通往城市的大门: Cincinnati Museum Center Comes to 结合终端 — 1985 to 2010

By 1985 the City of Cincinnati, the owners of 结合终端, began investigating alternative uses.

By 1985 the mall concept had sputtered to a stop. The City of Cincinnati, the owners of 结合终端, began investigating alternative uses. The 结合终端 Association (UTA) formed in 1986 to help facilitate 结合终端’s long term preservation. It was made up of concerned community members and county and city officials. The organization leased 结合终端 from 这个城市 and began the process of securing tenants for the building. A top-rated reuse concept had always been a museum. UTA仔细研究了这一策略. 的UTA, 这个城市, 辛辛那提历史学会(CHS), and the 辛辛那提自然历史博物馆 (CMNH) came together to discuss the possibility of establishing a Heritage Center at 结合终端.

辛辛那提历史学会

Both CHS and CMNH had deep roots in the Cincinnati community. The Historical Society began as the Historical and Philosophical Society of Ohio, 1831年在哥伦布成立. In 1849 the Society moved to Cincinnati and eventually refocused its historical and collecting efforts on regional history. In 1963 the society changed its name to the Cincinnati Historical Society and continued to preserve 这个城市’s rich and diverse history in their library collections.

辛辛那提自然历史博物馆

The Natural History Museum can trace its roots to the Western Museum Society of 1819. The society’s focus on research and collecting was continued by the Western Academy of Natural 科学s of Cincinnati, 成立于1835年, and the Cincinnati Society of Natural History, 成立于1870年. In 1958 the 辛辛那提自然历史博物馆 moved from Central Parkway to Gilbert Avenue, where it was an important part of the Cincinnati community for many years.

1986年选举，第3期

Both organizations were interested in the Heritage Center concept, with CHS being interested in starting a museum and CMNH being interested in finding a new home, since they had outgrown their facility on Gilbert Ave. The two organizations worked with 这个城市 and county to renovate 结合终端 into a multi-museum facility suitable for Cincinnati Museum Center. In 1986, 汉密尔顿县批准了第3期, 3300万美元的债券税, to support the conversion of 结合终端 into a museum facility, which was passed by county voters in May of 1986. The State of Ohio and the City of Cincinnati also contributed $8 million and $3 million respectively to support the project. 除了, 3人以上,000名辛辛那提人, corporations and foundations also contributed to the building’s renovation.

辛辛那提博物馆中心开放

The new facility opened in 1990 with the 辛辛那提历史博物馆, 辛辛那提历史学会图书馆, 自然历史与科学博物馆, and the Robert 林德纳家庭影院. Amtrak also restored passenger rail service to 结合终端 in 1990 with the Cardinal Line, which runs between Chicago and Washington D.C. In 1997, the Cincinnati Children’s Museum joined Cincinnati Museum Center. Each of the museums offer fun and engaging activities, the OMNIMAX^® offers magnificent films on its mammoth five-story screen, and our collections departments continue to preserve, protect and promote objects important to our mission. Cincinnati Museum Center also offers world-class traveling exhibitions which provide insight into many different subjects, 包括莎士比亚, 古埃及, 俄罗斯帝国和人体解剖学.