Cincinnati Museum Complex

Cincinnati Ohio has converted their Union Train Station into a complex of museums that includes Natural History, Cincinnati history, WWII history of the town and a variety of other items of interest including a restored ice cream parlor.

This inside dome is a series of murals depicting the various workers of the era

Entrance to the Natural History museum

Wonderful crystal examples

Massive Geodes

Examples in the Maritime museum

Entrance to Cincinnati history museum

Well done model of the entire city of  Cincinnati

Model of the building housing the museum

Workers maintaining the model

Street car in which the driver tells history along the line

Exhibit showing how the city supported the war

We learned a lot about ice cream in here as well as what the "French Pot" method of making ice cream is

The history of the area includes examples of locks for the canals that were the used for transport prior to the coming of the railroads. Many of the models were very well done.

This was a rather large model of a canal and used to teach how goods were transported and the working of locks for raising boats 

Flatboats for river travel were also explained

This fellow was a Steven Foster reenactor and sang his well known songs

Life during the steamboat era was covered with good exhibits and a full size wharf and steam boat

The spray from the fountains felt good on the hot day we left.