FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: August 30, 2022
It's time to go caving once again at Cincinnati Museum Center
Much-loved cave exhibit reopens this Friday
CINCINNATI – Grab your headlamps for a close-quarters descent into the world of stalactites and stalagmites. After a two-and-a-half-year closure due to COVID and necessary maintenance, Cincinnati Museum Center’s replica limestone cave reopens this weekend. 洞穴 will officially welcome guests beginning Friday, September 2.
Since its opening in the Cincinnati 自然历史博物馆 in 1967, 洞穴 has thrilled guests with a journey through over 500 feet of narrow twists and turns across two levels. When the museum moved to 结合终端 as part of Cincinnati Museum Center in 1990, 洞穴 随它而动. 55年后, 黑暗的通道, cascading waterfalls and cave formations continue to delight explorers.
“……的美 洞穴 is that it truly connects you to the natural world around you in immersive, 动态的方式,伊丽莎白·皮尔斯说, president and CEO of Cincinnati Museum Center. “It remains one of our guests’ favorite exhibits and has been the one asked about most over the past two years of COVID pivots and recovery. After some necessary prudence and needed repairs, we’re excited to welcome our community to go caving once again.”
洞穴 is modeled after similar cave formations in the tri-state, including Mammoth Cave. The exhibit features two trails, allowing guests of all abilities a chance to explore. The lower trail sends you shimmying through tight corridors and down narrow stairways, while the accessible upper trail offers spectacular overlooks and opportunities for discovery. 就在入口外面, CMC’s big brown bat colony and other cave-dwelling critters, 包括蟋蟀和鱼, introduce you to some of the inhabitants of Earth’s subterranean labyrinths.
洞穴 is located in CMC’s 自然历史博物馆 & 科学 near the entrance to the 冰河时代画廊 还有通往 Neil Armstrong Space Exploration Gallery，由哈罗德C. Schott基金会.
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