Special Events

Saturdays at the BOO!seum

Saturdays at the BOO!seum are all treats and no tricks. When October hits, your ghost or goblin is looking for any opportunity to show off their costume. We’re giving you a safe alternative to scare up some fun this Halloween season. While there won’t be trick-or-treating, there will be plenty of tricks throughout the museums and themed treats available from Nourish513 courtesy of SSA. From dancing the Monster Mash and costume parades to creepy crawlies and scavenger hunts, Saturdays at the BOO!seum are all treats and no tricks.

Postponed – First Friday Book Club

Calling all history nerds and bookworms! Join us the first Friday of every month for our First Friday Book Club featuring discussions of some of our favorite books. Read the books (find it at your local library) and then join us on the first Friday of every month awt 10:30 a.m. to take part in the discussion. We'll meet in our Cincinnati History Library and Archives, located on our Mezzanine Level—take the steps located in the middle of the Rotunda.

Mysteries of Maya (21+)

What’s hiding deep in the rainforests of Guatemala? Travel back in time and deep into the jungle to a world of innovators and gods. Discover how the Maya created a calendar more accurate than even ours today – and why the world didn’t end in 2012. Learn about a sporting event that ended with human sacrifice rather than a handshake and how bloodletting brought them closer to the gods. Become an amateur archaeologist as you reveal the mysteries of the Maya. Includes admission to Maya: The Exhibition.

First Friday Book Club

Calling all history nerds and bookworms! Join us the first Friday of every month for our First Friday Book Club featuring discussions of some of our favorite books. Read the books (find it at your local library) and then join us on the first Friday of every month awt 10:30 a.m. to take part in the discussion. We'll meet in our Cincinnati History Library and Archives, located on our Mezzanine Level—take the steps located in the middle of the Rotunda.

Layers of Creativity (21+)

Join us for the second annual party for a purpose! Raise a toast to invention, ingenuity and innovation during an adults-only night at the museum. Layers of Creativity will be an evening filled with light bites from local restaurants, creative cocktails, explosive programming, a silent disco and exclusive access to Cincinnati Museum Center’s incredible exhibits.

Funds raised through Layers of Creativity support CMC’s educational programming, providing the foundation for 21st-century workforce skill development – critical thinking, collaboration, communication and creativity.