Duke Energy Children's Museum

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The Duke Energy Children's Museum, formerly the Cinergy Children's Museum, is a museum in

Longworth Hall near downtown Cincinnati location following the Ohio River Valley Flood of March 1997 that inundated it.[1]

This children's museum features several interactive exhibits with educational value. Most are sponsored by companies that receive name and logo placement in the exhibits themselves, including Banfield Pet Hospital and Kroger.[2] The museum is named for its main sponsor, Duke Energy.

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Exhibits include a child-sized town with shops and a veterinary clinic, and a farm-inspired playground for preschool-aged children and younger. Older children can engage in active play with equipment such as rope bridges, a climbing wall, an interactive machine with pedal-operated parts, and a tree house.[2] Rooms include animal exhibits and arts and crafts activities.[2] Temporary programs are introduced periodically.

2014 saw the opening of a new aquarium with a collection of fish and turtles.[3]

Families receiving government benefits such as food assistance may receive discounted admission.[4]

References

  1. . Retrieved 2013-05-08.
  2. ^ a b c Duke Energy Children's Museum. Cincinnati Museum Center. Retrieved 3 April 2017.
  3. ^ Cincinnati Museum Center welcomes collection of turtles and fish home with ribbon cutting ceremony. Cincinnati Museum Center. Press release 25 June 2014.
  4. ^ Museums for All. Archived 2017-04-04 at the Wayback Machine Cincinnati Museum Center. Retrieved 3 April 2017.

39°06′36″N 84°32′15″W / 39.110131°N 84.537443°W / 39.110131; -84.537443