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CoSign II!
CoSign! Last year, some very motivated community leaders, business owners, artists, fabricators, and financial backers came together to enhance a Cincinnati neighborhood’s business district with new...
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2013: The Year Ahead
It’s on to an even more exciting new year! The Other Side during the Main Street Reunion Work has begun on the nearly 20,000 square feet of un-renovated space of our new home, known affectionately as...
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February Member Spotlight
We typically spotlight folks who support the museum thru in kind and volunteer services. This edition, however, is dedicated to Dave Swormstedt, beloved father of museum founder Tod Swormstedt. He and...
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A Banner Year in Review!
A belated Happy 2013 to all! 2012 was an exceptional year for the museum. Here are just a few milestones from The Year That Was: Jan. 2012 – we closed our Essex Studios home of seven years. For the...
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It’s the Little Things . . . Catalogs, materials and even the shirts “off...
Taken from Founder Tod Swormstedt’s column in Signs of the Times, December 2012. While signs dominate the minds of most museum visitors, storefront window items really tell the story. Three different...
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Name That Icon – February 2013 Edition
Who doesn’t know the fifth sign in the sequence? This edition – in fact this year – we are dedicating our Name That Icon ‘column’ to honoring the single most asked about phenomenon at the...
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Local Arts Foundation Supports Chewing Tobacco. Wait. What?
The American Sign Museum houses the side of a barn that displays a hand-painted Mail Pouch Chewing Tobacco advertisement typical of Mail Pouch barns that once dotted the mid-west landscape. This was a...
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Support to Save the Finneytown Arby’s Sign Grows
DONATE TO THE CAMPAIGN We received a call late last week that the Finneytown Arby’s was closing for remodeling – and rebranding -and that community support was strong to save the sign. The sign has...
View ArticleNote: No guided tours April 3-10, and the Museum will be closed April 24 and...
There will be no guided tours April 3-10 due to our docents attending the International Sign Association trade show. We will be open regular hours on those days. The Museum will be closed to the...
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Now through April 6! Our Annual Online Auction! Let the Bidding Begin!
The American Sign Museum’s third annual Online Auction is up and running and will close April 6 at 6 pm EST. This is our major fundraiser for the year and your opportunity to find great deals while...
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Signs Are ‘the Best’
Every year, City Beat magazine conducts a ‘Best of Cincinnati’ survey of all things Cincinnati, ‘Celebrating the best people, places and businesses and cool stuff from the past year.’ This year, signs...
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CoSign II?
Last year, some very motivated community leaders, business owners, artists, fabricators, and financial backers came together to enhance a Cincinnati neighborhood’s business district with new signage....
View ArticleOnline Auction Raised $20,000 for Operating Budget
From founder Tod Swomstedt’s June article for Signs of the Times Magazine The Museum’s Third Annual Online Auction returned to the format of the first event by closing bidding on the final day of the...
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National and Local Grants Assure the Next Round of CoSign
On May 20th, ArtPlace America announced awarding a $200,000 grant to the American Sign Museum for our CoSign project. CoSign was among 54 projects chosen from more than 1,200 applications as an...
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Event Spotlight
In our first year at our new home we have hosted many unique events. The pictures below highlight just a few of them. Chris and Bethany started our year and their marriage off right with their pose on...
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National and Local Grants Assure the Next Round of CoSign
On May 20th, ArtPlace America announced awarding a $200,000 grant to the American Sign Museum for our CoSign project. CoSign was among 54 projects chosen from more than 1,200 applications as an...
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One Year in Our New Home. Let’s Celebrate!
Wow. June 23 marks a whole year since we opened in our new home. And what a year it’s been. We’re thinking this is a milestone worthy of a party. And you’re invited! Sunday, June 23, 2013...
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Where’s Kahnie?
When the folks at Kahn’s meat plant offered to donate their mascot, Kahnie, to the museum, we said, ‘Sure!’ Then we said, ‘Hmm. What will we do with her?’ Everyone loves Kahnie. Whether you’re seeing...
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The American Dream – Down Under
Life can change on a dime. Sometimes for the good. Sometimes not. And sometimes we never know what influence our words or actions might have. So, imagine museum founder and docent Tod Swormstedt’s...
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Press Release: Covington KY Receives NEA Grant to Support CoSign Project
National Endowment for the Arts Announces 2013 Our Town Grant Recipients Covington Arts one of 59 projects selected nationwide COVINGTON, KY– The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) announced 59 Our...
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