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MUSEUMS
A good place to start your museum tour is the Kentucky
Derby Museum, 704 Central Ave, 502-637-1111. As you wander
through its three floors, you'll find computerized hands on displays,
artifacts, memorabilia, and fine art plus get to set through
a great 360-degree audio- visual presentation. By the time you
leave you'll know about famous stables, great trainers, and what
makes a horse a winner. If you want an even more in-depth view
of the racing world you'll want to sign up for one of their tours.
Taking the Barn and Backside Tour will give you a chance to see
the racehorses in their stalls, in training, and if you are lucky
having a bath. While the Behind the Scenes Tour will give you
a chance to view the Jockeys' Quarters, Millionaires' Row, the
Press Box, and other parts of the Churchill Down's clubhouse.
Can't decide which tour would be more fun? Don't worry, they
will make you a special discounted deal if you take both.
Art lovers will want to make a stop at the Speed
Art Museum, 2035 South Third St., 502-634-2700. Here you'll
find the contents of a Roman burial chamber, paintings, sculptures,
tapestries and decorative arts, some pieces as old as 6,000 years.
Another museum you will not want to miss while in town is the Kentucky Museum of Art
and Craft, 715 W Main, 502-589-0102. A visit here will not
only give you a chance to view exhibits of the works of local
artist but also their amazing museum store gives you a chance
to claim the works of over 200 artist for your very own collection.
At the Louisville Science Center, 727 W Main St., 502-561-6100,
you'll find an Apollo space capsule, four story IMAX theater,
and lots of neat hands-on exhibits that make science fun. While
history lovers will want to spend their museum time at the Frazier International History
Museum, 829 W Main St, 502-753-5663 where they will enjoy
exhibits like Britian's Royal Armouries, Daniel Boone's family
bible, and General George Armstrong Custer's ivory-handled pistols.
A visit to the Muhammad
Ali Center, 14 North Sixth St, 502-584-9254, will give you
a chance to learn more about this amazing athlete. Touring the
Center you'll get to read some of his poetry, watch an orientation
film, measure your boxing skills at the Train with Ali exhibit,
view personal items like his boxing robes, and take some goodies
home from their museum store.
For another fun sports related museum head to the Louisville
Slugger Museum & Factory, 800 W Main St, 877-775-8443.
Visiting here will give you a chance to not only to tour the
factory but also enjoy their neat museum with exhiibits like
the one that lets you hold bats used by past and present superstars
or the one highlighting one of the actual bats Babe Ruth used
during his famous 1927 60-home run season.
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A good place to start your museum tour is the Kentucky Derby Museum, 704 Central Ave, 502-637-1111. As you wander through its three floors, you'll find computerized hands on displays, artifacts, memorabilia, and fine art plus get to set through a great 360-degree audio- visual presentation. By the time you leave you'll know about famous stables, great trainers, and what makes a horse a winner. If you want an even more in-depth view of the racing world you'll want to sign up for one of their tours. Taking the Barn and Backside Tour will give you a chance to see the racehorses in their stalls, in training, and if you are lucky having a bath. While the Behind the Scenes Tour will give you a chance to view the Jockeys' Quarters, Millionaires' Row, the Press Box, and other parts of the Churchill Down's clubhouse. Can't decide which tour would be more fun? Don't worry, they will make you a special discounted deal if you take both. Art lovers will want to make a stop at the Speed Art Museum, 2035 South Third St., 502-634-2700. Here you'll find the contents of a Roman burial chamber, paintings, sculptures, tapestries and decorative arts, some pieces as old as 6,000 years. Another museum you will not want to miss while in town is the Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft, 715 W Main, 502-589-0102. A visit here will not only give you a chance to view exhibits of the works of local artist but also their amazing museum store gives you a chance to claim the works of over 200 artist for your very own collection. At the Louisville Science Center, 727 W Main St., 502-561-6100, you'll find an Apollo space capsule, four story IMAX theater, and lots of neat hands-on exhibits that make science fun. While history lovers will want to spend their museum time at the Frazier International History Museum, 829 W Main St, 502-753-5663 where they will enjoy exhibits like Britian's Royal Armouries, Daniel Boone's family bible, and General George Armstrong Custer's ivory-handled pistols. A visit to the Muhammad Ali Center, 14 North Sixth St, 502-584-9254, will give you a chance to learn more about this amazing athlete. Touring the Center you'll get to read some of his poetry, watch an orientation film, measure your boxing skills at the Train with Ali exhibit, view personal items like his boxing robes, and take some goodies home from their museum store. For another fun sports related museum head to the Louisville
Slugger Museum & Factory, 800 W Main St, 877-775-8443.
Visiting here will give you a chance to not only to tour the
factory but also enjoy their neat museum with exhiibits like
the one that lets you hold bats used by past and present superstars
or the one highlighting one of the actual bats Babe Ruth used
during his famous 1927 60-home run season. |