Special Events

Know-to-Go Presents: Dragon Up

Oro the dragon just turned 12, is struggling to learn how to breathe fire to be a “real” dragon boy, and now finds himself in charge of guarding the Great Dragon Treasure! However, when he’s arguing with Meetra, the Muskrat Knight, the Scary Teacher Monster comes and steals the treasure from under their snouts! Will Oro and Meetra find the treasure? Will Oro learn how to breathe fire? Will they learn how to express emotions and resolve conflict in a healthy way? Find out in Dragon Up!

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.

Learning through Play Family Day

Open-ended, activity-based play is essential to children’s growth and development. It is also important for parents and guardians to understand the importance of play. So, come play with Cincinnati Museum Center!

On Saturday, April 18 we will have drop-in activities available for our littlest guests and their families to experience in the Duke Energy Children’s Museum.

Norwood Makers Collective POP-Up Community Day

Join us in our History in the Making Classroom on April 19 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. with the Norwood Makers of Woaven Oak Initiatives!

You’ll have the chance to learn basic cross stitch with Emily Franzen from BugGalDesigns. Choose between two patterns designed by Emily: Cincinnati Museum Center or Fountain Square.

Literary Event Series: House of the Waterlily: A Novel of the Ancient Maya World

Join author Dr. Kelli Carmean, professor of archaeology at Eastern Kentucky University and specializes in early Mesoamerican and North American civilizations, as she discusses the research and realities that shaped her novel.

A drink tasting with complimentary appetizers will take place before the book discussion.

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.

100 years of Badass Women (21+)

Silent sentinels. Iron-jawed angels. Bad ass women with a cause.

They endured insults, mobs, prison and beatings but they persisted. Through silent protests, banners, organized marches and hunger strikes they demonstrated their resolve for a cause they believed in. Celebrate the centennial of women’s suffrage and 100 years of bad ass women making our world a more equitable place.

Know-to-Go Presents: Alice in Neverland

This mashup of everyone’s favorite childhood stories will have your students laughing, cheering, and using critical thinking skills to help Alice decipher clues and crack the case. Will Alice find Peter before he grows up? Will time be restored in Neverland? Will Captain Hook ever be picked for the hockey team? Join us for Alice in Neverland!

Building Big Ideas

Attention all builders, engineers, inventors, tinkerers, teachers and artists! This is not a drill! Building Big Ideas is returning to Cincinnati Museum Center! If you love using your imagination, making things you’re your hands and tinkering with electronics then this event was built for you! Saturday, June 13 is a day to be filled with fun hands-on activities, play and learning. This event will raise the roof so come on down for Building Big Ideas on June 13!

Pride Party (21+)

Love is love. Bring your partner, bring your friends or just bring yourself as we come together to celebrate pride. From the Stonewall riots to Obergefell v. Hodges, celebrate the basic human right to love and the struggle to protect it.

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.