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1823 German stone house with exhibits about county history [4] House was hit by 1863 Morgan's Raid. Highlands Museum and Discovery Center: Ashland: Boyd: Kentucky's Appalachians: History: Local history and specialized science displays Historical Society of Hopkins County Museum: Madisonville: Hopkins: Bluegrass, Blues & Barbecue region: Local ...
Owsley Brown Frazier was a wealthy businessman and philanthropist in Louisville. [4] [8] When a tornado struck the city during the 1974 Super Outbreak, it destroyed Frazier's home, and a rare Kentucky long rifle that he owned – a family heirloom made for his great-great-grandfather in Bardstown in the 1820s and gifted to him by his grandfather in 1952 – disappeared. [9]
The Kentucky Hall of Governors in the Thomas D. Clark Center for Kentucky History Kentucky's Old State Capitol Building. The Thomas D. Clark Center for Kentucky History, [4] also referred to as the Kentucky Historical Society, [5] is the headquarters for the KHS. A multimillion-dollar museum and research facility, the center features both ...
The following are approximate tallies of current listings by county. These counts are based on entries in the National Register Information Database as of April 24, 2008 [3] and new weekly listings posted since then on the National Register of Historic Places web site. [4]
The original museum was established in 1972 as a collection of artifacts in a room of City Hall. [2] The following year, the Jeffersontown and Southeastern Jefferson County Historical Society was formed and became the curators of the museum.
Library employee Clarissa Thomas saw the Undesign exhibit in Dayton, Ohio, and started working on bringing a similar exhibit to Lexington, with the help of the Lexington Public Library Foundation.
The Kentucky Museum is a history, arts, and culture museum located at 1444 Kentucky Street, Bowling Green, Kentucky on the campus of Western Kentucky University. It includes 80,000 square feet of exhibit space. Archaeology, art, clothing and textiles, furniture, glassware ceramics, quilts, toys and games are all permanent exhibits at the museum.
Kentucky Route 73 at the Louisville and Nashville Railroad tracks, and by the junction of U.S. Route 68 36°53′05″N 86°38′40″W / 36.884722°N 86.644444°W / 36.884722; -86.644444 ( South Union Shakertown Historic