Make Cincinnati Weird!

Try The American Sign Museum.

Here is something yet to be seen in full. A sign museum The American Sign Museum in Cincinnati. From the looks of their webpages they have a pretty cool collection. Right now they are only open by appointment only. But starting April 28th 2005 they will begin regularly scheduled visiting hours.

I took a stroll by the American Sign Musuem today, located, not on Gilbert (as I had believed) but on Essex between Taft and McMillan (see website for directions). Across the street from the museum is what looks like a sign graveyard of long forgotten fast-food monoliths. Are they just too big for the museum?

The sign graveyard (sorry the truck’s in the way).

Old school McDonald’s and the American Sign Museum sign.

Mmm… Arby’s.

Where is the American Sign Museum?

The Museum is located in the Walnut Hills area of Cincinnati, just five minutes from downtown, at 2515 Essex Avenue in the Essex Studios building. The American Sign Museum still maintains its business office and houses its archives of paper items - books, catalogs, photos, artwork, etc. - at the offices of ST Media Group in downtown Cincinnati, OH at 407 Gilbert Avenue/Cincinnati, OH 45202.

Prior to September, 2002, the Museum had maintained three storage facilities: One each in Portland, OR; Las Vegas, NV; and an additional location in Cincinnati. Signs in the Portland and Las Vegas warehouses were consolidated at the Cincinnati warehouse in November, 2002 in preparation for the anticipated opening of the new facility.

American Sign Museum
407 Gilbert Avenue
Cincinnati, Ohio 45202