Sign in Using FacebookLexington Guide » Lexington Attractions & Activities » Lexington Museums
Lexington Attractions & ActivitiesMuseums
If you're a history buff, art aficionado, archaeology fiend, or dabbler in the sciences, our museum picks are perfect for a rainy day or afternoon excursion! Our selections center around notable collections of historical and cultural items. Many have excellent rotating displays in addition to exceptional permanent collections.
Category: Museums - Lexington Attractions & Activities
Address: 4093 Iron Works Pkwy, Kentucky Horse Park, Lexington, KY 40511
This museum elucidates and pays tribute to Kentucky's only native equine breed. The American saddlebred, a prominent show horse, is presented via artwork, sculpture, artifacts, interactive exhibits, and other methods. Exhibits change regularly and often draw on private collections for substance. Video and theater displays couple word and image for...
Category: Museums - Lexington Attractions & Activities
Address: 4316 Hangar Dr, Lexington, KY 40507
If you're the type who's mesmerized by thoughts of flight and taking to the clouds, you'll appreciate this local museum. Within it lie a number of restored aircraft, along with flying instruments and artifacts. Included in the collection are a Heath Center Wing, an A-4 Skyhawk, and a model of the state's first airplane, which took flight initially...
Category: Museums - Lexington Attractions & Activities
Address: 175 Beasley Rd, Versailles, KY 40383
Not more than fifteen miles from Lexington, this facility offers fascinating glimpses of the rail era, along with displays of equipment and memorabilia. It also invites visitors to take a ride through the countryside on a vintage train. Pastoral scenery, complete with local flora and grazing livestock, greets passengers, who take the same route as...
Category: Museums - Lexington Attractions & Activities
Address: 4435 Old Frankfort Pike, Lexington, KY 40510
On what was once the family estate, George W. Headley III, an accomplished jewelry designer, instituted (with his wife, Barbara Whitney) this museum dedicated to decorative arts. Encompassing such well-designed but functional objects as ceramics, textiles, and furniture, decorative arts are intended to be utilitarian but have exceptional beauty....
International Museum of the Horse
Category: Museums - Lexington Attractions & Activities
Address: 4089 Iron Works Pkwy, Kentucky Horse Park, Lexington, KY 40511
Documenting the evolution of the horse, its longstanding relationship to humans, and its status in the modern world, this museum explores the equine in its many roles and incarnations. Art exhibits, photography shows, biological and historical explorations, riding paraphernalia, and an examination of multiple breeds constitute the bulk of the...
Nostalgia Station Toy Train Museum
Category: Museums - Lexington Attractions & Activities
Address: 279 Depot St, Versailles, KY 40383
If you're enamored of life in the good old days, this museum just ten miles west of town in Versailles will allow you to recapture a piece of the past, if just for a while. It offers a wealth of railroad-related items, including model trains, vintage toys, collectibles, and other goods from previous decades. The building itself was a train...
Category: Museums - Lexington Attractions & Activities
Address: 440 W Short St, Victorian Square, Lexington, KY 40507
Marked by a bright yellow awning and a boldly painted exterior, this children's museum is a fantastic place for young ones to explore. Its array of interactive exhibits teaches while it entertains, and it offers kids a better understanding of the world around them. Among the entities visitors can examine are light, space travel, dinosaurs, the...
University of Kentucky Art Museum
Category: Museums - Lexington Attractions & Activities
Address: corner of Rose and Euclid, Singletary Center for the Arts, Lexington, KY 40506
This university-affiliated museum provides "town and gown" communities with an opportunity to view a range of masterworks by well- and lesser-known artists from a variety of countries and times. The permanent collection includes pieces by Dόrer, Lichtenstein, Chuck Close, and Rembrandt in such genres as Abstract Expressionism and American...
University of Kentucky Basketball Museum
Category: Museums - Lexington Attractions & Activities
Address: 410 W Vine St, Lexington Civic Center, Lexington, KY 40507
Allegiance to the UK Wildcats runs rampant in this part of the country, and the Basketball Museum captures all the history and excitement associated with the local team. Multi-media exhibits allow visitors to become involved in the experience, from calling a game to taking on players via virtual reality. There's also trivia to test yourself with,...
W.S. Webb Museum of Anthropology
Category: Museums - Lexington Attractions & Activities
Address: 211 Lafferty Hall, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40506
Instituted in 1931, this university museum seeks to collect, categorize, and share the archaeological and ethnographic history of humans who inhabited Kentucky during the past 10,000 years. It houses thousands of collections and a wealth of artifacts that illuminate the lives of people who knew the now-state before its modern era. Especially...
