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Museums
Museums and history centers across Kentucky, including the Kentucky Historical Society museum in Frankfort.
Thomas D. Clark Center for Kentucky History
Flagship Kentucky Historical Society museum, covering more than 12,000 years of the Commonwealth.
Flagship museum of the Kentucky Historical Society covering more than 12,000 years of Kentucky history, with permanent and rotating exhibits plus a major research library. Anchors the Frankfort history campus a short walk from the Old Capitol and Military History Museum. Smithsonian Affiliate and a natural first stop for statewide context.
94 places
- Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historical Park LaRue County · 1916
- American Cave Museum Hart County · 1993
- American Saddlebred Museum Fayette County · 1962
- Anderson County History Museum Anderson County
- Ashland, The Henry Clay Estate Fayette County · 1804
- Aviation Museum of Kentucky Fayette County · 1995
- Bardstown African American Heritage Museum Nelson County · 2016
- Behringer-Crawford Museum Kenton County · 1950
- Big Bone Lick State Historic Site Museum Boone County
- Big Sandy Heritage Center Museum Pike County
- Bill Monroe Museum Ohio County · 2001
- Bluegrass Heritage Museum Clark County · 2004
- Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame & Museum Daviess County · 1991
- Bluegrass Railroad and Museum Woodford County · 1976
- Bullitt County History Museum Bullitt County
- Camp Nelson National Monument / Heritage Park Jessamine County · 2018
- Cane Ridge Meeting House & Barton W. Stone Museum Bourbon County · 1791
- Capital City Museum Franklin County
- Civil War Museum of the Western Theater Nelson County · 1996
- Cynthiana Museum Harrison County
- Dinsmore Homestead Boone County · 1842
- Ephraim McDowell House Boyle County
- Explorium of Lexington Fayette County · 1990
- Farmington Historic Home Jefferson County · 1816
- Fort Boonesborough State Park Madison County · 1963
- Frazier History Museum Jefferson County · 2004
- General George Patton Museum of Leadership Hardin County · 1972
- Georgetown & Scott County Museum Scott County
- Hardin County History Museum Hardin County
- Harland Sanders Café and Museum Laurel County · 1940
- Harriet Beecher Stowe Slavery to Freedom Museum Mason County
- Headley-Whitney Museum Fayette County · 1968
- Highlands Museum and Discovery Center Boyd County · 1984
- Historic Locust Grove Jefferson County · 1790
- Historic Railpark and Train Museum Warren County · 2007
- Hopewell Museum Bourbon County · 1994
- Irvinton House Museum Madison County
- Jack Jouett House Historic Site Woodford County · 1797
- James A. Ramage Civil War Museum Kenton County · 2005
- Jefferson Davis State Historic Site Todd County · 1924
- John James Audubon Museum Henderson County · 1938
- Kentucky Coal Mining Museum Harlan County · 1994
- Kentucky Derby Museum Jefferson County · 1985
- Kentucky Folk Art Center Rowan County · 1985
- Kentucky Gateway Museum Center Mason County · 1878
- Kentucky Military History Museum Franklin County · 1974
- Kentucky Museum Warren County · 1939
- Kentucky Music Hall of Fame & Museum Rockcastle County · 2002
- Kentucky Railway Museum Nelson County · 1954
- Kentucky Science Center Jefferson County · 1871
- Liberty Hall Historic Site Franklin County · 1796
- Lincoln Homestead State Park Washington County · 1936
- Lloyd Tilghman House & Civil War Museum McCracken County · 2006
- Louisville Slugger Museum & Factory Jefferson County · 1996
- Mary Todd Lincoln House Fayette County · 1977
- Mill Springs Battlefield Visitor Center & Museum Pulaski County · 1992
- Mountain Homeplace Johnson County · 1995
- Muhammad Ali Center Jefferson County · 2005
- Museum of the American Printing House for the Blind Jefferson County · 1994
- My Old Kentucky Home State Park (Federal Hill) Nelson County · 1818
- National Corvette Museum Warren County · 1994
- National Quilt Museum McCracken County · 1991
- National Underground Railroad Museum Mason County
- Octagon Hall Museum Simpson County · 1859
- Old Fort Harrod State Park Mercer County · 1927
- Old State Capitol Franklin County · 1830
- Oldham County History Center Oldham County
- Oscar Getz Museum of Bourbon History Nelson County · 1984
- Owen County Historical Society Museum Owen County
- Owensboro Museum of Fine Art Daviess County · 1977
- Owensboro Museum of Science & History Daviess County
- Pennyroyal Area Museum Christian County · 1975
- Perryville Battlefield State Historic Site Boyle County · 1936
- Portland Museum Jefferson County · 1978
- Red River Museum Powell County
- River Discovery Center McCracken County · 1988
- Riverview at Hobson Grove Warren County · 1972
- Rosemary Clooney Museum Bracken County
- Shaker Village of Pleasant Hill Mercer County · 1961
- Shelby County Historical Society Museum Shelby County
- South Central Kentucky Cultural Center (Museum of the Barrens) Barren County · 1980
- Speed Art Museum Jefferson County · 1927
- The Filson Historical Society Jefferson County · 1884
- The Lincoln Museum LaRue County · 1989
- Thomas D. Clark Center for Kentucky History Franklin County · 1999
- University of Kentucky Art Museum Fayette County · 1976
- Ward Hall Scott County · 1857
- Waveland State Historic Site Fayette County · 1848
- White Hall State Historic Site Madison County · 1971
- Wickliffe Mounds State Historic Site Ballard County · 1983
- William Clark Market House Museum McCracken County · 1968
- William Whitley House State Historic Site Lincoln County · 1938
- Woodford County Historical Society Museum Woodford County
- Wrather West Kentucky Museum Calloway County · 1978