For the fifth year in a row, the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center is recognized among the nation’s best history museums. A four-week online vote can put the Freedom Center on top. To do so, the Freedom Center will have to beat out a group of 19 other history museums from across the country – including locally as Cincinnati Museum Center’s Cincinnati History Museum is also in the running. Voting is open now. Voting ends at 11:59 a.m. EST on February 10.
Finalists are selected by a panel of experts and editors. This is the fifth consecutive year the Freedom Center has been a finalist, winning in 2023. They also secured second place finishes in 2024 and 2021 and a third place finish in 2022.
“We are again humbled to find ourselves among such a distinguished list of history museums across the country,” said Woodrow Keown, Jr., president & COO of the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center. “Pursuing that top spot is not about pride, but a commitment to elevate these stories of freedom within our walls; stories that remain relevant and critical to our continued journey to equity today.”…