FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: October 8, 2024
Weekends at the BOO!seum scare up fun
Costume parades, the Monster Mash, spooky science and more this October
CINCINNATI – Cincinnati Museum Center (CMC) is scaring up fun this October. From dance parties and costume parades, to creepy crawlies and levitating
pumpkins, Weekends at the BOO!seum are frighteningly fun.
CMC knows when October hits, little ghouls and goblins are howling for the chance to show off their costume. That’s why the museum is giving you a pumpkin-shaped bucketful of reasons to put on your costume and strut your spooky stuff. Join weekend costume parades in The Children’s Museum at 10:30 a.m. and 2 p.m. You can also do the Monster Mash during dance parties, participate in eerie art activities in KidSPACE and listen and sing along during fall-themed story times.
Visit the Museum of Natural History & Science to see bats and snakes up close and personal as the museum unmasks the often-misunderstood animals. Experience levitating pumpkins, boo bubbles and more during hair-raising shows on the Austin E. Knowlton Foundation Science Stage. The Cincinnati History Museum’s History in the Making Classroom will introduce you to historic printmaking with a Halloween-themed print you can take with you and the old time apothecary on The Public Landing will introduce you to herbs and other plants used for a variety of medicinal, culinary, cosmetic and possibly witchy purposes.
While there won’t be any trick-or-treating, there will be plenty of themed treats available for purchase. And, of course, plenty of tricks courtesy of science.
Weekends at the BOO!seum are October 12 & 13, 19 & 20, 26 & 27 and on Halloween itself. All activities are included with Museum Admission and free for CMC Members.
Full programming and schedules are available at cesametal.net/booseum/.
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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 cesametal.net.
