The Cincinnati History Museum, located in Union Terminal at the Cincinnati Museum Center, explores the city’s development through immersive settings and large-scale models rather than a simple chronological display. Opened in 1990, it is known for the recreated Public Landing, which evokes the late 1850s riverfront, and the Queen of the West replica steamboat, highlighting the importance of river trade to Cincinnati’s early growth. Its Cincinnati in Motion exhibit presents the city from the early 1900s through the 1940s with a detailed downtown model featuring working streetcars and a large train model. The museum remains a central place for interpreting Cincinnati’s settlement, transportation, manufacturing, and urban change.