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Signmaker's Circus: A Decade of Camp
Saturday, June 18, 7–11 p.m.

Signmaker’s Circus will transform the Museum into a burlesque fantasyland created by top artists and performers from across the region to create the Greatest Show in Camp.

Performers for the event include The Burning Caravan, Cincinnati Circus Elevated Aerials, Dancefix, DJ Mowgli, Pones, and Queen Bee Cabaret, with costumes by Stacey Vest.

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Looking for the flash of Las Vegas with a dash of Main Street USA? Pay a visit to the American Sign Museum!

The museum first opened in 2005 at Essex Studios, but the limited space (and ceiling height!) meant some signs, such as those from McDonald's and Holiday Inn, couldn’t be displayed in all their glory. But in 2012, founder Tod Swormstedt found the Museum's new home in Camp Washington, in the century-old Oesterlein Machine Company–Fashion Frocks, Inc. Complex building.

This year, the museum marks a decade in Camp Washington with The Signmakers Circus, an anniversary celebration at the museum on Saturday, June 18. It is the first fundraiser in the Museum’s history and will be the debut of the museum’s expanded space.

The museum is 20,000 square feet of more than a century of American signage. From early, pre-electric signs adorned in goldleaf, to the earliest electric signs, to beautiful art-deco neon, to the modern plastic-faced sign, the museum covers it all.

Take a short tour below and plan your visit!