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Cincinnati
Museum Center houses the Cincinnati History Museum, Cinergy Children’s
Museum, The Cincinnati Historical Society Library, the Museum of
Natural History & Science and the Robert D. Lindner Family OMNIMAX®
Theater. Museum Center is located in a historic Art Deco building
that was formerly a train station, called Union Terminal.
Cincinnati Museum
Center serves both the regional and national public with over one
million visitors annually through its exhibits, educational programs,
films, workshops, lectures, camps, and other activities. Over the
years, one of the most popular exhibits in the Museum of Natural
History has been the limestone cavern, perhaps the largest and most
realistic artificial cave anywhere. The exhibit tells the story
of the vast, karst landscape area that extends from the Cincinnati
area south through Kentucky. The single largest exhibit in the Museum
of Natural History is the Ice Age exhibit, which features a simulated
ice cave.
Since caves
are such a prominent part of Museum Center’s exhibit heritage, and
since Cincinnati is in the middle of "cave country," in 1992 Museum
Center set out to produce a large format film about caves. Eventually,
MacGillivray Freeman Films, with its excellent record in creating
educational and entertaining films, was chosen to direct the production.
For general
information about Cincinnati Museum Center, call (513) 287-7000
or 1-800-733-2077, or visit the website at www.cincymuseum.org
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