Cincinnati Museum Center

 We visited the Museum Center in Cincinnati.  We thought our science center membership just got us into the Natural History part for free, but we also got into the Children's Museum & History Center too.

 Natural History part was pretty small.

 Landing in the History Center

 Children's Museum part

Lowell Observatory

 Thanks to our science center membership, admission was free.  Ryan & I went in the evening to see the night sky.  Then we all went the next day.  We viewed the sun with a special telescope.  The only way to see the Pluto telescope was to do the tour.

 Looking at the moon

 They had fun evening programs.

looking at Orion Nebula

 looking at the sun

 telescope that discovered Pluto

 1895 Clark telescope

McKinley Museum Canton

This is such a fun - family friend science center.  We have been a member a number of years.  There's animals, hands on activities, planetarium on the week-ends.

McKinley Museum in Canton - $58 for a family.
  Pros - 350+ science centers for free, including COSI & Clev Natural History
  Cons - Great Lakes Science Center 1/2 price & doesn't reciprocate to Pittsburgh Children's Museum

 Planetarium - on the weekends

 Model Train display

Waterfall behind/beside the monument.