National Underground Railroad Freedom Center — Venue For Free Admission Event
Forest Park residents and visitors across Greater Cincinnati can walk into the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center for free this Sunday, October 18, 2026, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., as Fifth Third Community Day waives the museum’s regular admission fee for a full slate of programming along the Ohio River.
The free admission day, promoted by the City of Forest Park, Ohio on Facebook, normally would have cost visitors $21.50 for adult tickets, with senior and child admission priced at $19.50 and $18.50 respectively, according to the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center. The Fifth Third Foundation and museum’s initiative included 16 free admission dates in 2022 — including the third and fifth Sundays of each month, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, and Juneteenth.
A Banner Workshop Built for the Streets
From noon to 3 p.m., artist Migiwa Orimo leads The People’s Banner Workshop, a hands-on session that produces free visual aids — banners, signs, and props — intended for use at protest rallies, picket lines, and other direct-action street demonstrations. Orimo, a five-time recipient of Ohio Arts Council honors based in Yellow Springs, frames the project around what organizers call the concept of Citizen Artists, and her protest banners have appeared in national activist movements and regional art exhibitions, per details shared by The Banks Cincinnati…