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American Sign Museum : ウィキペディア英語版 | American Sign Museum
The American Sign Museum in Cincinnati, Ohio, preserves, archives, and displays a collection of signs. The museum also displays the equipment utilized in the design and manufacture of signs.〔Edward Rothstein. "(Bright Lights, Wide Eyes: Nostalgic Collections That Speak Volumes )". ''New York Times''. June 21, 2009. Retrieved on February 5, 2010.〕 Tod Swormstedt began working on the museum in 1999. It opened to the public in 2005.〔Lisa Cornwell. "(Museum showcases 'sign garden' )". ''USA Today''. February 25, 2008. Retrieved on February 5, 2010.〕 ==Background== Swormstedt's family owns the signage industry trade journal ''Signs of the Times'', which has been published since 1906.〔Steven Rosen. "Cincy museum salutes signs of the times". ''Denver Post''. March 13, 2005. T10.〕 Swormstedt's grandfather, H.C. Menefee, was the first editor of the publication, and purchased it for himself in 1911.〔Dave Hoekstra. "Signs stand up, say it loud". ''Chicago Sun-Times''. April 16, 2006. Travel, C1.〕 Swormstedt had been working at the journal for over twenty years before becoming inspired to start a sign museum in 1999.〔 His family provided $1 million for the project, and figures from the signage industry gave donations of their own. The museum was founded as a nonprofit corporation.〔 Swormstedt considered building the museum in Los Angeles, St. Louis, Memphis, and other sites, but eventually settled on Cincinnati, the base of operations for ''Signs of the Times''.〔
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