Step back in time and experience the history of our city!

Step back in time and experience the history of our city, from our earliest settlers to those actively shaping the Queen City today. Along the way, meet costumed interpreters to better understand and connect with history. Explore a recreation of the bustling Public Landing from the late 1850s and climb aboard the Queen of the West, a replica side-wheel steamboat. Take an aerial view of Cincinnati from the early 1900s through 1940s in Cincinnati in Motion, a 1/64-scale replica of the city complete with the nation’s largest S-scale train model.

Experience the past in a whole new way, with new adventure at every turn, in the Cincinnati History Museum.

Explore the Cincinnati History Museum

Public Landing, presented by
Carol and Bill Eckerle

Cincinnati in Motion

Shaping Our City

You Are Here

Made in Cincinnati

Indigenous Peoples Gallery
(opening in 2026)

Greater Cincinnati Business Hall of Fame

There is no higher award for business achievement in the Greater Cincinnati, Northern Kentucky Region than to be named a Hall of Fame laureate. Since 1991, we have worked with Junior Achievement of OKI Partners, Inc. to recognize those dedicated to inspiring tomorrow’s business leaders and entrepreneurs.

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