architects – CMC welcomes more than 1.8 million visits annually, making it one of the most visited museums in the country. For more information, visit cincymuseum.org.
