10 Best Museums in Louisville, KY
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1Jim Beam American Outpost and Distillery Museum
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, this museum chronicles the history of the company's... Read more »
2- Type: Family Friendly, IMAX Theaters, Museums, Science Museums
- Neighborhood: Downtown
The Louisville Science Center strives to bring out the scientist in you via exhibits, programs and IMAX®... Read more »
3- Type: Art Museums, Children's Museums, Museums
- Neighborhood: Downtown
Kentucky's largest art museum was instituted in 1927 and occupies, with later additions, a limestone, Greek... Read more »
4Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft
- Type: Art Museums, Museums
- Neighborhood: Downtown
A unique collection of arts and crafts handmade exclusively by Kentucky artists. The 12 annual exhibitions... Read more »
5- Type: History Museums, Museums
- Neighborhood: Downtown
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.
6- Type: Museums
- Neighborhood: Downtown
Considered a "mini-museum," this display pays tribute to the man behind the lip-smackin', finger-lickin'... Read more »
7Museum of the American Printing House for the Blind
- Type: History Museums, Museums
- Neighborhood: Butchertown
This museum presents a rare collection of artifacts related to both the educational history of the blind... Read more »
8- Type: History Museums, Museums
- Neighborhood: Downtown
A fascinating glimpse at an American classic. The company's 114-year history parallels the history of... Read more »
9- 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 »
10- 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 »
