FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: November 25, 2024
Cincinnati Museum Center's holiday gift guide
Gifts to complete all of your shopping in one place
CINCINNATI – Whether you’re celebrating the eight nights of Hanukkah or the 12 days of Christmas, Cincinnati Museum Center has the perfect gift for everyone on your list this holiday season. Complete your holiday shopping in one trip and be wrapped and ready for your Secret Santa, white elephant or airing of grievances.
Here are CMC’s top picks this holiday season:
Let your geek flag fly with an effortlessly cool Museum Nerd sweatshirt. 
Ditch the plastic and give the gift of hydration with a metal water bottle in your favorite color repping your favorite place or opt for a ceramic mug featuring the blueprint of iconic Union Terminal.
Count the wings with Charley Harper’s Spot the Birds boardgame and bring the family fun for every age.
Initiate your astronaut training with Wild Republic’s E-Team X Space four-piece action figure set.
Make dreams come true with a Barbie Dream Package. Help the lucky one on your list be one of the first to see Barbie™: A Cultural Icon when it opens at CMC April 4, 2025. (And they’ll do it in style with the Barbie sunglasses and Malibu keychain included in the Barbie Dream Package.)
Skip the three French hens and gift Mastering the Art of French Cooking by Julia Child along with a ticket to CMC’s upcoming Julia Child: A Recipe for Life exhibition and 10% off in the gift shop, all part of the Julia Child À La Mode Package.
Dream of sugar plums and the Paleozoic Era as you drift off to sleep with a cute and cuddly stuffed Eurypterid. (Then take it on an adventure to CMC’s Ancient Worlds Hiding in Plain Sight gallery where eurypterids are just some the stars.)
Tip your hat to the city you love with a CIN crossbar hat.
Play paleontologist by piecing together the prehistoric past with a vibrant 300-piece Ordovician puzzle.
Relive the story of one intrepid rock and its journey across the stars to a foreign planet with Bok’s Giant Leap. The delightful story is an illustrated version of the speech Neil Armstrong delivered when he donated a Moon rock (Bok itself!) to Cincinnati Museum Center. (You can meet Bok in the Neil Armstrong Space Exploration Gallery presented by the Harold C. Schott Foundation.)
Brush up on history with 88 essays from historian Dan Hurley that present a person-centric, multifaceted view of the Queen City and its history. Four Cincinnatis and Other Essays is available only from Cincinnati Museum Center.
Gift tidings of curiosity and joy with a Cincinnati Museum Center Membership – the gift that keeps on giving all year long. Featuring free museum admission, exclusive Members-only days and early entry, discounts on featured exhibition and OMNIMAX® films and more, a Membership makes the entire year a season of joy. Plus, all Memberships are 20% off through January 6, 2025.
BONUS: Give a gift that gives twice with a donation to Cincinnati Museum Center. A donation scratches your altruistic itch and makes a generational impact by providing exhibits and experiences that spark curiosity.
You can shop CMC tickets and Memberships online at cincymuseum.org and order gift items for pickup or delivery from CMC’s online retail store at shopcincymuseum.com.
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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.
