Monday, July 18th, 2005...8:42 pm
Ventriloquism Museum: Cool or Freakin Creepy?
What could possible be better than having The American Sign Museum here in Cincinnati in Walnut Hills? Oh, I don’t know, how about having the world’s only ventriloquism museum in Ft. Mitchell, Kentucky?!
Sure enough, the world’s only ventriloquism musuem is in Ft. Mitchell, Kentucky. Nearly 700 dummies, countless posters, playbills, photographs, and racks and racks of bodiless heads. I’m no dummy, but that’s weird!
That old commercial for seatbelt safety may have already said it, but you really can learn a lot from a dummy. Especially when you’re surrounded by nearly 700 of them.
Located on a quiet Fort Mitchell street just five miles from downtown Cincinnati, the Vent Haven Museum is the world’s only museum dedicated to the art of ventriloquism. The museum was founded by William Shakespeare “W.S.” Berger, an amateur ventriloquist who retired as president of Cincinnati’s now-defunct Cambridge Tile Company.
There’s also the annual Vent Haven Ventriloquist ConVENTion.
More from BoingBoing and the Vent Haven Museum.
3 Comments
August 3rd, 2005 at 8:18 am
I loved groing up in Cincinnati. I don’t live there anymore (DC area). If you’re not from there I could see how an outsider thinks we’re incredibly odd.
October 31st, 2005 at 8:31 am
Wow. Who knew?
January 26th, 2006 at 11:44 am
I’ve been to this museum before. It’s actually pretty cool. It’s not like any museum you’ve ever been to. There’s something overwhelming about seeing the rows and rows of figures. The photos above don’t do it justice. Check out the Quicktime movies in the video section of the museum website. Only downside: 1) You need an appointment, 2) The museum is only open May-September.
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