NATIONAL UNDERGROUND RAILROAD FREEDOM CENTER

CINCINNATI, OH

The National Underground Railroad Freedom Center is a museum and educational center located in Cincinnati, Ohio. The center was established in 2004 and is dedicated to telling the story of the Underground Railroad, a network of secret routes and safe houses used by enslaved African Americans to escape to freedom in the 19th century.

The center features exhibits and interactive displays that explore the history of slavery in America, the Underground Railroad, and the struggle for civil rights. Visitors can see artifacts and documents related to the Underground Railroad, including slave narratives, abolitionist materials, and items used by freedom seekers.

One of the center's most notable exhibits is the "Slave Pen," a reconstructed slave pen that was used to house enslaved people before they were sold at auction. The exhibit provides a powerful and emotional experience for visitors, as they learn about the brutal realities of slavery.

The National Underground Railroad Freedom Center also hosts a variety of educational programs and events, including lectures, workshops, and performances. The center is a vital resource for anyone interested in learning about the history of slavery and the fight for freedom in America.

NATIONAL UNDERGROUND RAILROAD FREEDOM CENTER is a History Museum in CINCINNATI OH. US MID #8403900702

The museum is classed as HST (History Museums). It comes under American Alliance of Museums (AAM) region: Midwest (Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Ohio, Wisconsin). Total revenue from most recent IRS 990 Form: $ 2,512,254 from tax period 201206 (YYYYMM).

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Behold: something is rotten in Denmark Two art fans study Benjamin West's painting of Hamlet Act IV, Scene V, which I guess is now on me to explain so I looked it up. Here is the scene in a nutshell. In Shakespeare’s day, government was about monarchy and the stability it brought. Hamlet is about regicide and the chaos that follows, which was a recurring theme for The Bard. Hey, the Age of Enlightenment and its idea of checks and balances on power was still over a century away. Modern self-governing republicanism with no monarchy at all was further.

Seeing that his sister had gone crazy, Laertes (the man pointing up in the painting and holding his sickly sister), who has just returned to Denmark, goes into a rage. He wants to revenge the madness of his sister and the killing of his father. That’s fine with King Claudius, who did not kill Laertes’ father; however, he secretly poisoned his own brother, Hamlet Sr., the original and rightful king. Who knew the gentle and happy Danish could be so full of guile and lust for power?

Claudius answered Laertes's anger by telling him that it was best to first be certain who the actual murderer was before focusing his useful and righteous rage. Claudius would help answer all Laertes' questions.

End scene.

What is going on behind the scene of this painting is that the new King Claudius saw an opportunity to use Laertes to silence (kill) Prince Hamlet because the prince was on his corrupt trail. Hamlet is clued into who killed his father because (a) the ghost of his dad in the beginning of the play told him so and (b) Claudius acted mighty suspicious.

Claudius did kill King Hamlet and will use his poisoning modus operandi again, which will backfire.

It was Ophelia's fiancé, the moody and introspective Prince Hamlet (not in this painting scene), who unintentionally killed Laertes's and Ophelia's father, sparking Ophelia's descent into madness and Laertes's rage. By the end of the play, all these people are going to end up dead, including Hamlet, Claudius, and even Hamlet's mother, who quickly remarried Claudius after the death of her husband. (She is the crowned queen in the middle of the painting–the royal without the beard.)

Denmark is going to be leaderless.
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Painting title: Shakespeare’s Hamlet: Act IV, Scene V; Ophelia and Laertes (1792)
Artist: Benjamin West (American,1738-1820)
Venue: Cincinnati Art Museum

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NATIONAL UNDERGROUND RAILROAD FREEDOM CENTER INC
50 E FREEDOM WAY
CINCINNATI
OH
45202-3413

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MID #	8403900702
Name	NATIONAL UNDERGROUND RAILROAD FREEDOM CENTER INC
Alternate Name	NATIONAL UNDERGROUND RAILROAD FREEDOM CENTER
Classification	History Museums, , Midwest
Federal Employer Identification Number (EIN)	311436217
NTEECC	A54
Tax period of the latest return filed (YYYYMM)	201206
INCOME	2,593,802
REVENUE	2,512,254
LAT/LONG	39.097176, -84.511207
CODES	FIPS State Code: 39 FIPS County Code: 061 US Census Tract: 026500 US Census Block: 2098