Cincinnati's latest attraction is its Museum Center (tel 513/287-7000, ), housed in the magnificent Art Deco Union Terminal northwest of downtown, approached via a stately driveway off Ezzard Charles Drive. The restored lobby is absolutely stunning, complete with extraordinary mosaic murals and a Rookwood-tiled ice-cream parlor. Highlights of the Museum of Natural History are dioramas of Ice Age Cincinnati and "The Cavern," which houses a living bat colony. The Historical Society holds a succession of well-presented, short-term exhibitions, and the Cinergy Children's Museum has a two-story treehouse and eight other interactive exhibit areas (Mon-Sat 10am-5pm, Sun 11am-6pm; museums $5.50 each, any two $9, all three $12, with OMNIMAX $15). The museums are time-consuming, so it's best to get a combination ticket (valid for six months) and use it over two days.

Museum Center at Union Terminal

• Museum Center at Union Terminal

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