Guestblog & Flying Pig #6: Cincinnati Museum Center

My friend Amber sent me some pictures of a flying pig that I'd somehow missed last time I was at my beloved Cincinnati Museum Center. She was awesome enough to write up a post about "Animal House"-- thank you, Amber!

Being a mom of two young kids leaves me with a lot of "what are we doing today?"s. So my husband and I decided it would be more budget-friendly to buy passes to places we knew the kids would enjoy time and time again.

The first pass we bought was to the Cincinnati Zoo. That one was a given-- both of our kids love the outdoors and animals. As for another pass, because we had decided on buying two, we were stumped. Both our children are daredevils and love amusement park rides, but aren't tall enough to ride the majority of rides, so Coney Island and King's Island didn't financially make sense to us.

One Sunday afternoon we had planned to go to the zoo, but the weather didn't agree with our plan. So since we had already planned on being in the downtown area, I suggested that we go to Union Terminal. Well, needless to say, our kids instantly fell in love with it and it soon became our regular rainy day spot.

I had seen that Erica and Dan were documenting all of the pig statues that they were coming in contact with in their Cincinnati Re-adventure, and was über-excited when I came across this one in the Children's Museum on the lower level of Union Terminal. Since I'm pretty sure Erica and Dan have never been in the Children's Museum, seeing as they have no children, I figured I would take some pictures to share with them.

Upon more research on the web, I found out that this pig is named "Animal House" and was created by Tracey Antoun. In an article I found she explained that she just wanted people to look at the endangered plants and animals displayed on the statue and think about how we don't think enough about our environment.

Animal House's Pig Profile: http://cincinnati.com/bigpiggig/profile_102300.html
Cincinnati Museum Center website: http://www.cincymuseum.org/