Museum admission is free, but there is a charge to see special exhibitions. Last month, the museum introduced the Natureguide Audio Tour. Visitors who sign on are provided a tape player that guides them through exhibits with sound effects, music and narratives from museum curators. If you're planning to take the family to an event at Cleveland Browns Stadium, get a jump start with a visit next door at the Great Lakes Science Center . The center, which opened in 1996 with 330 hands-on exhibits, is similar to Ohio's Center of Science and Industry.
Visitors can experiment with and learn about microscopic organisms, bateria, fungi and germs.
It continues through Sept. 4. Also new are two giant outdoor mazes. At the center's Cleveland Clinic Omnimax Theater, meanwhile, the movie for summer is Dolphins, an underwater adventure. The visual and sound effects make audience members feel as though they're swimming underwater. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, at 1 Key Plaza on the lakefront, has become a landmark for Cleveland since its opening in 1995.