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  Submitted by Emily Soukup (Westwood, Cincinnati, OH) on Mar 9th, 2010 - 11:10 am EST
  I have loved this building as far as I can remember. My mother and I took the amtrak to Washington dc when I was 15. My fiance and I went on our first date there 3 years ago we go for each anniversary and our first anniversary he purposed there and this May we will be getting married in the private ... Read More »
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  Submitted by Rory Cundiff (Ring Gold, Somerset, KY) on Mar 9th, 2010 - 11:36 am EST
  I remember seeing the CUT as a child while visiting my Uncle in the early 70's. Growing up in Southern Kentucky, I was awestruck by the beauty of the building but there was also some mystic about it. I asked my dad what that big "bowl shaped" building was and he proceeded to tell me about when he wa... Read More »
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  Submitted by Hannah Glorius (Madeira, Cincinnati, OH) on Mar 10th, 2010 - 4:00 pm EST
  I remeber going to the Natural History Museum as a child with my best friend. We went through the caves and I loved it so much, it's all I talked about at home for months until my mother bought a pass. The day she bought the ticket, she took me up to see the trains. She told me how her father had le... Read More »
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  Submitted by Terri Barger (none, Chillicothe, OH) on Feb 12th, 2010 - 7:01 am EST
  Back many years ago I lived in Cincinnati, it was where I grew up. When I was 6 years old my family and I took a train from Union Terminal in Cincinnati to Indianapolis to visit my sister during Christmas. I have wonderful memories from that time.... Read More »
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  Submitted by Dennis & Becky Frey (Lebanon, Lebanon, PA) on Mar 11th, 2010 - 6:28 am EST
  We visited the Union Terminal on Dec. 2, 2009. It was a very enjoyable visit and we particularly enjoyed the time we spent with Bennie Butler. He is very knowledgeable and a wonderful asset to your museum. Your other staff were very helpful as well although we, unfortunately, did not get their names... Read More »
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  Submitted by douglas close (park, erskine, WY) on Mar 11th, 2010 - 12:29 pm EST
  I nearly can still vivdly remember this building over 17 years after visiting it. Shame i havent been back since then, but that might change soon. I remember being stunned by the scale of the interior hall and the beautiful mosaics
  I also remember it because i was young, happy and one of the most b... Read More »
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  Submitted by Lori Jones (Springfield Twshp, Cincinnati, OH) on Mar 10th, 2010 - 5:14 pm EST
  My kids love the Museum Center, we come quite often. Every time, we find something new to explore. From Solving Mysteries to exploring new Exhibits. The kids love going to the Street Car in the Cincinnati Museum and looking for Mr. Dabney, who seems to always be there riding on the car, and sha... Read More »
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  Submitted by Colin Heineke (West Chester, West Chester, OH) on Mar 10th, 2010 - 9:44 pm EST
  I remember going to the museum on class field trips and with my family. It is an amazing place and I have great memories as a kid going and spending the whole day there. The architecture of the building is stunning and should be preserved for many more generations to come and see how breathtaking un... Read More »
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  Submitted by Lauri Aultman (Westwood, Cincinnati, OH) on Mar 11th, 2010 - 1:46 am EST
  Just like the Museum Center which houses so much, there must be more than one memory. Leaving from the train station to hit my last two of the continuous 48 States, taking my students from CRC Rec Centers to all the great Museums there ( I thought they were lying when they told me they would take m... Read More »
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  Submitted by Debbie Pollock (in a little town, College Corner, OH) on Mar 10th, 2010 - 11:15 am EST
  I always have a GREAT time when I go to the Union Terminal. The museums and movies are wonderful.I always go to the OMNIMAX theater with my family and we are always surprised and entertained when watching such great movies. But in my fondest memory of Union Terminal is the little booth that you ca... Read More »
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  Submitted by Chris Bauer (Amelia, Amelia, OH) on Mar 11th, 2010 - 3:03 am EST
  As a child I remember many visit to the Cincinnati Museum Center and taking part in museum center educational programs. Now as an adult I am a presenter for these programs and I realize how much they actually can mean to the children. Whether its taking visitors on a tour of the cave, showing gues... Read More »
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  Submitted by Herb Judd (Northern Kentucky, Dayton, KY) on Mar 11th, 2010 - 2:37 am EST
  My son has been in the Coast Guard for 8 years and when he was traveling from New York, NY to California he stopped to visit for a weekend. Besides spending time with my wonderful son and daughter-in-law, the best part was bringing my beautiful 1 1/2 year old granddaughter to Cincinnati Museum Cente... Read More »
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  Submitted by Franklin White (Wyoming, Cincinnati, OH) on Mar 10th, 2010 - 6:56 pm EST
  In 1946, I passed through Cincinnati on the way to Louisiana, returning from an emergency furlough in Massachusetts. So many friends in the Army had mentioned the Union Terminal that I took the opportunity to disembark. I appreciated the magnificent building as they predicted, but never imagined its... Read More »
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  Submitted by Ann S (Colerain Twp, Cincinnati, OH) on Mar 10th, 2010 - 9:04 pm EST
  My earliest memory of Union Terminal was a placement of a pencil drawing and a replica blue print of the building my mom had. This inspired a life-long love of the building. I did a complete research report of the building when I was in the 8th grade and studying Cincinnati history. Then, on a field... Read More »
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  Submitted by Philip Swain (Price Hill, Cincinnati, OH) on Mar 11th, 2010 - 12:55 am EST
  Wow what can I say this place is so great!! The first time I walked into this building I felt like a little kid in a candy store. There is just so much to see and do. Thanks so much for this great piece of history!!!... Read More »
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  Submitted by Andrew Miller (Cheviot, Cincinnati, OH) on Mar 11th, 2010 - 4:45 am EST
  As a Youth Program Presenter at the CMC I feel honored when children who visit the CMC for birthday parties, overnights, summer day camps, and scout programs leave edutained! They are educated on the history of Cincinnati as well as the science of the natural world around it, and entertained by the ... Read More »
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  Submitted by Andrew Miller (Cheviot, Cincinnati, OH) on Mar 10th, 2010 - 11:41 am EST
  As a Youth Program Presenter at the CMC I feel honored when children who visit the CMC for birthday parties, overnights, summer day camps, and scout programs leave edutained! They are educated on the history of Cincinnati as well as the science of the natural world around it, and entertained by the ... Read More »
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  Submitted by Deborah Albright (River's Bend, Maineville, OH) on Mar 11th, 2010 - 1:20 am EST
  My grandkids absolutely love it when I take them to the museum. We even have our favorite places for photos. Each year, it is exciting to see how much they have grown and with that growth they experience each opportunity with more indepth as their mind becomes more and more inquisitive. The Museum i... Read More »
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  Submitted by Lindsay Connelly (Highland Heights, Highland Heights, KY) on Mar 11th, 2010 - 3:29 am EST
  I vividly remember visiting the Cincinnati Museum Center as a young child with my sister and father. We would play the "echo game" where we would stand on either side of the rotunda entrance and whisper movie quotes and various phrases to each other. The trips always ended with a visit to the gift s... Read More »
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  Submitted by Sarah Smith (Linwood, Cincinnati, OH) on Mar 11th, 2010 - 6:54 am EST
  The History Museum in Union Terminal holds many special memories for my husband and I because we were married there on July 12, 2008. I chose the exhibit that recreated Cincinnati in 1859 with the steam boat and cobblestone streets as my wedding and reception venue because it is one of my favorite ... Read More »
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  Submitted by Laura Whitsel Bishop (Lindenwald, Hamilton, OH) on Mar 11th, 2010 - 7:44 am EST
  The first time I went to the Museum Center was in the fifth grade as a class trip. I felt so touched by what I saw that I had to go back again and again. I moved away to South Carolina and I still traveled to see the Museum Center. I even asked if I could have a job there (when I was twelve) and the... Read More »
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  Submitted by John Rockwell (Price Hill, Cincinnati, OH) on Mar 11th, 2010 - 10:38 am EST
  My parents met in Lincoln Park which was located in front of Union Terminal, where the parking is now. My father worked for Cincinnati Union Termial Company. He worked in the old mail building located behind the Post Office unloading mail from trains. Since I retired from from the Post Office I ha... Read More »
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  Submitted by Michael Clements (Mason, Mason, OH) on Mar 8th, 2010 - 6:10 pm EST
  My earliest, and some of my most fond memories of Union Terminal date back to the 1940's when my grandparents would bring me to the terminal on Saturdays. We would ride the bus from Mt Washington, and after transfers arrived at C.U.T. just before noon. The rotunda and waiting areas were bustling wit... Read More »
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  Submitted by Amanda Ciani (Fort Thomas, Kentucky, Fort Thomas, KY) on Mar 9th, 2010 - 5:09 am EST
  Cincinnati Museum Center has played a large role in my development as a person. I have physically and emotionally grown up in this building. I have every intention of growing a little bit every time I enter the building, whether it is learning a new fact or meeting a new person. The possibilities ar... Read More »
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  Submitted by Gwen Jones-Bonner (Mt Healthy, Cincinnati, OH) on Mar 9th, 2010 - 3:09 am EST
  I remember as a child living in the Lincoln Courts, walking down to the terminal every Sunday and watching the water come down the stones, My Mom would get me a popcycle and we would sit there until it got cooler in the evening,
  It seems like we could stand somewhere in that area and actually look... Read More »
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  Submitted by Daneale Williams (Westwood, Cincinnati, OH) on Mar 9th, 2010 - 7:08 am EST
  I remember when I was a little kid, my mom and grandma would take me and my brother to the Natural History Museum when it was on Gilbert. Then I remember when the museum moved to the new location at Union Terminal and how there were so many other museums to visit.
  
  Now I have my own kids who are ... Read More »
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  Submitted by Matthew Kite (Anderson Township, Cincinnati, OH) on Mar 8th, 2010 - 11:11 pm EST
  Union Terminal brings to mind many wonderful memories. My first memory of the building dates back to 1992. I was in the 8th grade, my class was taking a field trip. When I first saw the terminal I was shocked at its size. I still had vivid memories of the old Museum over on Gilbert Ave (bit sma... Read More »
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  Submitted by Daniel Hoffheimer (Hyde Park, Cincinnati, OH) on Mar 8th, 2010 - 10:11 pm EST
  Well, I have many memories, some over half a century ago and some last month. I remember picking up my grandmother at the train when she came in to visit in the early 1950s. And I remember picking up my grandson at Museum Center camp last month--he has gone for three summers now and has had a terr... Read More »
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  Submitted by Laura McLean (northern Kentucky, Erlanger, KY) on Mar 8th, 2010 - 6:21 pm EST
  As a single parent, I found the youth program most helpful in keeping my son involved with learning while enjoying the friendships of others with like interests. He since has gone on to a career with the National Park Service.
  
  My own personal time here has been rewarding, as well as educationa... Read More »
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  Submitted by Alan Brown (Walnut Hills, Cincinnati, OH) on Mar 11th, 2010 - 6:43 am EST
  I have coordinated a program bringing Israeli Scouts to Boy Scout summer camp in Cincinnati for the past seven years. I love to bring the Scouts to the Museum Center each year to be able to share a remarkable landmark and to help expose them to the vibrant history of Cincinnati as only the Museum C... Read More »
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  Submitted by Edgar Willig (Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH) on Mar 11th, 2010 - 3:54 am EST
  It was wartime, September 1942. I was an enthusiastic 21-year-old from Price Hill, who had enlisted into the Navy. One year later, I was one of five hundred sailors who were scheduled for a cross country troop train secret trip from Norfolk, Virginia to San Francisco, California.
  
  As I readied... Read More »
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  Submitted by Melissa Casagrande (Price Hill, Cincinnati, OH) on Mar 11th, 2010 - 5:36 am EST
  When I was in grade school, I visited the museum. After that visit I wanted to get involved there in the future. Then I met one of my old friends and they were telling me about the Youth Program. So when I was able to be in the program I jumped on the chance. Two years prior joining the Youth Pr... Read More »
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  Submitted by Kim Graham (Independence, Independence, KY) on Mar 11th, 2010 - 11:20 am EST
  Union Terminal has played a huge part in my life. I have lived in the Cincinnati area for 23 years, and have volunteered at, been a member of, and/or been an employee at Union Terminal for 18 years. I have met some of my best friends (one of whom is my look-alike!) here and I proudly share this plac... Read More »
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  Submitted by Amanda Coleman (College Hill, Cincinnati, OH) on Mar 11th, 2010 - 4:20 am EST
  I remember spending hours upon hours in the Children's Museum. I loved every section of it, from playing in the water to crawling through the forest. I can't wait to take my own children there.... Read More »
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  Submitted by Nick Massa (Cheviot, Cincinnati, OH) on Mar 10th, 2010 - 10:47 pm EST
  In 1934 my Great Grandparents came down to Cincinnati to see their sons off to the seminary. My Great Aunt also came along and had a camera. Before they left the station, my Aunt had my Great Grandparents pose in front of Union Terminal. During World War II, my Great Uncles came through the Termi... Read More »
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  Submitted by Nina Bertaux-Skeirik (Amberly, Cincinnati, OH) on Mar 10th, 2010 - 10:50 am EST
  The union terminal was an essential part of my childhood. Whether it was a saturday with grandma, or a field trip with school, I made it to the museum center at least three times a year. I have memories as far back at four of five years old of staring up at the mosaics, questioning my parents abou... Read More »
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  Submitted by Delaney Krisel (Northside, Cincinnati, OH) on Mar 11th, 2010 - 2:12 am EST
  Union Terminal was a huge part of my childhood. Wether it was walking there from Sands Montessori in Elementary school, or just going there with my parents to go to the children's museum. I must have gone through the caves over a hundred times. It is just a great place for young minds to grow. F... Read More »
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  Submitted by Daniel Parsley (Cleves, Cleves, OH) on Mar 10th, 2010 - 10:24 am EST
  My freshman year in college at Xavier University I performed a chamber choral concert in the Union Terminal. It was one of the most remarkable experiences I have had thus far as a music student. This coming year, we are scheduled to perform again at the Terminal. Please continue to support this his... Read More »
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  Submitted by Mandy Smith (Price Hill, Cincinnati, OH) on Mar 11th, 2010 - 10:12 am EST
  The Union Terminal is timeless . . .... Read More »
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  Submitted by Dave Beato (Finneytown, Cincinnati, OH) on Mar 10th, 2010 - 10:21 pm EST
  She was my best buddy’s kid sister, but I was 19 and she was only 14. We had quite a generation gap, so I was civil but far from interested. Then four years later I was on leave from the Army and was asked to be the Best Man at his wedding. His sister was to be the Maid of Honor.
  
  I took ... Read More »
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  Submitted by Cissy Smith (Delhi, Cincinnati, OH) on Mar 11th, 2010 - 12:29 am EST
  Wow my memories of Union Terminal... there are so many. My daughter Lexi and I started volunteering here in 1998 for Boofest. We love this building. When my grandmother and I would come down she would share stories of when my great grandfather (her dad) was apart of the construction team that bui... Read More »
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  Submitted by Jack Kindel (Indian Hill, Cincinnati, OH) on Mar 10th, 2010 - 8:13 pm EST
  I was one a many young people who went to camps in Michigan and Wisconsin in the 40's. The different camp groups generally met with our camp sponsors at the Terminal early in June and left on the James Whitcomb Riley (sp?) for Chicago where we changed to a local train to Wisconsin.
  
  Because the ca... Read More »
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  Submitted by Tiffiny Dawson (Mt. Lookout, Cincinnati, OH) on Mar 11th, 2010 - 12:04 am EST
  July 22, 2000: Our Wedding Day! We were thrilled to have our wedding ceremony and reception in this historic landmark in the heart of Cincinnati, a salute to the fond days of train travel and to how our relationship was solidified. My husband managed private rail car trips across the country and I... Read More »
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  Submitted by Josh Smitherman (North Avondale, Cincinnati, OH) on Mar 11th, 2010 - 7:20 am EST
  I remember the Cincinnati Museum Center in many different ways. As a child the museum center meant a place to explore the world around me. It was a place to run wild, splash water, and drive my mother insane. It was also a place of adventure. Walking through the cave, and the ice age exhibit were th... Read More »
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  Submitted by Marilou Krizsa Lee (Northern Kentucky, Fort Mitchell, KY) on Mar 10th, 2010 - 5:40 pm EST
  My mother told me this story...She (Marion Krizsa) and my aunt (Mathilda Hibbard) went to Union Terminal at the end of WW2 to meet my dad (Louis J Krizsa) and my uncle (Ernie Hibbard) who were finally returning home from Europe and serving in the Army. She told me the place was packed! Lots of peo... Read More »
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  Submitted by Batya Boxt (Finneytown, Cincinnati, OH) on Mar 10th, 2010 - 7:22 pm EST
  I have only lived in Cincinnati for 9 months, so my "memory" is not so much a "memory" as a "feeling". I love the feeling that I get every time I walk into Union Terminal, knowing what rich history it has. I also love that by becoming a part of the CMC Family, I've learned more about the history o... Read More »
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  Submitted by John Dyer (Evendale, Cincinnati, OH) on Mar 10th, 2010 - 12:58 pm EST
  My 3 kids were born in Cincinnati, so trips to the Museum Center on dreary winter days was often a way to get out of the house and see something educational and fun. I was visiting my parents in Georgia some years ago when my father, now 92 years young, recalled passing through Cincinnati and the Te... Read More »
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  Submitted by Ted Brown (Mariemont, Cincinnati, OH) on Mar 10th, 2010 - 11:38 pm EST
  My first memory of Union Terminal was a class field trip I took in first grade to see an Omnimax film about Antarctica, which to this day was probably one of the coolest experiences of my life. That was my first Omnimax film and the sensation of flying over glaciers was a tremendous visual experienc... Read More »
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  Submitted by Rick Singel (Hyde Park, Cincinnati, OH) on Mar 10th, 2010 - 3:31 pm EST
  Before I moved to Cincinnati, I went to school in Columbus. Upon the birth of my first daughter, Cara, my elderly in-laws came to Columbus to visit. I honestly cannot remember all these years later HOW they got to Columbus, but for their return trip to Milwaukee, they were taking the train out of ... Read More »
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  Submitted by Gina Lindblad (Anderson Twp, Cincinnati, OH) on Mar 10th, 2010 - 10:06 am EST
  My memory dates back to October 4, 1997. That is the day I married my wonderful husband and we celebrated our marriage with a reception at Union Terminal! It was such a special place to have our reception. It serves as a permanent reminder of our wedding day, as well as St. Cecilia in Oakley. We ... Read More »
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  Submitted by Mary Lyons (Peach Grove, Cincinnati, OH) on Mar 10th, 2010 - 2:13 pm EST
  As a young girl, I traveled from the Union Terminal to Washington. D.C. The Union Terminal was bigger than life, fabulously romantic and exciting. As I grew, I watched as the City's diamond was called "The White Elephant" and talk of its demise was in the air. I saw its transformation into a shop... Read More »
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  Submitted by Phil Claudy (Polo Fields, Cumming, GA) on Mar 10th, 2010 - 6:05 pm EST
  I remember several school field trips to the switch control room located upstairs with an overalll view of the many tracks and sidings. We could see various trains arrive and depart as we watched the colored lights on the control panel track the progress and as the controller set the switches to ro... Read More »
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  Submitted by Ruth McGraw (Montgomery, Cincinnati, OH) on Mar 11th, 2010 - 2:40 am EST
  First visit to the "Train Station " (1936) was with my 4th grade class and teacher from Lockland School.
  
  In the morning, we boarded a train at the Lockland New York Central train station, rode to the new "Train Station" and had a tour of the new facility. Even did the "echo" bit in the lobby and... Read More »
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  Submitted by Mary Jo Sheppard (Delhi, Cincinnati, OH) on Mar 10th, 2010 - 3:57 pm EST
  I have a strong personal attachment to the Union Terminal Building. When my nephew had triplets in 1999 I helped out once a week. I started taking pictures of them, including our visits to the Museum Center. Then I started coming almost every week when my granddaughter was born in August 2004. W... Read More »
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  Submitted by Jay Pastor (Withamsville, Cincinnati, OH) on Mar 8th, 2010 - 2:11 pm EST
  Traveling west in 1953 as a GI, there was an hour stopover between trains. So I got a shoeshine from one of a dozen kids pusing their services on the entrance steps. He did an inspection-worthy job, accompanied by rhythmic snaps of the polishing cloth.
  There was still time to inspect the station, w... Read More »
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  Submitted by Sabra Winans (Finneytown, Cincinnati, OH) on Mar 10th, 2010 - 8:39 pm EST
  When I moved to Cincinnati at the age of 7, my grandparents took me to the Union Terminal. Back then, it was a shopping mall then and is very well what may have been the beginning of a beautiful relationship with a burrito I had in a shop I can't remember except for the fact that I was so impressed ... Read More »
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  Submitted by Graham Wolstenholme (Cheltenham, Melbourne, Australia, OH) on Mar 10th, 2010 - 1:23 pm EST
  Standing, camera in hand, gazing up at the interior of the dome, wondering how I could possibly do this building justice for my friends back home in Australia. Cincinnati is hardly a hot tourist destination for Australians, but I tell my friends, if they ever end up anywhere near Cincinnati, they mu... Read More »
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  Submitted by Robert Federle (Iberia Parish, New Iberia, LA) on Mar 10th, 2010 - 6:31 pm EST
  Last year in February my Dad (Paul Federle)
  passed away at 85. About 7 years or so ago there was a DeLorean auto show at the Museum Center. We did not realize that was taking place however Dad decided to go with me. When we got there and saw the autos he seemed fascinated and looked around for a wh... Read More »
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  Submitted by Scott Williams (Roxborough, PHILADELPHIA, PA) on Mar 10th, 2010 - 1:49 pm EST
  I was a volunteer at the Geier Center (the hidden gem of the Cincinnati Museum Center) and the time I spent the the curators, researchers and volunteers was fantastic. Thank you to everyone at Geier, past and presnet, I wouldn't be where I am right now without you.
  
  I can't wait until the Women ... Read More »
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  Submitted by Rokeya Brauch (Colerain, Cincinnati, OH) on Mar 8th, 2010 - 9:59 am EST
  I remember going shopping there with my Grandma when the store was there in the middle and whispering into the water fountains and eating at the ice cream parlor with her. This is still a family tradition with my husband and two children to go to the ice cream parlor and talk into the fountains when... Read More »
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  Submitted by Mykl Sandusky (Downtown, Cincinnati OH 45202, OH) on Mar 11th, 2010 - 11:48 am EST
  Having grown up in New York and moved to Cincinnati, the museum center was the place where I finally felt as if Cincinnati was now home, and not just a place I was living. Understanding the history in this region made me part of the tradition versus an observer to it. In a typical New Yorker fashi... Read More »
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  Submitted by Valerie Charles (Forest Park, Cincinnati, OH) on Mar 7th, 2010 - 11:55 pm EST
  During the 50's and early 60's, our family borded the train in Columbus, Ohio and transferred at Union Terminal to get to New Orleans. As a child, I didn't realize just how massive this structure was, and with so many train tracks as being one of the 'crossroads' of America. Even as a mall, it sti... Read More »
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  Submitted by Peter Schsuter (Fox Hills, Culver City, CA) on Mar 10th, 2010 - 11:12 pm EST
  I remember eating ice cream and bouncing messages off the parabolic arch at the entrance to friends on the other side. I remember gazing up in wonder at the beautiful mosaics towering above me. I remember seeing the amazing things and places that I saw through the eyes of the IMAX.
  
  I remember l... Read More »
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  Submitted by Ruth (Brill) Carter (formerly lived in Clifton in Cincinnati, Mt. Pleasant, SC) on Mar 10th, 2010 - 8:17 am EST
  My memories of the Union Terminal Building go back to World War II when my father was in the US Navy. Initially he was stationed in Indianapolis and then Chicago at the Great Lakes Naval Base where he was a Petty Officer, later Chief Petty Officer. During that time my mother, sister, and I often m... Read More »
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  Submitted by Bill Malarick (Hyde Park, Cincinnati, OH) on Mar 10th, 2010 - 9:56 pm EST
  In August of 1959 my parents put me onto the New York /New Haven train at the Lardhmont, New York train station bound for Grand Central Station in Manhattan. I was on my way to start collegel at Xavier University. With me I had a large steamer trunk and a very large suitcase. I felt like I was leavi... Read More »
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  Submitted by Lee Ann Blum (Ross, Hamilton, OH) on Mar 10th, 2010 - 4:32 am EST
  I remember being on a once monthly bus trip downtown with my father when I was about 10 years old. I asked him what the building was and how long it had been there. He told me that it was an old train station and that when he was a young boy in the 1930's, his father had many friends who worked on... Read More »
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  Submitted by Leah Renner (Mason, Mason, OH) on Mar 10th, 2010 - 12:48 am EST
  As a child in the 1960's I remember taking the train from Union Terminal to Lexington, Kentucky with my mother and brother to visit my grandmother. My dad would take us in to purchase the tickets and I would look up at the tile pictures in the rotunda for as long as I could. We would say goodbye to... Read More »
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  Submitted by Julie Schwartz (Columbia/Tusculum, Cincinnati, OH) on Mar 7th, 2010 - 6:35 pm EST
  I went to elementary at Monroe Elementary School in Monroe, Ohio. We came to the museum for several field trips, I believe 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th grade. Union Terminal was one of my first REAL trips to the city! I fell in love with the history, the building, the exhibits! I moved to Cincinnati when I... Read More »
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  Submitted by Lisa Nocks (Wyoming, OH, OH) on Mar 8th, 2010 - 2:52 am EST
  Union Terminal is a building that has been woven through my life. My father is a train buff. When I was little, we had an opportunity to tour Union Terminal during a time when it was not a mall, or an active train station. We wandered through the quiet station almost reverently. I remember being ... Read More »
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  Submitted by Lynn Ashley (Forest Park, Forest Park, OH , OH) on Mar 10th, 2010 - 8:50 am EST
  About 20 years ago the Museum Center graciously opened up one of it's display cases to an exhibit focused on Women in the Military. As a WW11 WAC veteran, I have been involved continuesly since then with displays of women in the military. During our exhibit times, I have met hundreds of people, man... Read More »
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  Submitted by Laura Partridge (Oakley, Cincinnati, OH) on Mar 10th, 2010 - 7:32 am EST
  When I was 8, 9, 10 years old, my mom and I used to go to the Museum of Natural History & Science when it was on Gilbert, all the time. I loved the cave, and hadn't really gotten into science at school, so she really encouraged my love of the museum. When I was 11 or 12, I remember my dad talking ab... Read More »
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  Submitted by Amanda Hartman (grew up in Terrace Park, Richmond, VA) on Mar 10th, 2010 - 11:38 pm EST
  Growing up in Cincinnati, I had the opportunity to go to Union Terminal many times, to see many IMAX shows with school, and to whisper secrets to friends across the rotunda walls. My favorite memory is when I was in high school, and I was able to volunteer for the Halloween program for kids. It was ... Read More »
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  Submitted by Laine D'Augustine (formerly of Hyde Park and Anderson, McLean, VA) on Mar 10th, 2010 - 1:55 am EST
  Besides going to the Museum Center numerous times while growing up, my most vivid memory is from when Turpin's prom was held in Union Terminal my junior year of high school. Before that, I had no idea how versatile the Museum Center facility was for the community. It's a staple of the city and somet... Read More »
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  Submitted by Doug McDonald (Anderson Township, CINCINNATI, OH) on Mar 10th, 2010 - 5:17 am EST
  Just over ten years ago I arrived at Union Terminal via cab for a job interview. I was impressed from photos and having driven past the building. However, nothing had prepared me for the rotunda. I was amazed. Fortunately the interview was in a smaller room as if it had been in the rotunda, I am... Read More »
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  Submitted by Sheri Edmondson-wood (Amelia, Amelia, OH) on Mar 10th, 2010 - 7:54 am EST
  I remember my wedding day when I think of Union Terminal!... Read More »
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  Submitted by Allison Hinkel (Green Township, Cincinnati, OH) on Mar 9th, 2010 - 10:56 pm EST
  Growing up on the West Side of Cincinnati, a yearly trip to Union Terminal is something that each kid looks forward to! It is such a special place, each visit holds something new to discover and learn. The architecture is beautiful (to say the least!) and it is such a wonderful Cincinnati landmark. ... Read More »
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  Submitted by Abigail Grebe (Oakley, Cincinnati, OH) on Mar 8th, 2010 - 7:37 am EST
  I have so many memories there that I don't even know where to start. When I was in High School, I helped with the grand opening of the museum when I worked with the Key Club. I kept an eye on the exhibits and helped visitors find their way around.
  
  Since that time, I have been on numerous date... Read More »
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  Submitted by Amanda Bishop (Eastgate, Batavia, OH) on Mar 9th, 2010 - 3:17 pm EST
  I remember walking into Cincinnati Museum Center for the first time as a college student, looking up and getting the chills at the sight of the magnificent rotunda. I was working for a different museum but I said to myself that day, "I will work here someday!" The following year, I was employed by C... Read More »
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  Submitted by Greg Zimmerman (Andersonville, Chicago, IL) on Mar 9th, 2010 - 6:30 am EST
  I was escorted into the museum by Ben Cober, who is the current manager of media relations at the center. We were there to see the Pirates! exhibit, and being a huge sailor, I was extremely excited to get inside. It also happened to be the day where a group of local cavers were demonstrating repelli... Read More »
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  Submitted by Donavynn Sandusky (Downtown Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH) on Mar 9th, 2010 - 9:27 pm EST
  Solving My First Detective Case
  
  My favorite Cincinnati Union Terminal/Museum Center memory is solving my first detective case. Mom and I went to the Museum Center on the bus. As usual. But that day something was different. We were going to the “detective agency.” All I knew was that i... Read More »
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  Submitted by Claudia Abercrumbie (Evendale, Cincinnati, OH) on Mar 10th, 2010 - 2:22 am EST
  When I visited the Rosa Parks portion of the Freedom Sisters exhibit, I sat on the bus where she sat and wondered what she was really thinking on that day and would I have had the courage to stand (or sit) for my beliefs in such a powerful way.
  
  I also visited the Race Exhibit earlier this year an... Read More »
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  Submitted by Ed Creighton (Hamilton, Hamilton, OH) on Mar 10th, 2010 - 5:39 am EST
  My thoughts about the Cincinnati Union Terminal...
  
  The magic of the center is the building itself. I had visited all of the museums before they moved to the Museum Center and they were very nice but something was missing...it was the building!
  
  As a youth, the Cincinnati Union Terminal ws a ... Read More »
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  Submitted by Kathy Firch Creighton (Millville, Hamilton, OH) on Mar 11th, 2010 - 2:14 am EST
  Union Terminal was the first place my future husband brought me when he was trying to convince me to marry him. I was amazed at both the beauty of the building and the quality of the museums that were located inside. When I realized that these were the same halls that my father passed through when... Read More »
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  Submitted by Ruby Rogers (Westwood, Cincinnati, OH) on Mar 9th, 2010 - 7:57 pm EST
  In April 1991 the Cincinnati History Museum previewed the exhibit, Cincinnati Goes to War: A Community Responds to WW II for about 800 guests, many in WW II uniforms and civiliam garb. We ate dinner from tin trays, had ID tags made on a vintage machine, and danced to 1940s music. Owen Findsen of ... Read More »
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  Submitted by Jason Haap (Mt. Airy, Cincinnati, OH) on Mar 9th, 2010 - 7:35 pm EST
  I remember, when I was in elementary school and had a babysitter -- my mother's Aunt Edna (who is now deceased). She took me to Union Terminal back when it was a shopping mall! I guess this was the early 1980s. I remember the large area in the front being filled with racks of clothes, and I have ... Read More »
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  Submitted by Deborah Ratliff (Covington, Covington, KY) on Mar 9th, 2010 - 7:17 pm EST
  Union Terminal has an excitment all it's own.... Read More »
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  Submitted by Robert Terwillegar (Milford, Milford, OH) on Mar 7th, 2010 - 5:31 pm EST
  I went to high school in Hudson, Ohio from 1944 to 1948, when I graduated. I rode the train from Union Terminal going to school. I remember the rotunda and the concourse wall to wall soldiers. All seats were taken and many, including me, sat on our luggage. When we boarded the train, the situati... Read More »
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  Submitted by Jason french (Milford, Milford, OH) on Mar 10th, 2010 - 6:02 am EST
  It has been my honor to work at Union Terminal now for six years. It was in my first few months working in the History Museum that I was asked a question by a grandmother who had her granddaughter with her that day. She asked where you used to catch the train. (I am ashamed to say at the time I d... Read More »
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  Submitted by Darlene Deters (Fairfield, Ohio, Fairfield, OH) on Mar 9th, 2010 - 11:41 pm EST
  My memories go back to when I was a child in the 50's and 60's. Each year we would go to Union Station to catch a train for Chattanooga. My Uncle and cousins lived there and it was nice to see them and spend time with them. I remember my Mom taking me to a coffee shop at the station and I would get... Read More »
• 127 vote(s) - Vote

  Submitted by Alan Schwemlein (Indian Hill, Cincinnati, OH) on Mar 10th, 2010 - 4:55 am EST
  Hello. Best memories are the people. Volunteers, staff and most importantly members and guests. Always great to deal with a good question. When people are having fun it make me feel good.... Read More »
• 126 vote(s) - Vote

  Submitted by Rob Bishop (Miami Township, Milford, OH) on Mar 10th, 2010 - 3:25 am EST
  When my sister and I were little, our parents would bring us down to Union Terminal to play around the fountains and to walk around the building when it was a mall. We were fascinated with the building and believed that it was Superman's house because of its uncanny resemblance to the Hall of Justi... Read More »
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  Submitted by Jennifer Bishop (Old Milford, Milford, OH) on Mar 10th, 2010 - 3:47 am EST
  During World War 2 many soldiers passed through our beautiful rotunda. My grandfather, John Bedford Bishop was one of these men. His mother, my great grandmother, volunteered her services in the USO located in the Rookwood Tea Room. While assisting the soldiers, she befriended a woman by the name... Read More »
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  Submitted by Bennie Butler (Forest Park, Cincinnati, OH) on Mar 10th, 2010 - 12:48 am EST
  In 1945 I was in the deep south visiting my grandmother. We were shopping in a Piggly Wiggly, and the town bells started to ring. I asked her, "why are the bells ringing, grandma?" And she said "because the war is over." And at that moment, everyone in the Piggly Wiggly was united as one.
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  Submitted by Patrick Nugent (Fairview-Clifton Heights, Cincinnati, OH) on Mar 11th, 2010 - 4:31 am EST
  I first visited Union Terminal was in August, 1983. My parents had brought me to Cincinnati from Washington, D.C., to begin college at Xavier University. My dad, a Xavier grad who grew up in Chicago and always traveled through Union Terminal going home on holidays, wanted to visit the terminal "to s... Read More »
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  Submitted by Casey Vorbroker ( Lawrenceburg, IN) on Mar 9th, 2010 - 5:54 pm EST
  My earliest memory of Museum Center is definitely the first time I saw an OMNIMAX film. It was about Rainforests and I was in elementary school. Although I cannot remember what grade exactly, I distinctly remember how incredible (and scary!) it was that a film could make me feel as if I was flying. ... Read More »
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  Submitted by Lauren Scallon ( Cincinnati, OH) on Mar 9th, 2010 - 10:11 pm EST
  My favorite field trip memory was experiencing the Cave in Museum Natural History & Science for the very first time. Our class kept trying to go through as many times as possible, running if needed.
  
  Years later, I never would've imagined that I would be a staff member asking kids not to run in th... Read More »
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  Submitted by Sister Judi Keehnen C.S.J. ( CINCINNATI, OH) on Mar 10th, 2010 - 2:18 am EST
  My most impressive memory of Union Terminal is on Sept. 7, 1959. I was 18 years old and entering the convent. I was entering with 2 other young ladies and we had to travel to New Orleans, LA to the Sisters of St. Joseph.
  All of my family, my friends from high school and several of the Sisters from... Read More »
• 125 vote(s) - Vote

  Submitted by Laura Randall ( Cincinnati, OH) on Mar 10th, 2010 - 6:29 pm EST
  Days out with my Daddy were very precious. When I was about 8, he took me to Union Terminal for the first time. I think it was a shopping Mall at the time. He stationed me at one end of the rotunda and told me to wait there. About a minute later, I heard his voice asking me to see if I could fin... Read More »
• 118 vote(s) - Vote

  Submitted by Ben Cober ( Cincinnati, OH) on Mar 9th, 2010 - 2:10 pm EST
  I remember when my family first moved to Cincinnati in 1990, one of the first things they did was buy an annual family membership to Cincinnati Museum Center.
  
  I can't remember my exact age, but we came down to the terminal to see the OMNIMAX film "Blue Planet." I daintily stepped up each step as ... Read More »
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  Submitted by Katie Denis ( Cincinnati, OH) on Mar 7th, 2010 - 10:51 pm EST
  Union Terminal is where I had my first prom. It was such a cool space and really made the evening more special. We had a great band and I distinctly remember the unique acoustics of the building. Now, every time I go to Cincinnati Museum Center, I'm reminded of the good times of that night.
  
  It... Read More »