Cleveland Museum Announces Holiday Hours

From CMNH: The Cleveland Museum of Natural History is announcing extended hours during the upcoming holiday season. Enjoy holiday fun with family and friends at the Museum, where discovery starts with you. Explore our exhibits and meet our wild animals, all while creating meaningful memories. In order to accommodate holiday fun, the Museum will remain open through select Friday evenings and will open early on select Sundays.

When you visit the Museum, you will have the opportunity to delve deep into the past in our dinosaur hall, discover the outer reaches of the Universe in the Shafran Planetarium, and experience natural wonders in our outdoor galleries. Children can enjoy hands-on learning in Smead Discovery Center, and a special traveling exhibit, Ultimate Dinosaurs, will be open in Kahn Hall beginning at 10am on November 29.

Ultimate Dinosaurs will bring guests face to face with a whole new world of dinosaurs—the unique and bizarre dinosaurs of the Southern Hemisphere. Full-size reconstructions, real touchable fossils, and augmented reality will introduce visitors to a breed of fascinating creatures unfamiliar to most North Americans.

Exploration: A Zack Bruell Restaurant will feature Sunday-morning brunch and festive Friday-evening drinks in the Museum lobby on these select dates:

· Fridays, December 20, 27, and January 3—open through 8pm

· Sundays, December 22, 29, and January 5—open at 10am

Smead Discovery Center, the Museum’s hands-on learning center located on the lower level,

will extend evening hours to 7:30pm on select Fridays and will open at 11am on select Sundays.

Ralph Perkins II Wildlife Center & Woods Garden—Presented by KeyBank, designed to delight visitors with winding nature trails and educational animal encounters, will close at dusk daily.

For tickets, hours of operation, and additional information, please visit CMNH.org.

This press release was produced by CMNH. The views are the author's own.