It's the birthplace of bluegrass music. It's home to the Kentucky Derby. It's much, much more.
Kentucky has over seventy museums and historical houses. A partial listing (to become more complete as time goes by) is below.
Museums about Kentucky
- Kentucky Museum
- In addition to collecting, preserving, and exhibiting Kentucky artifacts, the museum provides educational opportunities for elementary, secondary, and college students and the general public. The Kentucky Museum contributes to the tourism and cultural offerings in the South Central Kentucky region as well.
- Behringer-Crawford Museum
- The home for Northern Kentucky's heritage.
- Kentucky Historical Society
- Kentucky's Home for History
Living History Museums
- Living History Village and Museum Project in Marion, KY
- The Mantle Rock Museum and Living History Village Project is an ambitious enterprise which will cover almost half a million square feet of land adjacent to US Highway 60 in Marion, Kentucky.
The first parts, the Conference Center and Corn Maze, opened to the public in Septemebr, 2005.
Books about Other Things to Do in Kentucky
Kentucky State Parks: A Guide to Kentucky State Parks (State Park Guidebooks)
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Kentucky Off the Beaten Path, 8th (Off the Beaten Path Series)
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Eating Your Way Across Kentucky: 101 Must Places to Eat
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Science Museums of Kentucky
- The Louisville Science Center
- The Louisville Science Center has made an impressive journey from its founding as a "cabinet of curiosities" in the Public Library System of Kentucky in 1871 to its current status as the region's leading resource for informal science education. Boasting at one time little more than an Egyptian mummy and a 16,000-piece mineral collection, the Science Center is now the largest hands-on science center in Kentucky, with about 150 interactive exhibits and activity stations, a four-story IMAX Theatre, teaching laboratories, a variety of educational programs, and distance learning capabilities. Designated the "State Science Center of Kentucky" by the 2002 Kentucky General Assembly, they serve over 550,000 persons annually.
- Barren River Imaginative Museum of Science
- BRIMS is a non profit organization, created to provide attractive, accessible, entertaining and educational experiences in the sciences and technology.
Horse Museums of Kentucky
- The Kentucky Derby Museum
- Of the well known horse race.
- American Saddlebred Museum
- The American Saddlebred Museum presents the traditions and heritage of the American Saddlebred Horse through the collection, preservation, and display of artifacts, fine art, photography and the written word.
- The International Museum of the Horse
- Affiliated with The Smithsonian Institute, located at The Kentucky Horse Park.
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Transportation Museums
- National Corvette Museum
- The National Corvette Museum was established as a 501(c)3 not-for-profit foundation with a mission of celebrating the invention of the Corvette and preserving its past, present and future.
- Kentucky Railway Museum
- At the Kentucky Railway Museum in New Haven, Kentucky, recapture the romance of the local passenger train when it was small-town America's link to the world. Enjoy a 22 mile train excursion through the scenic and historic Rolling Fork River Valley on a restored passenger train.
- The Aviation Museum of Kentucky
- The Kentucky Aviation History Roundtable incorporated in 1981 as the Aviation Museum of Kentucky. One part of their mission is educating young people about aviation's career potential, but theirmission extends across the entire educational spectrum - not just to career counseling. Their changing exhibits attract approximately 10,000 students to Lexington's Blue Grass Airport each year. Visitors learn about the science of flight, and about its history. They learn how Kentucky has helped shape the field that has so shaped the world.
They also offer a summer camp for teenagers.
Kentucky Museums that Cannot Be Categorized
- Kentucky Coal Mining Museum
- The Kentucky Coal Mining Museum is located deep in the heart of the Appalachian coal fields in a former coal camp town, Benham, Harlan County, Kentucky.
Through the vast displays within and around the museum, tourists will be immersed in the life of a coal miner and his family as they struggled to make a life for themselves not knowing how valuable their contributions were to the industrialization of the 20th century. - Vent Haven Museum
- The world's only museum dedicated solely to the art of ventriloquism!
- Headley-Whitney Museum
- Dedicated to the care, collection, and exhibition of the decorative arts, including furniture, textiles, ceramics, and jewelry.
- Marie and Eugene Callahan Museum of the American Printing House for the Blind
- The museum tells the story of the international history of the education of people who are blind and how the American Printing House for the Blind, founded in 1858, has contributed to that history. Museum visitors can write names in braille and enjoy other hands-on displays.
- Barlow House Museum
- Thomas Jefferson Barlow was the first of his family to settle in the "wilderness" of Ballard County in 1849. Later his son, Clifton Jesse Barlow built the classic 11 room Victorian
house which would become home to his wife and seven children, the rural Victorian Bar-
low House. - Hunt-Morgan House, Lexington, Kentucky
- The Hunt-Morgan House, historically known as Hopemont, is a Federal style residence in Lexington, Kentucky built in 1814 by John Wesley Hunt, the first millionaire west of the Alleghenies. The house, located in the Gratz Park Historic District, is also the location of the Alexander T. Hunt Civil War Museum.
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Bourbon is an American whiskey, made primarily from corn and named for Bourbon County, Kentucky. It has been produced since the 18th century.
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Theme Parks of Kentucky
- Kentucky Horse Park Home
- The Kentucky Horse Park is an equine themed park and competition facility dedicated to man's relationship with the horse. Set on more than 1,200 acres in the heart of Kentucky's famous Bluegrass region, the park is THE place to get close to horses! Home to approximately 50 different breeds, large and small, the park introduces you to the world of the horse. Experience the behind-the-scenes sights and sounds of a real working horse farm as you explore the grounds, and enjoy spectacular live presentations, horse shows and special events throughout the year.
- Buffalo Trace-Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey
- Long ago, millions of buffalo carved paths through America's wildernesses, which pioneers and settlers followed to new lands and adventures. Today, Buffalo Trace Distillery, America's oldest distilling sight, is located on an ancient buffalo crossing along the Kentucky River. Tours are available.
Buffalo Trace's warehouses were built in the 1900s (some as early as 1903) and represent a variety of architectural styles. The differing styles of warehouses, and their location on the property, contribute to the significant differences in the whiskey coming from each. Within each warehouse, certain floors produce better whiskey than others do. For example, the fourth and fifth floors of Warehouse C and the fourth through sixth floors of Warehouses I and K produce our absolute best whiskey. Consequently, these locations have been reserved exclusively for making Buffalo Trace Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey.
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not exactly a museum, but something to do
- Boyd Orchards - Versailles, KY
- Fifth generation fruit growers bring their years of experience in agri-entertainment to Versailles. Enjoy a beautifully kept farm and u-pick operation with play areas for children and lots of special events. Enjoy great food and desserts in the newly built Red Apple Barn and shop in the large, unique Gift Shop. Boyd Orchards offers home grown apples and apple products, strawberries, pumpkins, and much more! The perfect place for family fun!
