Tuesday, July 22nd, 2008

Railway Museum Will Stop You In Your Tracks

Photo by K. LeMaster/Building Cincinnati
Founded in 1975, the non-profit railway museum, located in the four-acre Latonia Yard, has a permanent collection of 37 pieces of historic equipment from the seven railroads entering Cincinnati.
So says Building Cincinnati, in a post about May’s Covington After Hours, about the Railway Museum of Greater Cincinnati.
I’ve probably driven down Decoursey [...]

Monday, February 25th, 2008

American Sign Museum Press

The American Sign Museum was recently featured on the front page of USA Today’s Life section.  Way to go, Tod!
There’s also a long article up on Roadside America.

Monday, August 27th, 2007

Pyramid Hill Sculpture Park

A stone’s throw from Hamilton, some 25 miles from downtown Cincinnati, lies a public park with monumental sculpture and an underground house.Pyramid Hill sprawls over 265 acres of rolling hills, man-made lakes, thick woodlands and butterfly-filled meadows. Overlooking the Great Miami River, it is a contemporary art museum outdoors - a place where [...]

Monday, July 18th, 2005

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 [...]

Monday, April 25th, 2005

American Sign Museum Grand Opening!

The grand opening is just around the corner.
What: The American Sign Museum
Where: Essex Studios, 2515 Essex Ave., Walnut Hills.
When: Reception 3 p.m. Thursday, ribbon cutting
4 p.m., celebration dinner cruise 6:15 p.m.
Cost: Free, but a $5 donation is suggested.
Information: (513) 258-4020; www.signmuseum.org.
The Sign Museum currently has no set hours but founder Tod Swormstedt will open it [...]

Thursday, December 9th, 2004

Looking For A Sign?

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 [...]