What a super cool museum! We got a tour and learned so much about all things SIGNS. You can learn…read moreabout all the history of signs from metal signs to plastic signs to ones with light bulb to the neon signs that we know and love today. The collection really is huge and you can see some very antique signs. Lots of photo opportunities. I think they might even be expanding and adding more signs. It was definitely a fun way to spend my afternoon in Cincy!

We had a really fun time at this museum! There is an audio tour available through QR codes and…read morealso a scavenger hunt with three different levels to help you better engage with the museum. It was interesting seeing the historical progression of signs through different eras. I really loved the way the town shop area was set up. Staff was extremely helpful and knowledgeable. Plenty of free parking right outside the museum doors. The only reason I knocked off a star is that it was smaller than I expected. You will only need a max of two hours here.

We came across this mural in Cincinnati. "ArtWorks, Urban Blooms, and the Walnut Hills…read moreRedevelopment Foundation partnered to facilitate a living green wall mural in historic Walnut Hills. A project steering committee with representatives from each partner/organization as well as prominent community members was assembled to organize this project. The plants on the green wall will grow and thrive thanks to their built-in irrigation system. The design, created by artist April Sunami (who has family ties to Walnut Hills), is meant to represent the literal and figurative growth of the community. Youth worked with Professional Artists to executed the project which seamlessly integrates with a living green wall, designed by Urban Blooms."

We were out and about and came across this mural. I looked up the website and this is the…read morebackground. "With the support of Avondale community partnerships and the Cincinnati Police Department, ArtWorks hired professional artists and youth living in Avondale to paint a neighborhood mural alongside Police Officers. Content for the mural was inspired by community engagement between Avondale youth and neighborhood police officers. The engagement was an exchange of prompts and questions to and from both parties with the goal of better understanding the perspective of one another. Finding common ground and learning from each other. The model of this project was inspired Groundswell, a New York City-based arts and community organization using public art and youth employment to socially engage, heal, and deliver positive messages to the broader community. "

While we were exploring Cincinnati we came across this mural. Some information I found about this…read moremural " ArtWorks added a new work of public art to the East Walnut Hills neighborhood in partnership with St. Francis de Sales School in summer 2020. Local artist Brandon Hawkins designed his first community mural and led a team of five Youth Apprentices to create the work. Celebrating the energy and potential that lives within each child, the design features youth of diverse ages and backgrounds as the focal point, surrounded by florals to illustrate growth. Located at the intersection of Madison and Woodburn Avenues, this new mural adds vibrancy and beauty to this bustling revitalized business district."

When you want a unique locally crafted item for yourself or as a gift, this is the only shop you…read moreneed to visit! Wide variety. Supporting local business and local artists. You'll feel good about your purchase!

A beautiful store filled with beautiful handmade art. I Love supporting artisans…read more Such a wonderful variety of work : glass metal pottery textiles paper large and small pieces to fit all budgets. Fabulous place for gift shopping!

We live downtown and are always curious to learn more about the murals in our artsy city! We are…read morepassionate about watching them come to life during the BLINK event, and now we can share stories about each mural. Artworks is an amazing organization to teach and share art. Our tour guide, Ed, was so informative and his experience was evident as we walked the city. The time flew by. Will highly recommend this tour to friends and visitors.

Our tour guide was cheerful and informative. A great way to spend an hour and a half downtownread more

Harriet Beecher Stowe is known for her book Uncle Tom's Cabin. Her living quarters are actually…read moreavailable to tour . On the tour you will be guided both inside and around the grounds and learn about Harriet and her home life.I'm glad these historical markers still exist so that we can get a small window into the past . I visited this location in July 2023 as part of a translantic tour of the Underground Railroad.

There are places I see on my travel where I roll my eyes at paying admission, but then there's…read morelittle gems like the Harriet Beecher Stowe House where I want to support them and keep it running. I'm a big fan of Civil Rights and the Underground Railroad, plus I'm a writer, so everything about this was right up my alley. It was very educational, there were a lot of interesting artifacts. I would highly recommend it! Just be mindful of the hours! I was here on a work trip and almost missed out. After the event I hauled balls to the Harriet Beecher Stowe house. It closed at 2 p.m. and according to my gps I was going to get there at 1:55 p.m. I didn't give up. I went anyway. When I showed up I wasn't alone. There were three women who were part of a book club that drove all the way from Yorktown, Ohio to see the museum. After ringing and banging on the door, an elderly, slender black man appeared. After some convincing by one of the ladies, he agreed to a tour. Woohoo! How very kind and generous. "How I wish you could see Walnut Hills...the road to it is as picturesque as you can imagine a road to be...Much of the wooding is beech of a noble growth. The straight, beautiful shafts of these trees as one looks up the cool greens..." - Harriet to a friend, 1833 Uncle Tom's Cabin was first published in installments in the antislavery newspaper, The National Era. Readers breathlessly awaited new installments, so when it appeared as a book in 1852, the novel became an immediate bestseller. In its first year, it sold an astonishing 300,000 copies! It was by far the best-selling novel of the 19th century. Readers found Stowe's representation of the horrors of slavery to be both thrilling and troubling. The novel was the first of its kind to use the platform of race, religion and womanhood as a rallying cry for change. Stowe's melodramatic representation of innocent, God-fearing slaves being abused by evil, God-less slave-owners touched the hearts of Northern readers. Stowe fueled the abolitionist cause by asserting that Christian love could overcome the evils of slavery. With the publication of the novel, Stowe added her name to a growing list of writers who used the written word to change the world. Most of the furniture in the home is not actually furniture used by the Beecher family but it is from the time period. There is a desk, however, that was actually owned by Beecher's father. The house is original. It has been added on to, though. It was originally in an L shape. I was lucky to see an exhibit of clay sculptures by Raymond Lane, Jr., focusing on Harriet Tubman's work on the underground railroad, which were temporarily at the facility. All in all, good palace to go! If you're in Cincinnati, don't miss this! It's not expensive, doesn't take long and it's valuable history!