This photo shows a streetcar on 2nd St approaching Vine. Modern streetcars are expected to operate on 2nd St once again beginning in 2015, 60-some years after the originals were retired. Read more
The museum portrays the struggle for freedom and its connection to the Underground Railroad in Cincinnati. The Center challenges its visitors to contemplate the meaning of freedom in their own lives.
Cincinnati was known as the "Grand Central Station" of the Underground Railroad. Learn about the city's role in helping people through the "railroad" by watching this C-SPAN video. Read more
I thought I knew the weight of slavery until I went here...Now I know that I cannot begin to feel what slaves went through. Grateful for this National Center. Everyone should go at least once!
The exhibits tell a poignant part of our history. I am always amazed at those who have never gone. I guarantee it is worth seeing the exhibits. Don't like it, call me & get your money back.
Become a zombie yourself on October 20 and join the fun at the Cincinnati Zombie Walk. The walk begins downtown at the Freedom Center and is a free event for all ages.
This photo shows the Great Flood of April 1913 as it looked on 2nd St in front of what is now the Freedom Center. From the collection of the Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County.
Much more than a museum, the Freedom Center reveals stories about freedom’s heroes and challenges guests to take steps to make a difference in their own lives and in their own world.
Provides a tour of the plight of slaves from their capture in Africa to their shipment to America and enslavement. Here are great examples of African-Americans' contributions: http://bet.us/BHM
It was here on the banks of the Ohio River, where the Freedom Center now sits, that many enslaved African Americans took their first steps on freedom's shore. Join the Revolution http://ow.ly/8sS8E Read more
This museum is dedicated to the story of the enslaved that crossed the Ohio River (which separated the free states from the slave states) and traveled along the Underground Railroad. Read more
We reveal stories about freedom's heroes, from the era of the Underground Railroad to contemporary times, challenging and inspiring everyone to take courageous steps for freedom today.