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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,...
Category: Parks & Attractions - Lexington Attractions & Activities
Address: corner of Main and Midland Sts, Lexington, KY 40507
A tribute to Lexington's horse industry, this small park features a multi-jetted fountain at the base of a dry-stacked stone wall. In front of it, seven life-sized bronze statues of jockeys astride racing horses rush towards an imaginary finish line. Behind the fountain, on a lush berm, stand grazing bronze horses and...
Category: Parks & Attractions - Lexington Attractions & Activities
Address: N Broadway and Main, Lexington, KY 40507
Yes, it actually is a triangle, although the geometry is probably not impeccable. Still, this downtown park offers a nice bit of green in the city and is just steps away from Rupp Arena and Victorian Square. Designed by landscape architect Robert Zion, Triangle is easily recognizable, thanks to its curving, stepped...
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 Dürer, Lichtenstein, Chuck Close, and Rembrandt in such genres as Abstract...
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...
Boone Station State Historic Site
Category: Historic Sites - Lexington Attractions & Activities
Address: 240 Gentry Rd, Lexington, KY 40509
In the late 18th century, Daniel Boone and his family settled this site, where they lived for three years. Legal issues regarding the validity of the claim forced the clan to move, but five relatives were buried here nevertheless, several of them victims of battle and Indian tensions. Today, the site features an open...
Category: Historic Sites - Lexington Attractions & Activities
Address: 578 W Main St, Lexington, KY 40507
This elegantly proportioned brick home was built in the late Georgian style at the turn of the 19th century. Initially an inn, it was sold in 1831 to Robert Todd, Mary's father and a prominent Lexington businessman, and he, with his second wife and children, moved to the 14-room structure in 1832. Mary lived there...
Category: Historic Sites - Lexington Attractions & Activities
Address: 833 W Main St, Lexington, KY 40508
Although nominally a cemetery, this beautiful plot of land is heavy with blooming shrubs, stately trees, and lush plantings. Instituted in the mid-19th century, the area also contains the gravesites of some of Lexington's – and Kentucky's – more famous residents. A beautiful, Romanesque gatehouse, several lakes, and...
Category: Lexington Attractions & Activities
Address: 5886 Jacks Creek Pike, Lexington, KY 40515
On land once used for farming and milling, this nature sanctuary now hosts a variety of wildlife and plant species. Spread across 470 acres, the preserve offers everything from hiking trails to creeks, geological formations, and the built remains of human habitation. Recreational activities aren't permitted, aside...
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...
