Barren River Imaginative Museum of Science
I-65, exit 26. 1229 Center Street, Bowling Green - 270-843-9779
Open Thursday-Saturday 10AM-3PM, Sunday 1-4pm. Groups by appointment.
Visit a unique "hands-on" science museum and experience the force of a mini-tornado with the BRIMS Blaster! Have a hair-raising experience with the van de Graff Electrostatic Generator. Operate one of the largest interactive transportation exhibits in the country featuring HO gauge trains in a model railroad. Measure air flow with the new wind tunnel. Suspend your body with the help of Magic Mirrors. These and over 50 more exhibits await your visit.

Historic Railpark and Train Museum
I-65, exit 28 or exit 26. 401 Kentucky Street, Bowling Green - 270-745-7317
Open Tues-Sat 9AM-5PM, Sun 1-4PM. Closed Mondays October - March.
Take a step back in time as you explore a two-story interactive self-guided museum as you visit with former employees, listen to the sights and sounds of the railroad, enjoy a theater with old railroad movies, and experience the excitement of a the sHOw model railroad exhibit! A guided tour of vintage railcars takes you through a caboose, presidential office car, sleeper, diner and post office car. Then take home your favorite souvenir of your visit from our fabulous gift shop!

Kentucky Library & Museum
I-65, exit 26. 1906 College Heights Blvd, just off 68/80. Bowling Green
270-745-2592
Museum Galleries Open Monday-Saturday 9AM-4PM; Sunday 1-4PM
Library Open Monday-Friday 8:30AM-4:30pm, Saturday 9:30AM-4PM.
Closed on WKU holidays.
Learn about one of Kentucky's most famous personalities in the Recommended by Duncan Hines exhibit. Take a look at life during Civil War through the simulated scenes including a soldier's campsite, general store and slave cabin. View pictures, stories and artifacts of Kentucky soldiers, slaves, and civilians from this time of conflict. Tour the Felts 1800s log cabin. Visit the new Snell-Franklin Decorative Arts Gallery showcasing social culture in furniture, paintings and many decorative pieces dating from 1300 B.C. to late 1900s. Tours, camps, workshops, lectures, exhibit openings and special events are open to the public.

National Corvette Museum
I-65, exit 28. Bowling Green
270-781-7973 or (800) 53-VETTE
Open 8AM-5PM, 7 days a week year-round except Easter, Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day and New Year's Day.
The Museum offers over 115,000 sq. ft showcasing America's sports car and features over 80 Corvettes from the past, present and future along with many hands on exhibits! The newly expanded Museum exhibits rare classics, one-of-a-kind prototypes and educational displays that tell the story of Corvette! See the history of this legendary automobile colorfully unfold as you experience the thrill through a self guided tour - photography is welcome. Dine in the Corvette Café, shop in the Corvette Store and sit behind the wheel of a Corvette and register to drive one home.

Riverview at Hobson Grove
I-65, exit 28. 1100 W. Main Avenue, Bowling Green - 270-843-5565
Open Tuesday-Saturday 10AM-4PM, Sunday 1-4PM. Closed holidays and during January. Last tour starts at 3PM.
Built by Atwood and Juliet VanMeter Hobson on a hill overlooking the Barren River, Bowling Green's historic landmark has been restored to its original splendor. An official site on the Civil War Discovery Trail, as it was used for storage of Confederate munitions when the Rebel forces held Bowling Green, Riverview is an elegant interpretation of a prosperous Victorian home of the 1860 to 1890 period. Come experience the life of a 19th century family and their servants. Seasonal and holiday tours are offered throughout the year to highlight celebrations of the era. Gift Shop features Victorian items.

Dinosaur World
I-65, exit 53. Cave City - 270-773-4345
Over 100 life-size dinosaurs in an outdoor museum setting. Search for authentic fossils at the Fossil Dig, see the indoor Prehistoric Museum, unearth a life size dinosaur in the Boneyard, mingle with mammoths in Mammoth Gardens, watch dinosaurs at the Movie Cave and enjoy the picnic area, playground and more. This outdoor museum is also about families and schools, about having fun and learning about old pals, such as T-rex, Stegosaurus and Triceratops as well as new dinosaurs discovered in recent decades. Even the dog (on a leash) can enjoy the family fun.

Floyd Collins Museum
I-65, exit 53. Cave City - 270-773-3366
Follow the story of the entrapment of underground Explorer Floyd Collins, a legendary spelunker and Kentucky backwoods boy, in Sand Cave.

Mammoth Cave Wax Museum
I-65, exit 53. Cave City • 270-773-3010
Famous men and women from throughout history are immortalized in wax and presented in historically correct settings. Come face-to-face with history, learn remarkable facts about America’s early heroes and statesmen, see some of Hollywood’s greatest stars.

Mammoth Cave Wildlife Museum
I-65, exit 53. Cave City - 270-773-2255
Kentucky's first and largest Wildlife Museum with over 1,600 species of wildlife from all over the world. Unique museum features rustic cave-like atmosphere filled with beautiful, exotic animals and birds from around the world. An amazing, educational experience for the entire family.

African American Heritage Center
I-65, exit 2 or 6. 500 W. Jefferson St., Franklin - 270-598-9986
Open 9AM-6PM; Mon; 9AM-4PM Tues-Fri; closed 12-1PM daily
e-mail: africanamericanh@bellsouth.net
Historical artifacts, memorabilia, oral and written histories and other items relating to African Americans. Located in Franklin's Harristown National Register Historic District.

Octagon Hall Museum
I-65, exit 6. 6040 Bowling Green Road. Franklin - 270-586-9343
Open Wednesday-Saturday 8AM-3:30PM; Closed 11:30AM-1PM for lunch
See an architectural style unique to South Central Kentucky. This eight-sided house is rich with history and features Confederate Study Archive and Museum. Octagon Hall is now becoming known for paranormal activities.

Old Stone Jail
I-65, exit 2 and 6 N. College St. Franklin - 270-586-4228
Open Mon-Fri 9AM-4PM; Sat 10AM-2PM
Tours of the old jail and jailer's quarters, ca. 1830s, include graffiti drawn by Confederate prisoners, museum and archives. The archives contain historical and genealogical materials for the county and surrounding area.

South Central Kentucky Cultural Center
200 West Water, Glasgow - 270-651-9792
The Center, also known as the Museum of the Barrens, is dedicated to telling the story of the people, places and events that make up the geographic area known as the "Barrens" of south central Kentucky. Housed in the old Kentucky Pants Factory (circa 1928) near downtown Glasgow, visitors travel all the way back to 12,000 BC, view tools and firearms, log cabins, and a gristmill from the mid-1800's. Other attractions include an extensive military exhibit starting with the Civil War, a doll collection, a one-room schoolhouse, Victorian parlor and a town square as it looked at the turn of the century. An extensive genealogical library is also maintained at the Center.

American Cave Museum and Hidden River Cave
I-65 exit 58. - 270-786-1466
At Hidden River Cave and the American Cave Museum, you will discover the mysteries of the underground worlds of caves and caverns. The museum is a state-of-the-art showcase of underground and natural history, featuring dioramas and interpretive exhibits of cave history and groundwater dynamics. The American Cave Museum is the largest museum in the world dedicated to caves! Coupled with Hidden River Cave right out the back door, this is the best opportunity to learn about these natural wonders.

Heritage Arts Center
I-65 exit 58, 2 miles east, Historic Downtown Horse Cave - 270-786-4502
Heritage Arts Center offers a fine art gallery and studio, folk art gallery, photography and digital arts, art classes for kids and adults, art shows and contests. You can create your own edible work of art onsite at Gallery Donuts.

Green River Museum
Woodbury - 270-526-6921
Visitors are afforded the opportunity to view photographs, documents and other artifacts from the colorful riverboat era in Butler County.

American Cave Museum and Hidden River Cave
I-65 exit 58. - 270-786-1466
At Hidden River Cave and the American Cave Museum, you will discover the mysteries of the underground worlds of caves and caverns. The museum is a state-of-the-art showcase of underground and natural history, featuring dioramas and interpretive exhibits of cave history and groundwater dynamics. The American Cave Museum is the largest museum in the world dedicated to caves! Coupled with Hidden River Cave right out the back door, this is the best opportunity to learn about these natural wonders.

Hart County Historical Museum
I-65, exit 65, 109 Main Street - 270-524-0101
Open Mon-Fri 9AM-4PM, Sat 8AM-4PM.
The history Munfordville and its county involves much more than the Civil War.
Exhibits and collections of historical artifacts and records are housed in the old Chaplin Building on Main Street, two doors down from the Munfordville Welcome Center. The Museum also houses the Mary Willia Bransetter Genealogical Library, one of the area's most comprehensive collections of archives and genealogical materials. The museum store offers books, apparel, and many other history-related items for all ages.

1817 Saddle Factory Museum
Russellville - 270-726-4181 - Call for hours.
The 1817 Saddle Factory Museum owned and operated by Historic Russellville, Inc. is a four-story brick building that may be Kentucky's oldest industrial building. Exhibits include early saddles and leather goods which demonstrate the use of natural resources to produce goods which were sold regionally and as far away as New Orleans. One focus of the Museum is the indentured servants who provided much of the skilled labor and who lived on-site. The fourth-floor living quarters are available for touring and display preserved pre-1835 writings on the walls. Other exhibits include the original fish weather vane from Logan County's 1820 Courthouse on which three bullet holes are easily seen, photographs and artifcacts from Russellville's rich educational heritage, and the works of local artist Roberta McClean (1882 - 1975).

Also on the property are the Alice Dunnigan Museum and the Cooksey House Museum. Both buildings are filled with artifacts from the slavery era before and during the Civil War era. They are staged to show the difficulties faced by the slaves.

Auburn Museum
Auburn (located just a few blocks west of the center of town on the old 68/80) - 270-542-4677 - Open 1-4:30PM Mon-Fry; by appointment on Sat-Sun
The museum is now open on a regular basis to serve the public, with over 1,000 artifacts on display. This little museum is available for school tours in the archives area as well as on the grounds of the living history area. Children are fascinated by the two cell jail house and the one room school house.Download pdf brochure here.

Bibb House
183 W. 8th Street, Russellville - 270-726-4181 - Call for hours.
Historic Russellville, Inc. maintains the Bibb House, a House Museum built in 1820 as the townhouse of Revolutionary War Major Richard Bibb, Revolutionary War officer and abolitionist, who freed twenty-nine of his slaves in 1829 and paid for their passage to Liberia and who then provided for the liberation of his remaining slaves by his will at his death in 1839. The Palladian style home is an excellent example of the fine, early architecture of Kentucky and is furnished with perios antiques. It demonstrates the lifestyle and customs of the landed gentry who migrated to Kentucky.

Red River Meeting House and Cemetery
10 miles south of Russellville (take Hwy. 431 south 9.7 mi. turn left on Hwy. 663 go 3.0 mi. to the Meeting House); Directions from Adairville, Ky. - (town square) - take Hwy. 431 north 2.7 mi. turn right onto Hwy. 663 go 3.0 mi. to the Meeting House
270-726-2206 or 270-539-6528
Perhaps the most historic site in Logan County, the place where the Second Awakening, a revival of religious faith, occurred in 1800. Download pdf brochure here.

Schochoh Rosenwald One-Room
School House Museum
Russellville-Logan County High School Campus,
US 68 / KY 80
270-726-2206 • Open by appointment.
Built in 1929, the building houses a display of educational progress from 1792 through the closing of the last rural school in the county.

Shaker Museum at South Union
850 Shaker Museum Road, Just off US 68/KY 80, Auburn - 800-0811-8379
March through November, Monday-Saturday 9am-5pm, Sunday 1-5PM
December through February, Tuesday-Saturday 10AM-4PM, Closed Sunday and Monday.
Closed Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Eve & Day, New Year's Eve & Day.
A short drive west of Bowling Green takes you to the historic site of the South Union Shaker Village. The Shaker society, an innovative, hard-working religious group, was established in 1807 and closed in 1922. The village site is now on the National Register of Historic Places. The museum is filled with original furniture, crafts, textiles and manuscripts. Nearby Shaker Tavern, built in 1869, provides bed and breakfast accommodations. Dowload brochure here.

Old Mulkey Meeting House State Historic Site
270-487-8481
Two miles south of Tompkinsville on KY 1446
The oldest log church west of the Alleghenies. Daniel Boone's sister, Hannah Boone Pennington, and several Revolutionary War veterans are buried in the church cemetery. First available church records are dated 1798, but tradition claims the church was established much earlier. The park offers a peaceful setting for a journey into the past with the uniquely shaped rustic log building and pioneer graveyard. Visitors will also find tranquil picnic areas and a gift shop featuring traditional arts and crafts.

Mt. Vernon Church
Located 1.5 miles from Gamaliel on KY 100, this ancient log building once served as both a church and school building for the African-American community of Freetown. It was built before the Civil War by the freed slaves of William Howard.