I’m happy we decided to go to this museum before my kids were too old for it. They are 6 and 8, and they loved the indoor play areas and the Bricktionary Lego exhibit. The building itself is beautiful. I would highly recommend it for a quick day trip to Cincinnati.

There are like 4-5 museums under this one roof at Cincinnati Union Terminal. Truly beautiful space and amazing museums. Cincinnati History Museum was really fun, first floor focused on Cincinnati's transformation from its beginning to the present. They also have an entire room dedicated to a train model recreation of the city (and the lighting changes from day to night and back!). Lower floor is full of wonderful, interactive, life size, exhibits that were fun and educational. I did a quick walk through of the Children's Museum which seemed really fun for the kiddos and considered parents in the design. Was running out of time, but was able to make it through most of the Museum of Natural History and Science, which again was full of really great interactive exhibits and components. Lower floor is entirely space exploration. More life size and interactive exhibits as you work your way up or down the floors. They fully built a cave that you can walk through as if you were in a real life underground cave! I didn't pay extra for the Holocaust museum, but you could definitely spend a day or more going through the museums. Parking was like $6 on site and you can pay for it when you buy your museum ticket inside.

This is a great space. If you like Art Deco, this place will delight you. I'm sure that it's a beautiful spot for weddings and events. And many movies are filmed here. As for the museums, the price range is good but they are small. We made it through the natural history museum in 30-40 minutes and the Cincinnati history museum only took a half hour at most. And I'd argue that the Cincinnati history museum is more of a Cincinnati's Museum of Transportation History. The best part of this was that a docent was giving free tours of the building. They do them on Fridays through Sundays and they take about an hour. We joined one on a whim and Larry was so informative and enthusiastic. You get to go around a lot of rooms that aren't open to the public. (Do NOT join if you can't do stairs.)

A beautiful, well managed large museum with artifacts placed in different environments based on geography, era and faiths. I loved the placement of artifacts and paintings in each section. Would love to go again as I did not have the time to visit all sections of the museum.

Take the free Rotunda Tour! The architecture is beautiful and the behind the scenes original restored rooms were incredible. Diane, our docent, was delightful and very knowledgeable. We learned new things about the history of Cincinnati and Union Terminal. Thank you Diane!

Had an absolutely wonderful visit to the museum to see the Pompeii special exhibit. The is a beautiful building with lots of options (I believe two museums and an iMAX theater in addition to the feature exhibit space. There are also spots to grab a bit on the ground and first floor and a gift shop with a wide selection. The Pompeii exhibit was excellent. The crowd was well controlled, good context for the individual items on display, and some great multimedia exhibits. Very well done and well worth the drive to get there. Certainly looking forward to getting back there again. Spend some time in the main entry viewing the wall frescoes and seeing the history of the building. The main lobby was originally a taxi drop-off space for people riding the train when it was the train station.

I wished the fountain out front were working. We really wanted to go to see Pompeii exhibit. Timed tickets sold out. Overall lines were crazy and people everywhere. We got train info——-good to know. The building is something to see!

We were on a bus trip to the Cincinnati area and this was one of our stops. Union Terminal is an old train station which has been rehabilitated. The Art Deco architecture is beautiful and impressive. We visited the Omnimax Theater for a presentation of the National Parks. Everyone enjoyed the movie. There were two changing exhibits featured in this building. One was the Pompeii Exhibition which everyone seemed to love. The other was a Holocaust Exhibit. I paid $7.50 to go through the Holocaust exhibit. It was well thought out. Most of it was stories from survivors. I found it very moving. We didn't have much time left, so we decided to check out the Museum of Natural History and Science. We saw dinosaurs, fossils, plants and animals. We didn't have time to check out the Ice Age Gallery or the Space Exploration Gallery. We also didn't get to see the Cincinnati History Museum. I was very impressed with this building and museums. I would love to come back when we have more time.

Nice to visit 3 museums in one stop. Bought tickets online and got a $3 coupon per ticket on their website. Disappointed that we paid $6 for parking but the gates were up the entire time. The exhibits were interactive and interesting. The museums were clean and well maintained. Not a lot of staff to ask questions except at the entrance, and not always a clear path for strollers but was able to complete all 3 museums comfortably in about 4 hours. Loved the miniature Cincinnati replica with the trains and the Neil Armstrong exhibits. There is a bit for everyone.

So glad we took time to come here. Parking was easy and lots of it. They have a couple of small eateries (one downstairs too) and the food was really good. They even have beer if you really want it. But the whole place is amazing. Several museums and exhibits all in one place. Their website explains this really well. Genius. We went for the Pompeii exhibit which was really good. We’ve been to Pompeii and still enjoyed this re visit! We were in the exhibit about two hours but could have stayed longer, or even gone quicker but it was interesting. However, getting tickets on the website was a struggle. And we ended up paying extra for “anytime entry” (not necessary ) since we were in town for a wedding and didn’t have all day. They streamline people really well and there was no wait. I don’t recommend the extra “flight over Pompeii” as it didn’t seem very special. After the exhibit we looked around this beautiful place. Free docent lead tours on weekend of the train station and several things they didn’t change at all. There is a cool looking kid area, and lockers to store your things so you really could stay all day with little trouble!