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August 12, 2011

Media Contact: Casey Kroger (513) 287-7054 office, (513) 608-5777 cell, ckroger@cincymuseum.org

A royal offer for families to visit Cleopatra at Cincinnati Museum Center
Kids see Cleopatra free with paying adult through the end of August!

CINCINNATI – Consider this your family’s royal invitation from the queen – she wants to see you before she leaves Cincinnati. From now until August 31, two kids ages 12 and under get free admission to Cleopatra: The Search for the Last Queen of Egypt with a paying adult.

Call (513) 287-7001 to reserve your preferred entry time or for more information. Consider making it a special family night out! Cleopatra is open until 9 p.m. Friday and Saturday nights, last entry at 8 p.m. This special offer is brought to you by cincysavers.com, Q102, & Rewind 94.9. Not valid on previously purchased tickets or group sales.

Currently in its final weeks at Cincinnati Museum Center, Cleopatra has captivated visitors from all over with nearly 150 artifacts from the time of this mysterious queen. This once-in-a-lifetime exhibition takes you inside the present-day search for Cleopatra, which extends from the sands of Egypt to the depths of the Bay of Aboukir, near Alexandria.

Cleopatra is organized by National Geographic and Arts and Exhibitions International, with cooperation from the Egyptian Supreme Council of Antiquities and the European Institute for Underwater Archaeology (IEASM).

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Cincinnati Museum Center at Union Terminal is a nationally recognized institution as well as national historic landmark. Dedicated to sparking community dialogue, insight and inspiration, Museum Center was awarded the 2009 National Medal for Museum and Library Service. Our Union Terminal has been voted the nation’s 45th most important building by the American Institute of Architects. Organizations within Cincinnati Museum Center include the Cincinnati History Museum, Duke Energy Children’s Museum, the Museum of Natural History & Science, the Robert D. Lindner Family OMNIMAX® Theater and the Cincinnati Historical Society Library. Recognized as Forbes Traveler Magazine as the 17th most visited museum in the country, Cincinnati Museum Center welcomes one million plus visitors annually. Cincinnati Museum Center gratefully acknowledges operating and capital support from the taxpayers of Hamilton County and the State of Ohio. For more information, visit www.cincymuseum.org.