Online Auction Raised $20,000 for Operating Budget

15 May
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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 International Sign Association SIGN EXPO, held in Las Vegas April 3-6 in Las Vegas, NV.  This offered the advantage of permitting attendees at the show to bid on-site at the museum’s booth in the ISA exhibit hall.  We were unable to exhibit at last year’s...

Signs Are ‘the Best’

29 April
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Best of Cincinnati
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 were recognized in three different staff picks, reflecting their influence on art, history, and commerce: 1. BEST PLACE TO LEARN ABOUT THE HISTORY OF GOOGIE SIGNS American Sign Museum, a self-proclaimed “Main Street Wonderland” and a longstanding vision of its creator Tod Swormstedt, has been trying for years...

ANNUAL ONLINE AUCTION ENDS SATURDAY, APRIL 6, 6:00 PM EASTERN

1 April
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The American Sign Museum’s third annual Online Auction closes SATURDAY, APRIL 6 at 6:00 pm EST. This is our major fundraiser for the year and your opportunity to find great deals while supporting the American Sign Museum. It is also your opportunity to support the museum by donating goods and/or services to the cause. Those attending the International Sign Association SIGN EXPO in Las Vegas can get in last-minute bids at the Museum’s Booth #3321. Others can do their bidding from the comfort of...

Support to Save the Finneytown Arby’s Sign Grows

7 March
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Arby's Finneytown
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 become a local icon over the 50 years that it has been in place. Could we help? Thus began the phone calls and emails to rescue it. The folks at Arby’s favor the effort are happy to donate the sign, and several of the museum’s friends have...

Local Arts Foundation Supports Chewing Tobacco. Wait. What?

28 February
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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 unique form of advertising and provides a distinct example of Roadside Americana that is so popular with museum visitors. Many visitors may remember seeing these barns, but few know – or consider the fascinating stories behind them, including the men who traveled the highways maintaining them. Nor...
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