Kentucky Museum

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History museum, Art museum in Bowling Green, Kentucky

Kentucky Museum

Location| 1444 Kentucky St, Bowling Green, Kentucky
Coordinates| 36°59′20″N 86°27′15″W﻿ / ﻿36.9889°N 86.4543°W﻿ / 36.9889; -86.4543
Type| History museum, Art museum
Website| wku.edu/kentuckymuseum

The Kentucky Museum is a history, arts, and culture museum located at 1444 Kentucky Street, Bowling Green, Kentucky on the campus of Western Kentucky University. It includes 80,000 square feet of exhibit space.

Archaeology, art, clothing and textiles, furniture, glassware ceramics, quilts, toys and games are all permanent exhibits at the museum.

## Description

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### Permanent exhibits

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Permanent exhibits include the life of Duncan Hines, a look at the Civil War from a local perspective, a decorative arts gallery ranging from an Egyptian sarcophagus to 1970s macramé, plus a gallery of regional quilts. Changing galleries display a variety of themes, with community exhibitions, university-class designed and installed exhibitions, and some annual events, like the open art show. In addition, the 1815 Log House displays building techniques, furniture, tools, and clothing authentic to the 1810s time period. Hands-on programs for school classes and educational workshops for adults, lectures, and festivals are also regularly featured at the Kentucky Museum.

### Former exhibits

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Former exhibits include the Instruments of American Excellence (IAE) (September 2012 - May 12, 2018). The IAE collected the ordinary means by which Americans have achieved extraordinary things: the actual tools or instruments that have helped change the course of our nation's history. The IAE included items that belonged luminaries such as Madeleine Albright, Daniel Boone, Jimmy Carter, Tony Hawk, Roger Ingram, Helen Keller, and Liza Minnelli.

## External links

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* Kentucky Museum website
* Kentucky Tourism website
* Tools of Excellence in Bowling Green Daily News
* WKU to feature iconic American items in exhibit in WKU Herald
* Bowling Green Love Letter in Huffington Post
* Interview: Kentucky Museum exhibit at WHAS11.com

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Western Kentucky University

Located in: Bowling Green, Kentucky

Academics|

* Carol Martin Gatton Academy of Mathematics and Science in Kentucky

Athletics|

* Western Kentucky Hilltoppers
* Football
* Men's basketball
* Women's basketball
* Baseball
* Hilltopper Sports Network
* Hilltopper Sports Satellite Network
* Western Kentucky Big Red Marching Band
* Houchens Industries–L. T. Smith Stadium
* E. A. Diddle Arena
* Conference USA

Campus|

* College Heights Herald
* Henry Hardin Cherry Hall
* Kentucky Museum
* Van Meter Hall
* Western Kentucky University Heating Plant

Life|

* Big Red
* VAMPY
* WKU Public Radio
* WKYU-TV
* WWHR
* WKUE

People|

* List of Western Kentucky University people

* Founded: 1906
* Students: 21,048
* Endowment: 109.9 million

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U.S. state history museums

Northeast|

| New England|

* Museum of Connecticut History (Hartford)
* Maine State Museum (Augusta)
* Maine Historical Society Museum (Portland)
* Commonwealth Museum (Boston)
* Vermont History Museum (Montpelier)

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Mid-Atlantic|

* Delaware History Museum (Wilmington)
* City Museum of Washington, D.C. (Washington, D.C.)
* New Jersey State Museum (Trenton)
* New York State Museum (Albany)
* State Museum of Pennsylvania (Harrisburg)

Midwest|

| East North Central|

* Illinois State Museum (Springfield)
* Indiana State Museum (Indianapolis)
* Michigan History Museum (Lansing)
* Ohio History Center (Columbus)
* Wisconsin Historical Museum (Madison)

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West North Central|

* State Historical Museum of Iowa (Des Moines)
* Kansas Museum of History (Topeka)
* Minnesota History Center (Saint Paul)
* Missouri State Museum (Jefferson City)
* Missouri History Museum (St. Louis)
* Museum of Nebraska History (Lincoln)
* North Dakota Heritage Center (Bismarck)

South|

| South Atlantic|

* Museum of Florida History (Tallahassee)
* Virginia Historical Society (Richmond, Virginia)
* North Carolina Museum of History (Raleigh)
* South Carolina State Museum (Columbia)

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East South Central|

* Alabama Department of Archives and History (Montgomery)
* Kentucky Museum (Bowling Green)
* Thomas D. Clark Center for Kentucky History (Frankfort)
* Museum of Mississippi History (Jackson)
* Tennessee State Museum (Nashville)

West South Central|

* Historic Arkansas Museum (Little Rock)
* Louisiana State Museum (New Orleans)
* Louisiana History Museum (Alexandria)
* Oklahoma History Center (Oklahoma City)
* Bullock Texas State History Museum (Austin)

West|

| Mountain|

* Arizona State Museum (Tucson)
* History Colorado Center (Denver)
* Idaho History Center (Boise)
* Montana Historical Society Museum (Helena)
* Nevada State Museum (Las Vegas)
* Nevada State Museum (Carson City)
* New Mexico History Museum (Santa Fe)
* Wyoming State Museum (Cheyenne)

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Pacific|

* Alaska State Museum (Juneau)
* The California Museum (Sacramento)
* Oregon Historical Society Museum (Portland)
* Washington State History Museum (Tacoma)

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