Visiting Kentucky Museums For Free
Museums are an incredible resource for family fun and life-long learning. When you can visit and explore for free it is even better! Below is a list of museums you should definitely put on your Kentucky bucket list.
Smithsonian Magazine Museum Day: September 22, 2018
Annually on ONE DAY in September you can get free admission to certain museums thanks to Smithsonian Magazine Museum Day!
Visit this website to get two free tickets to a participating museum.
Share your experiences on Instagram and Twitter on the hashtags #MuseumDay #WomenMakingHistory
Here are the museums participating in 2018:
Kentucky Museum, Bowling Green
Dr. Thomas Walker State Historic Site, Barbourville
International Museum of the Horse, Lexington
Behringer-Crawford Museum, Covington
Perryville Battlefield State Historic Site, Perryville
Janice Mason Art Museum, Cadiz
The Abraham Lincoln Library and Museum, Harrogate, Tennesse (just across the border)
Kentucky Science Center, Louisville
Ben E. Clement Mineral Museum, Marion
The Aviation Museum of Kentucky, Lexington
McCreary County Museum, Stearns
Adsmore Museum, Princeton
Year round, these museums offer free admission:
Kentucky Artisan Center, Berea
The Brown – Pusey House, Elizabethtown
The General George Patton Museum, Fort Knox
The State Capitol Building, Frankfort
Capital City Museum, Frankfort
Old Fort Harrod, Harrodsburg
Abraham Lincoln’s Birthplace, Hodgenville
Jeffersontown Historical Museum, Jeffersontown
The Art Museum at The University of Kentucky, Lexington
Speed Museum, Louisville – Sundays the Museum is Free
KMAC Museum, Louisville
21C Museum, Louisville
Kentucky Folk Art Center – Morehead State University, Morehead
Bittersweet Cabin Village, Renfro Valley
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