List of museums in the Louisville metropolitan area

Last updated

This is a list of museums, galleries and interpretive centers in the Louisville metropolitan area .

Contents

Art

A giant baseball bat adorns the outside of Louisville Slugger Museum & Factory in downtown Louisville. LouisvilleSluggerMusem.jpg
A giant baseball bat adorns the outside of Louisville Slugger Museum & Factory in downtown Louisville.

Regional history

Bourbon

Spalding Hall in Bardstown, which houses both the Bardstown Historical Museum and the Oscar Getz Museum of Whiskey History Spalding Hall.jpg
Spalding Hall in Bardstown, which houses both the Bardstown Historical Museum and the Oscar Getz Museum of Whiskey History

Cities

Counties

More regional historical collections can be found at the Louisville Free Public Library and the University of Louisville.

U.S. and world history

Front facade of the Frazier History Museum FIHM.jpg
Front facade of the Frazier History Museum

Other subjects

See also

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Bourbon whiskey</span> American whiskey

Bourbon whiskey is a barrel-aged American whiskey made primarily from corn (maize). The name derives from the French House of Bourbon, although the precise source of inspiration is uncertain; contenders include Bourbon County, Kentucky, and Bourbon Street in New Orleans, both of which are named after the House of Bourbon. The name bourbon might not have been used until the 1850s, and the association with Bourbon County was not evident until the 1870s.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Louisville, Kentucky</span> Largest city in Kentucky, United States

Louisville is the most populous city in the Commonwealth of Kentucky, sixth-most populous city in the Southeast, and the 27th-most-populous city in the United States. By land area, it is the country's 24th-largest city, although by population density, it is the 265th most dense city. Louisville is the historical county seat and, since 2003, the nominal seat of Jefferson County, on the Indiana border.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Jeffersonville, Indiana</span> City in Indiana, United States

Jeffersonville is a city and the county seat of Clark County, Indiana, United States, situated along the Ohio River. Locally, the city is often referred to by the abbreviated name Jeff. It lies directly across the Ohio River to the north of Louisville, Kentucky, along I-65. The population was 49,447 at the 2020 census.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Bardstown, Kentucky</span> City in Kentucky, United States

Bardstown is a home rule-class city in Nelson County, Kentucky, United States. The population was 13,567 in the 2020 census. It is the county seat of Nelson County.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Evan Williams (bourbon)</span> Brand of bourbon whiskey

Evan Williams is a brand of Kentucky straight bourbon whiskey bottled in Bardstown, Kentucky, by the Heaven Hill company. The product is aged for a minimum of four years. It has been ranked as one of the world's best selling whiskey brands.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Heaven Hill</span> American distillery company

Heaven Hill Distilleries, Inc. is a private, American family-owned and operated distillery founded in 1935 and headquartered in Bardstown, Kentucky, that produces and markets the Heaven Hill brand of Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey and a variety of other distilled spirits.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Louisville metropolitan area</span> Geographic region in Kentucky and southern Indiana, US

The Louisville metropolitan area is the 43rd largest metropolitan statistical area (MSA) in the United States. It had a population of 1,395,855 in 2020 according to the latest official census, and its principal city is Louisville, Kentucky.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Isaac Wolfe Bernheim</span> American businessman

Isaac Wolfe Bernheim was an American businessman notable for starting the I. W. Harper brand of premium bourbon whiskey. The success of his distillery and distribution business helped to consolidate the Louisville area as a major center of Kentucky bourbon distilling. Bernheim was also a philanthropist, establishing the 14,000-acre Bernheim Arboretum and Research Forest in Bullitt County.

The American Whiskey Trail is the name of a promotional program supported by the Distilled Spirits Council of the United States that promotes the distilled beverage industry in the U.S. The Trail was first promoted to the public on September 28, 2004.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Kentucky Bourbon Festival</span> American whiskey-tasting event in Bardstown

The Kentucky Bourbon Festival is a weeklong activity consisting of more than thirty events in Bardstown, Kentucky, United States, dedicated to celebrating the history and art of distilling bourbon whiskey. The organizers of the festival promote the strong association between bourbon and the city of Bardstown, and have trademarked the phrase "Bourbon Capital of the World" to apply specifically to Bardstown. Bardstown has been the site of bourbon distilleries since 1776.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Schimpff's Confectionery</span>

Schimpff's Confectionery is a historic candy maker, confectionery store, and museum located in Jeffersonville, Indiana, within the Old Jeffersonville Historic District.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Economy of Louisville, Kentucky</span>

Since it earliest days, the economy of Louisville, Kentucky, has been underpinned by the shipping and cargo industries. Today, Louisville is home to dozens of companies and organizations across several industrial classifications.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Kentucky Bourbon Trail</span> Program to promote Kentucky Bourbon industry

The Kentucky Bourbon Trail, sometimes informally referred to as "the Bourbon Trail", is a program sponsored by the Kentucky Distillers' Association (KDA) to promote the Bourbon whiskey industry in Kentucky. The KDA has registered the phrase "Kentucky Bourbon Trail" as a protected trademark.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">J. T. S. Brown</span> Kentucky bourbon whiskey

J. T. S. Brown is a Kentucky bourbon whiskey produced by the Heaven Hill Distillery company. The distilling operation is in Louisville, Kentucky, and aging and bottling operations are in Bardstown, Kentucky. The primary expression of the brand is 40% alcohol by volume (ABV), or 80 U.S. proof. There is also a 100 proof bottled in bond version.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Willett Distillery</span> American Whiskey Distillery

Willett Distillery Ltd, is a private, family-owned-and-operated company that produces bourbon and rye whiskey. Over the years, the company has bottled whiskeys that range from two years of aging maturity up to 28 years. The company was named Kentucky Bourbon Distillers (KBD) between 1984 and 2012.

John McDougal Atherton was an American businessman, property developer, economist, investor and politician based in Louisville, Kentucky. Atherton was elected to one term as a member of the Kentucky House of Representatives from 1869 to 1871, and served as a Democrat. As a third generation distiller, he was best known for Atherton Whiskey, a brand he owned until 1899.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Atherton Whiskey</span> American distillery company

Atherton Whiskey was a pre-prohibition brand of Kentucky Straight Bourbon whiskey first produced by J M Atherton & Co, a chemical and distilling business.

Chicken Cock Whiskey is a historic brand of bourbon having origins rooted in Bourbon County farm distilling.

References

  1. "Evan Williams Bourbon" . Retrieved 19 February 2015.
  2. "Heaven Hill Bourbon Distillery - Bourbon Heritage Center". bourbonheritagecenter.com. Retrieved 19 February 2015.
  3. "Kentucky Distillery - Jim Beam American Stillhouse". americanstillhouse.com. Retrieved 19 February 2015.
  4. Coomes, Steve (15 March 2017). "Bulleit Distillery Opens in Shelbyville, Kentucky Even As Expansion Is Considered". The Whiskey Wash. Retrieved 4 July 2017.
  5. "Visit Middletown Historic Museum Open Wednesdays 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m." City of Middletown Kentucky. Retrieved October 4, 2014.
  6. "Jeffersontown, KY - Official Website - Museum". jeffersontownky.com. Archived from the original on 11 May 2012. Retrieved 19 February 2015.
  7. "The Bullitt County History Museum". bullittcountyhistory.org. Retrieved 19 February 2015.
  8. Esarey, Jenna (February 10, 2017). "Clark County Museum opens in Jeffersonville". The Courier-Journal . Retrieved February 11, 2017.
  9. Meyer, Joyce K. "Henry County History". henrycountyky.com. Retrieved 19 February 2015.
  10. "Oldham County Historical Society". Archived from the original on June 8, 2003. Retrieved 19 February 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  11. "Schimpff's Confectionery - Museum" . Retrieved October 3, 2014.