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Museums The Van Lear Historical Society, Inc.- The Coal Miners' Museum is operated by the society. The museum features collections that reflect the life in a "company owned" coal mining town. http://www.geocities.com/coalcamp Louisville Slugger - Includes news museum product lines for slow and fast pitch softball and baseball bats. http://www.slugger.com/Kentucky Derby Museum - Museum for the most famous horse race in the world. http://www.derbymuseum.org/ Kentucky Museums Guide - Searchable guide of museums, arts organizations, historical societies, historical homes, and art galleries. http://www.museumstuff.com/museums/usa/kentucky/index.html
Kentucky Museum Quilt Collection - Located at Western Kentucky University, most quilts in this collection were made between 1850 and 1900. http://www2.wku.edu/www/library/museum/quilts.htm Kentucky
Horse Park and the International Museum of the Horse - A large educational
theme park that includes the most comprehensive horse museum in the world.
Includes history, visitor attractions, calendar of events, booking information.
Lexington, Kentucky. American Saddle Horse Museum - Collection, preservation and display of artifacts, fine art, photography and the written word. Located in Lexington, Kentucky. http://museum.american-saddlebred.com/ Shaker
Village of Pleasant Hill - (Kentucky) Cultural museum: visitors'
information. The
National Underground Railroad Museum - Maysville, Kentucky local effort to
preserve and display artifacts that chronicles the life on the Underground
Railroad. University
of Kentucky Art Museum - The University of Kentucky Art Museum offers both
permanent and changing exhibits, special events, and the May Lecture Series. Thomas
Edison House - This museum explores Kentucky's connection to American
inventor, Thomas Alva Edison, who worked in Louisville as a telegrapher from
1866-67. Kentucky Coal Mining Museum - Offers a picture of the lives that revolve around the coal industry. http://www.uky.edu/~rsilver/CommunityService/ky-coal.htm Aviation Museum of Kentucky - The site presents museum information and directions. Located at Blue Grass Airport in Lexington, Kentucky. http://www.aviationky.org Fort Knox, Kentucky - Home of the US Armor Center, responsible for training the Armored Force. Provides visitor information, Patton museum, Armor Research Library, units and organizations, and policies and regulations.http://knox-www.army.mil/ Kentucky Railway Museum - Site includes schedule and fares, directions, and contact information. http://www.kyrail.org/ Kentucky Horse Park and International Museum of the Horse - Educational theme park honoring the animal whose name has become synonymous with the Bluegrass. http://www.imh.org/khp/ Kentucky Coal Mining Museum - Description and photos of the musuem and collection, plus hours, admission prices, and other information for visitors. http://www.uky.edu/~rsilver/CommunityService/ky-coal.htm Limper Geology Museum at Miami University - Fossil collection of primarily southwestern Ohio, northern Kentucky, and eastern Indiana Upper Ordovician. http://netapps.muohio.edu/redirect.php?glgcwis/Museum/Collect.HTMLX Swope Cars of Yesteryear Museum - Located in Elzabethtown, Kentucky, a variety and constantly changing display of collector cars. http://www.glendalecrossing.com/swope Sierra County Historical Society - Operators of the Kentucky Mine Museum in Sierra City. Also sponsor a summer concert series on the museum grounds. http://www.sierracounty.org/schs_home.html
Bluegrass
Mustang Club - The largest group of dedicated Ford Mustang lovers in Central
Kentucky, charter members of the Mustang Club of America and the Mustang Museum. C.B. Caudill Store and History Center - In Blackey, Letcher County, Kentucky. Operates as a regional history museum and cultural center, with an extensive collection of objects that chronicle Appalachian culture and economic life in the twentieth century. About the store, its owners, and its history. http://ns.appalshop.org/cbcaudill/ Red River Historical Society - Non-profit organization formed to educate the public about the history of the Red River region of Kentucky; site includes information about the society's museum, publications, newsletter, guestbook, and contact information. http://www.red-river.net/histsoc.htm
Kentucky
Railway Museum - New Haven - Turn the clock back fifty years, riding through
forests, fields, and farmlands, through the scenic and historic Rolling Fork
River Valley. Museum of the American Quilter's Society - Provides information about exhibits and programs sponsored by Paducah, Kentucky quilt museum. http://www.quiltmuseum.org The Shakers Of South Union - (Kentucky) A Shaker museum. A brief history of the sect, including a group photograph. http://www.shakermuseum.com International Museum of the Horse - Located at the world-famous Kentucky Horse Park, this museum is dedicated to the historical relationship between man and horse. The International Museum of the Horse's Web site is also home to one of the largest online museum projects currently available. http://www.imh.org/imh/imhmain.html The Kentucky Derby Museum - The museum offers visitors the chance to learn about the past and present of the thoroughbred industry. http://www.derbymuseum.org/ Kentucky Coal Mining Museum - Benham - offers a complete picture of the lives that revolve around the coal industry. http://www.uky.edu/~rsilver/CommunityService/ky-coal.htm The Kentucky Museum - Bowling Green - Provides researchers, scholars, and visitors with a broad-based overview of Kentucky's history, culture, and people. http://www2.wku.edu/library/museum/index.htm Kentucky Military History Museum - Frankfort - Emphasizes the service of the Kentucky Militia, State Guard, and other volunteer military organizations, from the Revolution through the Gulf War. http://www.kyhistory.org/Museums/Kentucky_Military_History_Museum.htm
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