Cincinnati Zoo
3400 Vine St
513-281-4700
The Cincinnati Zoo is a seventy-acre home to 700 different animals and species and more than 3,000 types of plants. The zoo features lowland gorillas, a baby elephant, and white Bengal tigers. The Children's Zoo has 55,000 square feet of exhibits. "Insect World" is the largest building in North America focusing on the display of live insects.

Cincinnati Museum Center at Union Terminal

1301 Western Ave., downtown, Cincinnati.

Phone 513-287-7000. Toll-free 800-733-2077.

Monday-Saturday 10 am-5 pm, Sunday 11 am-6 pm.

The last of the great art-deco railway stations in the U.S., Union Terminal houses an impressive collection of museums. (For remnants of its past, notice the tile mosaics.) Plan to spend a full morning or afternoon there if you intend to see all three museums and an OMNIMAX show.

Younger visitors will enjoy the Cinergy Children's Museum.

Cincinnati Observatory Center

3489 Observatory Place, Mount Lookout, Cincinnati.

Phone 513-321-5186.

Thursday-Saturday after dusk. children under age 18 free on Thursday.
You can view the stars and the heavens from this observatory, one of the oldest in the country. Look through one of the huge telescopes or simply gaze up through the enormous dome to observe the evening sky. Reservations are strongly recommended—observatory nights can book up months in advance.

Cinergy Children's Museum

1301 Western Ave., downtown, Cincinnati.

Phone 513-287-7000.

Monday-Saturday 10 am-5 pm, Sunday 11 am-6 pm.
The workings of science are explored through play at this museum, which is the biggest attraction at the Cincinnati Museum Center at Union Terminal. There's a play area for toddlers. Older children can learn about hydropower and solar energy. Kids' Town explores how children live around the world.