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    Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft

    • Type: Art Museums, Museums
    • Neighborhood: Downtown
    5

    based on 2 TripAdvisor Traveler Reviews

    A unique collection of arts and crafts handmade exclusively by Kentucky artists. The 12 annual exhibitions...  Read more »

     
     
  • 2

    Kentucky Derby Museum

    • Type: History Museums, Museums
    • Neighborhood: Downtown
    5

    based on 150 TripAdvisor Traveler Reviews

    Climb onto a model horse and pretend to be a jockey in the starting gate; watch lifesized videos of what it's like to be in front of the riders.

     
     
  • 3

    Museum of the American Printing House for the Blind

    • Type: History Museums, Museums
    • Neighborhood: Butchertown
    5

    based on 7 TripAdvisor Traveler Reviews

    This museum presents a rare collection of artifacts related to both the educational history of the blind...  Read more »

     
     
  • 4

    Filson Museum

    • Type: Art Museums, History Museums, Libraries / Archives, Museums
    • Neighborhood: Downtown

    Founded in 1884 for the purpose of collecting, preserving, and publishing historical material —...  Read more »

     
     
  • 5

    Louisville Science Center

    • Type: Family Friendly, IMAX Theaters, Museums, Science Museums
    • Neighborhood: Downtown
    4

    based on 39 TripAdvisor Traveler Reviews

    The Louisville Science Center strives to bring out the scientist in you via exhibits, programs and IMAX®...  Read more »

     
     
  • 6

    Speed Art Museum

    • Type: Art Museums, Children's Museums, Museums
    • Neighborhood: Downtown
    5

    based on 18 TripAdvisor Traveler Reviews

    Kentucky's largest art museum was instituted in 1927 and occupies, with later additions, a limestone, Greek...  Read more »

     
     
  • 7

    Colonel Sanders Museum

    • Type: Museums
    • Neighborhood: Downtown

    Considered a "mini-museum," this display pays tribute to the man behind the lip-smackin', finger-lickin'...  Read more »

     
     
  • 8

    Jim Beam American Outpost and Distillery Museum

    • Type: Breweries and Distilleries, History Museums, Museums, Tours and Excursions
    4

    based on 46 TripAdvisor Traveler Reviews

    Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, this museum chronicles the history of the company's...  Read more »

     
     
  • 9

    Louisville Slugger Museum

    • Type: History Museums, Museums
    • Neighborhood: Downtown
    5

    based on 259 TripAdvisor Traveler Reviews

    A fascinating glimpse at an American classic. The company's 114-year history parallels the history of...  Read more »

     
     
  • 10

    Thomas Merton Center

    • Type: History Museums, Libraries / Archives, Museums
    • Neighborhood: Highlands

    Thomas Merton was a prolific 20th-century author and Trappist monk of the Cistercian Abbey of Gethsemane in...  Read more »

     
     

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