This is a list of museums, galleries and interpretive centers in the Louisville metropolitan area.
Art
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Regional history
edit- Falls of the Ohio State Park interpretive center, a museum covering the natural history related to findings in the nearby exposed Devonian fossil beds as well as the human history of the Louisville area
- The Filson Historical Society, features a museum and extensive historical collections, currently undergoing major expansion
- Frazier History Museum
- Historic Locust Grove Visitors Center, which includes a museum
- Howard Steamboat Museum (Jeffersonville, Indiana)
- Kentucky Derby Museum
- Kentucky Railway Museum (New Haven)
- Louisville Slugger Museum & Factory
- My Old Kentucky Home State Park (Bardstown)
- Portland Museum
- Riverside, The Farnsley-Moremen Landing Visitors Center, which includes a museum
- Thomas Edison House
- Whitney Young Birthplace and Museum
Bourbon
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- Evan Williams Bourbon Experience,[1] located on Louisville's Whiskey Row, featuring bourbon history and tastings, and interprets Louisville's wharf history in the 1790s
- Heaven Hill Distilleries Bourbon Heritage Center[2] (Bardstown)
- Jim Beam American Stillhouse[3] (Clermont)
- Oscar Getz Museum of Whiskey History (Bardstown)
- Stitzel-Weller Distillery[4] (Shively)
Cities
edit- Bardstown Historical Museum (Bardstown)
- Corydon Capitol State Historic Site (Corydon, Indiana)
- Historic Middletown Museum[5]
- Jeffersontown Historical Museum[6] (Jeffersontown)
Counties
edit- The Bullitt County History Museum[7] (Shepherdsville)
- Clark County Museum[8] (Jeffersonville, Indiana)
- Henry County Historical Society[9] (New Castle)
- Oldham County History Center[10] (La Grange)
More regional historical collections can be found at the Louisville Free Public Library and the University of Louisville.
U.S. and world history
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- Museum of the American Printing House for the Blind
- Civil War Museum (Bardstown), including the Civil War Museum of the Western Theater, Pioneer Village, Women's Civil War Museum, War Memorial of Mid America and the Wildlife Museum
- John Hay Center
- Louisville Slugger Museum & Factory, showcases the history of the Louisville Slugger and baseball in general
- National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution, features a historical museum and a genealogical collection
- General George Patton Museum of Leadership (Fort Knox)
Other subjects
edit- Kentucky Science Center, hands-on science museum featuring a four-story digital theater
- Louisville WaterWorks Museum, located at the Louisville Water Tower
- Muhammad Ali Center
- Schimpff's Candy Museum[11] (Jeffersonville)
- Thomas Merton Center
See also
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edit- ^ "Evan Williams Bourbon". Retrieved 19 February 2015.
- ^ "Heaven Hill Bourbon Distillery - Bourbon Heritage Center". bourbonheritagecenter.com. Retrieved 19 February 2015.
- ^ "Kentucky Distillery - Jim Beam American Stillhouse". americanstillhouse.com. Retrieved 19 February 2015.
- ^ Coomes, Steve (15 March 2017). "Bulleit Distillery Opens in Shelbyville, Kentucky Even As Expansion Is Considered". The Whiskey Wash. Retrieved 4 July 2017.
- ^ "Visit Middletown Historic Museum Open Wednesdays 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m." City of Middletown Kentucky. Retrieved October 4, 2014.
- ^ "Jeffersontown, KY - Official Website - Museum". jeffersontownky.com. Archived from the original on 11 May 2012. Retrieved 19 February 2015.
- ^ "The Bullitt County History Museum". bullittcountyhistory.org. Retrieved 19 February 2015.
- ^ Esarey, Jenna (February 10, 2017). "Clark County Museum opens in Jeffersonville". The Courier-Journal. Retrieved February 11, 2017.
- ^ Meyer, Joyce K. "Henry County History". henrycountyky.com. Retrieved 19 February 2015.
- ^ "Oldham County Historical Society". Retrieved 19 February 2015.
- ^ "Schimpff's Confectionery - Museum". Retrieved October 3, 2014.