Member Events & Discounts
Exclusive Member Events
Pancakes with Santa
Saturday, December 7 from 8 to 9:30 a.m.
It's the most wonderful time of the year... Santa is back and hungry for pancakes! Join us for a pancake breakfast with Santa featuring a premium pancake station complete with assorted toppings, fruit salad, sausage links, coffee, juices and water.
Enjoy coloring, crafts, face painting and drafting letters to Santa in the Rotunda, take advantage of extra time in all three of our museums beginning at 9 a.m. and even go home with your own custom ornament (limit 1 per family).
Breakfast with Santa runs from 8 to 9:30 a.m. in the Rotunda with Santa leaving at 9 a.m. to open Holiday Junction – so be sure to arrive early!
Pricing:
Member Adult – $35
Member Child (2 – 17 years old) – $25
1-year olds and under – Free (must be seated on a lap or in a highchair)
Tickets must be purchased in advance. Walk-up tickets are not available.
Visit with Santa during Member’s-only morning in The Children’s Museum!
Tuesday, December 17 from 9 a.m. to noon
Join us Tuesday, December 17 at 9 a.m. in The Children’s Museum to visit with Santa Pat!
Schedule of events:
- 9 a.m.: Visit with Santa in The Children’s Museum.
- 10 and 10:30 a.m.: Join Santa for story time and a dance party in Corbett Theater!
- 10 a.m. to noon: Enjoy cookies in The Avenue.
- 11:30 a.m.: Santa will enjoy his milk and cookies and read one more story in Corbett Theater before heading back to the North Pole.
Members-only OMNIMAX® Tuesdays!
Enjoy a classic OMNIMAX® film showing each week for Members-only Tuesdays. Showings will happen at Noon, so you won't miss out on those special mornings in The Children's Museum. And remember, Members and guests of Members pay at the Member rate!
Check out the OMNIMAX® Classics schedule for Members-only Tuesdays below, featuring a different classic film each week.
- November 26 – National Parks Adventure
- December 3 – Great Bear Rainforest
- December 10 – Rocky Mountain Express
- December 17 – Backyard Wilderness
- January 7 – Mummies: Secrets of the Pharaohs
- January 14 – Serengeti: Journey to the Heart of Africa
- January 21 – Superpower Dogs
- January 28 – Hubble
Member's-only days in The Children’s Museum: Tuesdays from 9 a.m. to noon.
Please note, during Member's-only days in The Children’s Museum, Members can purchase guest tickets at the box office for up to 4 non-Member guests at $10 per adult and $7.50 per child or senior.
Member's-only early entry: Saturdays at 9 a.m.
Member Event Tickets
Reserve your Member event tickets by calling Member Services at (513) 287-7041 Sunday through Saturday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Exclusive Member Discounts
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Save when you renew!
Save 20% when you renew before your Membership expires.
Save 10% when you renew in the month after your Membership expires.
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Members save 10% at all food and beverage locations
Use code 1301 to use the 10% discount at the touch screen kiosks.
MEMBER DISCOUNT
Holocaust & Humanity Center
Member adults: $7.50 (save 25%!)
Member children: $5
MEMBER DISCOUNT
National Underground Railroad Freedom Center
Member adults: 50% discount on general admission ticket
Member children: 50% discount on general admission ticket
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Member Adults save on Cincinnati Heritage Programs Tours and Lectures
Cincinnati Museum Center Heritage Programs is proud to offer historical, cultural and architectural tours around Greater Cincinnati.
MEMBER DISCOUNT
COSI
Two adults and up to four children 18 and under living in one household, or two grandparents and up to four grandchildren 18 and under. Charges will be assessed for select American Museum of Natural History exhibitions and/or other experiences.
CMC's COSI offer is a part of the ASTC reciprocal program. Please note, you must live more than 90 miles from COSI for this benefit. Per ASTC policy, this distance is measured “as the crow flies”, meaning that it is based on the linear radius between your place of residency and COSI, not driving distance. Click here to enter your address to see if you qualify for the discounted admission. COSI reserves the right to check for identification and CMC Membership.
MEMBER DISCOUNT
Kentucky Science Center
Two adults and up to four children, 18 and under, listed on the membership card.
CMC's KSC offer is a part of the ASTC reciprocal program.
Additional Discounts
Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library
Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library mails a free book directly to the home of enrolled children from birth to 5 years, building a great library to promote sharing books with preschoolers at home! Through Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library of Ohio, any child under the age of 5 years living in Ohio is eligible to receive the free books. Caregivers only need to go online to sign up! Ohio's Imagination Library (ohioimaginationlibrary.org) Kentucky and Indiana are also developing a state-wide program and families living in these areas can go online to see if the Imagination Library is available at their address. Check Availability – Dolly Parton's Imagination Library