I absolutely love the Dayton Art Institute. I used to visit it a lot when I was living closer to it…read morebut now it's always a treat to go there and enjoy the beautiful art. My husband surprised me with tickets to the art ball. The experience was unbelievable. I love the performances, the different engagement stations the great staff that was scheduled for that evening event and entertainment afterwards it was a perfect night out, and I loved every minute of it.

I love their abstract art collection. They rotated out, but they have some fantastic stuff in…read morethere. They have material from all the great cultures. They have some of the great masters. They have some modern stuff. They're even good with kids, which is a surprising place like this - how many art museums give lip service but not a lot of engagement. It's huge. It's a great location. They even have venues that can be rented for events.

Fun little tour by a knowledgeable guide. Historical house in Milford…read more They are only open for a few hours the 1st, 3rd and 5th Sundays of the month but worth a visit. $8 a person. It's always nice to see a group working on saving bits of local history.

Totally not what I was expecting!! I had been invited to…read more"High Tea" and didn't realize it was at one of Milford's Historical Homes! This was such a delight to walk into a Victorian home where the dining area we were sitting in was decked out and I felt like I had walked into a scene of "Downton Abbey." The tea was delicious! All the food was beautifully presented (Unfortunately for those who are gluten and dairy free, make sure you eat beforehand, none of the options cater to those limitations, however they did have fruit kabobs!). The tour of the home was a fun exploration and our tour guide was very informative of the time period and the residents of the home back in the 1800's.

One of the crown jewels of Cincinnati's high art scene. This museum is free, open late on…read moreThursdays, and has special exhibits to die for. They belong to multiple reciprocal art museum programs, and even give away tickets for some showings on Thursdays. Don't forget to stop by the cafe for lunch. It is actually quite good. If you enjoy this museum in Cinci, then you may also enjoy the Taft Museum.

I absolutely love this museum! It is such a gift to our city that keeps on giving. I've visited…read morecountless times and can always find parking between the multiple lots, and it's all free!! Even if you must park a ways away, you are walking through Eden Park which is beautiful in all seasons. The museum and the park are really integrated into one of the most lovely areas of Cincinnati, with views of Mount Auburn and Downtown Cincinnati also! The museum is always FREE which is incredible. The ticketed exhibits are paid but they do offer one time per week that admission is free, and events with exhibit access like Art After Dark. They also offer free tickets through the public library system. So, I appreciate the myriad ways that the museum has been made accessible to all people. From the steps of the lobby (and beautiful Chihuly glass overhead) to the far reaching wings, education area, or theater, every part of the museum is clean and beautiful. It's so peaceful being inside. The docents are helpful and professional. Be sure to visit the Cincinnati wing for some special pieces, and see the views of the city from the upper floors. I will keep coming back forever and enjoying something new about the museum each time!

This is a fun museum! It's a nice compact building with two floors that cover a variety of topics…read moreto explore and plenty of hands-on activities. I definitely recommend taking note of the program schedule on their social media or when you first arrive, because the programs add a lot of fun to the day, particularly for older elementary kids. Even better, all of these are included in your entrance fee, no nickeling and diming here! We attended a planetarium show with an astronomer who narrated a trip around the universe's moons, hands-on experiments for ages 5+ in the Do Lab on exothermic and endothermic reactions, a science theater show on the fire triangle, and an animal encounter with an opossum on the Discovery Zoo Vet Stage. All of these were really excellent and amongst our favorite parts of the visit. In between shows, we explored the many galleries and spaces available. There are some really nice little kid spaces where they can get hands on and do pretend play, like a play pizza kitchen, working with animals like a vet, and the solid waste exhibit (recycling truck). There's a toy brick area with neat Lego displays and hands-on Duplo building. For the dino fans, there's a paleo lab with fossils on display and paleontologists working in a lab with windows where you can observe what they do. (Note - this was trickier to find - the door is off of the museum restaurant, the Eco Eatery). The Treehouse is a really nice and quieter space, as it encourages birdwatching with binoculars and bird feeders. The water play area was a hit although it was missing a couple of pieces for some of the hands-on activities. For the older kids there are some more reading-heavy informational panels in exhibits on topics like Ancient Egypt (they have a mummy on display), the Sonoran Desert, or the multi-space space rooms around the planetarium on the sun, the universe, and the exoplanets. There's a mini zoo on the second floor, with a lot of neat animals to see. We must have been there at the right time, because a lot of them were very active, such as the river otters, the naked mole rats, and the new toucan. The two story climbing tower immediately catches eyes and offers a fun way to access the different levels. It even has a section that goes up higher than the second floor, plus a number of slides of varying heights to try out. Because of the breadth of areas contained in Boonshoft, they have what may be the most impressive list of reciprocal agreements I think I may have seen at one place. If you have a membership to your local science museum, zoo, or kids museum, it's worth asking when you come in if they have an agreement with them. We got 50% off on the spot through our zoo membership, which was nice. There's a nice sized parking lot out front, and the many staff members we interacted with were very helpful and informative. You can bring in food or utilize the restaurant on-site. In addition to the restaurant seating, there is a good seating area in a room across the hall with some nice windows where you can enjoy a packed meal.

I haven't been here in years! We used to bring the kids here for the playground but the entire…read moremuseum is super cool. Lots of spaces to wander thru, lots of eye catching displays to keep you entertained and elevate use of your brain. The waterway is one of may favorite parts of the museum and glad it's still up and running 20+ years later. We actually went to watch the Mesmerica 360 show in the dome theater. That was rather mundane to me but that's not the fault of the museum. My biggest peeve of the visit was seeing the us flag was still being masted when it is in tatters. I posted in my 'check in' and I will post again here in my review that it's time to retire this flag and replace with a fresh replacement. Whomever is in charge of the grounds here should be embarrassed. Please do better.

We had a little time to kill during a recent weekend visit to Cincinnati and thought it was a good…read moreopportunity to check out the conservatory which was new to both of us. It was a refreshing spring day, and the flowers were perfectly in bloom during our visit. The conservatory features multiple rooms with impressive plant species, including a room with orchids and a seasonal butterfly display that you could tell they were building up excitement for the following weekend. I was sad that we missed it just by a few days. If you're visiting, I encourage you to save time to walk around the remainder of the park outside of the conservatory. Overall, it's a peaceful and budget friendly activity to pass an hour or so.

I had a relaxing stroll at the Krohn Conservatory. I say budget about 45-min or a bit more if you…read morewant to explore Eden Park. I explored just the conservatory and the perimeter. It's too bad the butterfly exhibit is over as it seems like a big hit. When I was there it was for the Fall Exhibit "Living Museum of Botanical Splendor". It's really not much but red signage on the ground in one section with little facts of some historical botanical artists. I think for $12 admission is a bit much, more so closer to a $10 experience without the special popular exhibits (which I see they had before the price increase). I might be a bit picky given I've been to other conservatories around the world, my fav being in Okinawa but it's not a fair comparison to North American conservatories. However, it's still a good time, my favourite room is the one with the waterfall. It's architecturally beautiful and with how all the plants are displayed. While something like this back in my city, Toronto, would be free (Allen Gardens), though Toronto's is smaller at the moment. I say this conservatory is still better with the design of this waterfall area but it's not as central as Toronto and requires a drive over from Downtown. There is a spacious parking lot which is a plus. I was kind of bummed the plant shop didn't have much cute items for sale, which is a missed opportunity. They do have like one pot design (with drainage) and they sold 4 inch pots of a common burgundy rubber tree that you can find in big box stores and other knick knacks. The stuff feels a bit uninspiring (like they have a poster (I think) of the feature exhibit "Living Museum of Botanical Spendor", I may be wrong but I just can't see any visitor wanting to buy a poster of that to hang or display that at home and I buy a lot of plant accessories to hang around my office. As a plant collector myself it's nice to see some of the varieties I grow at home thrive and grown massively like the big White Ghost Euphorbia and also to discover some new-to-me plants. The bonsai section was cool, some of the trees have been training since the 1980's! Something that could be passed down through generations.

Loved this crazy museum. I would give it a 6 if I could since this is right up my alley. If you…read morelike good design and quirky history this is the place for you. If you are a NARM member admission is free! We spent nearly two hours here. There was so much to see including some short videos. The museum is packed with signs of all sorts and many stories about their history and where many of the signs were salvaged from. What a service they have done to save and restore these artifacts. There are so many photo-ops! Great fun!

A must if you're in Cincinnati! I love vintage neon signs and I absolutely love that this museum…read morehas preserved and saved so many. Tickets were kind of pricey considering the place is small ($20 for adults), but I see it as supporting this amazing collection and the restoration of these signs to continue on. They also had a live neon bending demonstration when we were there, although we did not stay for the whole thing it was very interesting to learn how the signs are made and how the colors are created. They also have a section with antique hand painted freak show signs. Overall just a super cool museum with so much to discover.

Don't overlook the Muncie Children's Museum--we played for over 3 hours and still weren't ready to…read moreleave! Think less traditional museum and more imaginative, hands-on pretend play. A massive upstairs train room A giant bird's nest to climb into A water table with three unique play features An entire pretend-play town with everything from a veterinary office to a marsh A dedicated toddler area An ant maze ...and so much more! Admission: $8 per person (ages 1-100) Hours: * Wednesday-Saturday: 10 AM-5 PM * Sunday: 1 PM-5 PM The museum participates in the Access for All program, offering reduced admission and discounted memberships for qualifying families enrolled in programs like SNAP, WIC, Medicaid, and HIP. Bonus savings: * Find a $1 off general admission coupon online (valid for up to 4 people; cannot be combined with other offers). * Kids who complete the coloring page available at admission can redeem it for a free sand jar from the gift shop. A few things to know: * The building is older, but they're continuing to add new exhibits and experiences. * Only parts of the museum are stroller and wheelchair accessible. Before or after your visit, walk just two blocks to The Caffinery--one of my favorite kid-friendly coffee shops, complete with a play area for little ones.

This place is fine. It isn't an Indianapolis, or an Ogden Utah Children's Museum but this one was…read morefine, especially for a small community and for the price of entry. If it's raining outside or your kids are bored, give it a go.

The Contemporary Arts Center is another one of the great, high culture museums in Cincinnati that…read morepunches above its weight, is affordable, and has numerous curated exhibitions and events that are worth your time. You won't find a Rothko here, but you will find an exceptional collection and rotating exhibits worth your attention. They have reciprocity with multiple reciprocal membership programs, and the Cincinnati museum pass program, as well. Plan half a day for this museum, and plan more than half a day of you see an even being run by one of their artists in residence. It is not uncommon to visit the Contemporary Arts Center, and then get swept into an artist in residence hands-on event for two to four hours...and then you leave remembering you need to come back another time to visit all of the artworks you had planned on seeing!

I visited this museum on a weekday afternoon. It wasn't busy, as I had expected. The cost was $12…read moreand I purchased the ticket online. At that particular time, they only had 2 floors open. The draw for me was the Gee Horton exhibit. It has since closed (as of August 30) but it was beautiful. I did visit the other exhibits while I was there and it took maybe less than an hour to go through the entire museum. I think the cost is pretty standard for a contemporary museum, but I'm not sure if they offer any free admission days as that would be a great incentive to get people in the doors. The staff I encountered were helpful and they also have a coffee shop with plenty of seating on the ground floor.

What a neat little museum! We got complementary tickets after visiting the Wescott House, and I'm…read moreglad we stopped by! They have the "Wright in Ohio" photography display of all the Frank Lloyd Wright homes in Ohio, as well as one of the original urns from the restored Wescott House. The "No Such things as Strangers" by Lelia Byron was neat to see, also. My favorite exhibit, though, is the "Chronicles: The Great Depression and the Pandemic" (Covid). A powerful juxtaposition of two historic events our Nation has faced. These photos are so moving. They are working on the North wing, and it should be completed later this month. This museum is a must see if you're passing through! Springfield has a huge support of art and music and that is great to see!

We traveled to this art museum today just to see it. Unfortunately several rooms were under…read morerefinishing and preparing for new art. In no spite of that, we liked it. It's a small art museum but given that we saw some great pieces. The first room wasn't impressive, it appeared as though the artist repurposed 'junk' to create his gallery. We didn't stay long in this room. The others displayed local artists and pieces that the museum owned. It was worth the trip.

This restored, historically and materially rich home is a real treat to tour. I strongly recommend…read moreeveryone visits this home turned museum at least once.