This is a list of visitor attractions and annual events in the

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Annual festivals and other events

Spring

Abbey Road on the River Abbey Road on the River (AROTR) is a five-day, multi-staged music festival which was initially created to honor the music and spirit of the Beatles. The festival took place in Louisville, Kentucky over Memorial Day weekend but moved across the Ohi ...

, a salute to

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with many bands, held

Memorial Day Memorial Day (originally known as Decoration Day) is a federal holiday in the United States for mourning the U.S. military personnel who have fought and died while serving in the United States armed forces. It is observed on the last Monda ...

weekend in Louisville 2005–2016, but moved across the river to

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in 2017 * Cherokee Triangle Art Fair, held the weekend before the

Kentucky Derby The Kentucky Derby is a horse race held annually in Louisville, Kentucky, United States, almost always on the first Saturday in May, capping the two-week-long Kentucky Derby Festival. The competition is a Grade I stakes race for three-year ...

* ConGlomeration, a

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held in April * Festival of Faiths, a five-day national

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gathering featuring music, poetry, film, art and dialogue with internationally renowned spiritual leaders, thinkers and practitioners, held at Actors Theatre of Louisville in May * Highland Renaissance Festival in Eminence, festivities that reproduce aspects of Scottish life during the

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, along with highland games, held from late May through early July * Hillbilly Outfield: Kentucky Derby party ( Middletown), held in early May to coincide with the Kentucky Derby *

Humana Festival of New American Plays Humana Festival of New American Plays is an internationally renowned festival that celebrates the contemporary American playwright. Produced annually in Louisville, Kentucky by Actors Theatre of Louisville, this festival showcases new theatrica ...

, held in the spring *

Kentucky Derby Festival The Kentucky Derby Festival is an annual festival held in Louisville, Kentucky, during the two weeks preceding the first Saturday in May, the day of the Kentucky Derby. The festival, Kentucky's largest single annual event, first ran from 1935 to ...

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's largest single annual event; includes

Thunder Over Louisville Thunder Over Louisville, the annual kickoff event of the Kentucky Derby Festival, is an airshow and fireworks display in Louisville, Kentucky. It is generally held each April, about two weeks before the first Saturday in May, or Derby Day. In ye ...

Great Steamboat Race The Great Steamboat Race is an annual steamboat race, taking place the Wednesday before the first Saturday of May, three days before the Kentucky Derby, as part of the Kentucky Derby Festival. The race was first run in 1963 and it takes place on ...

, Great Balloon Race, Pegasus Parade and the

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/ miniMarathon, and is held for two weeks from late April through early May, leading up to the

Kentucky Oaks The Kentucky Oaks is a Graded stakes race, Grade I stakes race for three-year-old Thoroughbred Filly, fillies staged annually in Louisville, Kentucky, United States. The race currently covers at Churchill Downs; the horses carry . The Kentucky O ...

and Kentucky Derby thoroughbred races * Kentucky Reggae Festival, held Memorial Day weekend * Machine Gun Shoot, the first of two events for machine gun enthusiasts held at Knob Creek Gun Range in Bullitt County; usually on the second weekend of April * Starlight Strawberry Festival (

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), held during

weekend *

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, held Wednesday through Saturday in the week of the Kentucky Derby (2015–17) *

WHAS Crusade for Children The WHAS Crusade for Children is an annual telethon broadcast by WHAS-TV and WHAS (AM) Radio in Louisville, Kentucky. The telethon benefits a wide range of children's charities throughout Kentucky and southern Indiana. The Crusade was begun in 19 ...

, fundraiser held over the first weekend in June

Summer

* Jane Austen Festival, a three-day event and the largest

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event in North America, held on the third weekend of July at Locust Grove * Derby City Comic Con, held in late June * Fandom Fest Comic Expo, held in mid-summer *

Forecastle Festival The Forecastle Festival is a three-day music, art, activism festival held annually in Louisville, Kentucky. The festival was founded in 2002 as a small gathering of local musicians in Tyler Park, Louisville, Tyler Park, and steadily grew into a na ...

, a three-day nationally renowned music, art and environmental activism festival, held in July *

Fright Night Film Fest Fright Night Film Fest, also known as Louisville Fright Night Film Fest, is an annual horror film festival in Louisville, Kentucky. The festival was first founded in 2005 by Ken Daniels and is typically held in July at the Galt House, which is fa ...

, typically held in July *

Jeffersontown Gaslight Festival The Gaslight Festival is an annual festival held in Jeffersontown, Kentucky. It takes place the 3rd Weekend of September and the week prior and is considered the unofficial start to fall in Louisville. History In 1966 the Jeffersontown Restoration ...

( Jeffersontown), held in September * Kentucky

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Weekend, held in August *

Kentucky Bourbon Festival The Kentucky Bourbon Festival is a weeklong activity consisting of more than thirty events in Bardstown, Kentucky, United States, dedicated to celebrating the history and art of distilling bourbon whiskey. The organizers of the festival promot ...

( Bardstown), held in September *

Kentucky Shakespeare Festival Kentucky Shakespeare Festival is a non-profit, professional theatre company in Louisville, Kentucky that produces and performs the works of William Shakespeare. The main productions offered are the annual summer series of plays presented free to t ...

(commonly called "Shakespeare in Central Park"), with the main productions being a series of plays presented free to the public at

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during the summer *

Kentucky State Fair The Kentucky State Fair is the official state fair of Kentucky which takes place at the Kentucky Exposition Center in Louisville, Kentucky, Louisville. More than 600,000 fairgoers fill the of indoor and outdoor exhibits; activities include sampli ...

, Kentucky's official state fair, which runs for 11 days at the

Kentucky Exposition Center The Kentucky Exposition Center (KEC), is a large multi-use facility in Louisville, Kentucky, United States. Originally built in 1956. It is overseen by the Kentucky Venues and is the sixth largest facility of its type in the U.S., with of indoor ...

; includes amusements, exhibits, competitions, concerts and the

World's Championship Horse Show The World's Championship Horse Show, held at the Kentucky Exposition Center, Kentucky State Fairgrounds in Louisville, Kentucky, in Freedom Hall, is a large horse show that includes the American Saddlebred, Hackney pony, Dutch Harness Horse, and ...

, ends on the last Sunday of August * Kentuckiana Pride Festival, series of events in June (around start of summer) in support of

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and

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Lebowski Fest Lebowski Fest is an annual festival that began in 2002 in Louisville, Kentucky, celebrating the 1998 cult film ''The Big Lebowski'' by Joel Coen and Ethan Coen. In addition to its home city of Louisville, Lebowski Fest has been held in Louisvill ...

, held in July * Louisville Zombie Attack, where thousands of locals dressed and made up as

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s walk down Bardstown Road to a set location; annual event traditionally held on August 29 at 8:29 pm, but now held on the last Saturday in August at the same clock time * Oktoberfest, held in September (late summer) * St. Joseph Orphans Picnic, held the second Saturday in August * Steamboat Days (

), three-day festival held in early September * Street Rod Nationals, held from Thursday to Sunday in the first full week of August * WorldFest, a four-day international festival, held on

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weekend

Fall

* Asylum Haunted Scream Park, the subject of the documentary '' Monsters Wanted'', this is five haunted attractions in one location; held from mid-September through Halloween *

Cropped Out Cropped Out is an annual multi-venue music festival held in Louisville, Kentucky, co-founded in 2010 by Ryan Davis and James Ardery. According to the festival's website, "Cropped Out aims to celebrate a select fistful of contemporary musicians, a ...

, a multi-venue music festival, held in early fall *

Danger Run The Danger Run is a Halloween driving game played in a car. Since its founding in 1994 in Louisville, Kentucky, it is an "interactive Halloween attraction where drivers are given a list of clues to get them from one haunted spot to another." The s ...

, from the end of September through the end of October * Farmington Harvest Festival, held the second Sunday in October at

Farmington Historic Plantation Farmington, an historic site in Louisville, Kentucky, was once the center of a hemp plantation owned by John and Lucy Speed. The 14-room, Federal-style brick plantation house was possibly based on a design by Thomas Jefferson and has several Jeffe ...

* Garvin Gate Blues Festival, held in Old Louisville in October * IdeaFestival, a three-day conference that seeks to engage attendees with innovative thinking, held in early fall * Light Up Louisville & 40 Nights of Lights, begins the day after Thanksgiving * Machine Gun Shoot, Knob Creek Range's second

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-centric event of the year, typically held on the second weekend of October * National FFA Organization Convention & Expo, previously held in Indianapolis, Indiana, was moved to Louisville again in 2013 after a 14-year absence, held in late October/early November *

North American International Livestock Exposition North American International Livestock Exposition (NAILE) is a livestock show held each November in Louisville, Kentucky and lasts for two weeks. It is billed as the "world's largest all-breed, purebred livestock exposition", with nine major livesto ...

, held in November * Spirit Ball, a Victorian-inspired masquerade ball held annually the Saturday before Halloween at the Conrad-Caldwell House on St. James Court *

St. James Court Art Show The St. James Court Art Show, colloquially called the St. James Art Fair, or just St. James, is a popular free public outdoor annual arts and crafts show held since 1957 in the Old Louisville neighborhood of Louisville, Kentucky, in the St. Jame ...

, one of the top-ranked shows of its kind in the country; held in Old Louisville the first weekend of October * The World's Largest Halloween Party,

Louisville Zoo The Louisville Zoological Gardens, commonly known as the Louisville Zoo, is a zoo in Louisville, Kentucky, situated in the city's Poplar Level neighborhood. Founded in 1969, the "State Zoo of Kentucky" currently exhibits over 1,700 animals in na ...

, held 14 nights in October *Big Four Bridge Arts Festival, held on the first weekend after labor day.

Winter

* Carl Casper's Custom Auto Show, held in February at the

* Kosair Shrine Circus, held in February * Louisville Boat, RV & Sportshow, held in January *

National Farm Machinery Show The National Farm Machinery Show is an agricultural machinery exposition held annually in February indoors at the Kentucky Exposition Center in Louisville, Kentucky, United States. Attendance exceeds 300,000 people, with 800 exhibitors in display ...

, held in February

Distinctive locales

Louisville Metro

* East Market District (NuLu), featuring many art galleries and restaurants, prominently featured in the monthly First Friday Hop * The Highlands area, which features: ** Distinctive shops, restaurants and nightlife along Baxter Avenue and

Bardstown Road Bardstown Road is a major road in Louisville, Kentucky. It is known as "Restaurant Row". It carries U.S. Route 31E and U.S. Route 150, from the intersection of Baxter Avenue (US 31E) and Broadway (US 150), southeast throug ...

Cherokee Triangle The Cherokee Triangle is a historic neighborhood in Louisville, Kentucky, USA, known for its large homes displaying an eclectic mix of architectural styles. Its boundaries are Bardstown Road to the southwest, Cherokee Park and Eastern Parkway t ...

and

Original Highlands The Original Highlands is a historic neighborhood in the Highlands area of Louisville, Kentucky, United States. History The neighborhood was built on land surveyed in 1774 and granted to Colonial William Preston, surveyor of Fincastle County, V ...

historic neighborhoods * Frankfort Avenue, including the

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and Crescent Hill neighborhoods—another area with distinctive shops and restaurants * Louisville Urban Bourbon Trail * Old Louisville, the third largest

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district in the U.S., which features: ** the highest number of buildings of

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in a U.S. neighborhood ** Louisville's Central Park ** St. James Court, famous for the annual

* The West Main District of

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, including "Museum Row" and featuring some of the oldest structures in the city

Southern Indiana

Corydon Historic District The Corydon Historic District is a national historic district located in Corydon, Indiana, United States. The town of Corydon is also known as Indiana's First State Capital and as Historic Corydon. The district was added to the National Register ...

* Mansion Row Historic District ( New Albany) * New Albany Downtown Historic District *

Old Jeffersonville Historic District The Old Jeffersonville Historic District is located in Jeffersonville, Indiana, United States. It marks the original boundaries of Jeffersonville, and is the heart of modern-day downtown Jeffersonville. It was placed on the National Register ...

Historic properties

* Basilica of St. Joseph Proto-Cathedral ( Bardstown), the first

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cathedral west of the Appalachian Mountains * ''

Belle of Louisville ''Belle of Louisville'' is a steamboat owned and operated by the city of Louisville, Kentucky, and moored at its downtown wharf next to the Riverfront Plaza/Belvedere during its annual operational period. The steamboat claims itself the "most wi ...

'', the oldest

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-style

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in operation on the inland waterways of the U.S. (built 1914–1915 in

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for service in

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as the ''Idlewild'', renamed ''Avalon'' in 1948, purchased by Jefferson County and renamed ''Belle of Louisville'' in 1962) *

Bray Place The Bray Place in Louisville, Kentucky refers to the early farmstead and home built in 1796 by Major Samuel E. Bray and his wife, Nancy Lyle Bray from Virginia. The was granted by Thomas Jefferson (through William Fleming) to Bray as paymen ...

, the land and 1796 home, now called the Bashford Manor Bed and Breakfast, one of the oldest houses in Kentucky * The Brennan House * Brown Hotel, where the

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was invented * Cathedral of the Assumption * Colgate Clock (

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), the fourth largest clock in the United States * Colonial Gardens, a local landmark in the

Kenwood Hill Kenwood Hill is a hill and neighborhood on the south side of Louisville, Kentucky, United States. Its boundaries are New Cut Road, Kenwood Drive, Southside Drive and Palatka Road. The hill, earlier known as ''Sunshine Hill'' and then ''Cox's Knob'' ...

neighborhood, now undergoing redevelopment * Conrad-Caldwell House *

Crescent Hill Reservoir Crescent Hill Reservoir is a historic site in Crescent Hill, Louisville, Kentucky. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Historic tours and walks have been hosted at the site and it is a popular area for walkers and runners. It ...

* Culbertson Mansion State Historic Site (

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), most noted for its annual

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located in the mansion's carriage barn *

, including the

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-designed home of the Speed family, visited by

Abraham Lincoln Abraham Lincoln ( ; February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865) was an American lawyer, politician, and statesman who served as the 16th president of the United States from 1861 until his assassination in 1865. Lincoln led the nation thro ...

The Filson Historical Society The Filson Historical Society, founded in 1884, is a privately supported historical society located at 1310 South 3rd Street in Louisville, Kentucky. The Filson is an organization dedicated to providing continuing adult education in the form of qua ...

, a historical society and research library housed in the Ferguson Mansion, a Beaux-Arts style mansion built in 1906 *

Fort Duffield Fort Duffield is a Union American Civil War fort located outside West Point, Kentucky. It saw use in 1862, and was abandoned when it appeared that the war would never come near the fort. Ironically, John Hunt Morgan would in 1863 lead his Raiders ...

, a

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fort *

Fort Knox Fort Knox is a United States Army installation in Kentucky, south of Louisville and north of Elizabethtown. It is adjacent to the United States Bullion Depository, which is used to house a large portion of the United States' official gold res ...

, including the U.S. Bullion Depository and

General George Patton Museum of Leadership The General George Patton Museum of Leadership is a publicly accessible museum on Fort Knox, Kentucky, dedicated to the memory and life lessons of General George S. Patton, Jr., and the continuing education of Junior Army leaders in the U.S ...

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, Hardin and Meade Counties) *

Fort Nelson Park Fort Nelson, built in 1781 by troops under George Rogers Clark including Captain Richard Chenoweth, was the second on-shore fort on the Ohio River in the area of what is now downtown Louisville, downtown Louisville, Kentucky. Fort-on-Shore, the do ...

, located in the same spot as the second on-shore fort in Kentucky *

Historic Locust Grove Historic Locust Grove is a 55-acre 18th-century farm site and National Historic Landmark situated in eastern Jefferson County, Kentucky in what is now Louisville. The site is owned by the Louisville Metro government, and operated as a historic int ...

farm, home of George Rogers Clark and site of the homecoming of

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* Hogan's Fountain Pavilion, a large gazebo and picnic shelter of mid-century modern architecture located in Cherokee Park *

Little Loomhouse The Little Loomhouse is a place on the National Register of Historic Places in the Kenwood Hill neighborhood on the south side of Louisville, Kentucky. It consists of three cabins constructed between 1870 and 1896: Esta Cabin, Tophouse, and Wist ...

Louisville Stoneware Louisville Stoneware, previously known as Louisville Pottery, is located in the Highlands section of Louisville, Kentucky. Founded in 1815, making it one of the oldest stoneware companies in the United States, it creates fanciful stoneware that i ...

, making pottery since 1815 *

My Old Kentucky Home State Park My Old Kentucky Home State Park is a List of Kentucky state parks, state park located in Bardstown, Kentucky, United States. The park's centerpiece is Federal Hill, a former plantation home owned by United States Senator John Rowan (politician), ...

(Bardstown), featuring the Federal Hill mansion (inspiration for

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'') and '' Stephen Foster - The Musical'' * Peterson-Dumesnil House * Riverside, The Farnsley-Moremen Landing * Scribner House (

) * Seelbach Hotel, the famous hotel written about by

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and frequently visited by

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Spalding Hall Spalding Hall is a building listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Bardstown, Kentucky. It was built in conjunction with the Basilica of St. Joseph Proto-Cathedral. The hall was originally built in 1826 and named for Bishop Martin ...

( Bardstown) *

Thomas Edison House Thomas Edison House is a historic house located in the Butchertown neighborhood of Louisville, Kentucky. The house is a shotgun duplex built around 1850. Thomas Edison took up residence in the same neighborhood, possibly even at this location, a ...

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United States Marine Hospital of Louisville The United States Marine Hospital in Louisville, Kentucky, in the Portland neighborhood was built in 1845, and is considered by the National Park Service to be the best remaining antebellum hospital in the United States. Of the seven hospitals bu ...

* Vogue Theater, a movie theater in St. Matthews that closed in 1998, known for showing ''

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'' for 25 years. Its sign is being refurbished as a historical landmark. *

Waverly Hills Sanatorium The Waverly Hills Sanatorium is a former sanatorium located in the Waverly Hills neighborhood of Louisville, Kentucky. It opened in 1910 as a two-story hospital to accommodate 40 to 50 tuberculosis patients. In the early 1900s, Jefferson Count ...

* Whiskey Row, located in the first block of West Main Street, a collection of Revivalist and Chicago School-style buildings with cast-iron storefronts built between 1852 and 1905 * Whitehall House & Gardens * Whitney Young Birthplace and Museum

National Register of Historic Places listings

Museums, galleries and interpretive centers

Art

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* Carnegie Center for Art & History (

) *

Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft KMAC Museum is an American art museum that "connects people to Art and Creative Practice". The museum is a 501c3 organization located in the West Main District of downtown Louisville, Kentucky History The museum was founded in 1981 as the Ke ...

Speed Art Museum The Speed Art Museum, originally known as the J.B. Speed Memorial Museum, now colloquially referred to as the Speed by locals, is the oldest and largest art museum in Kentucky. It was established in 1927 in Louisville, Kentucky on Third Street ...

Regional history

Falls of the Ohio State Park Falls of the Ohio State Park is a state park in the U.S. state of Indiana. It is located on the banks of the Ohio River at Clarksville, Indiana, across from Louisville, Kentucky. The park is part of the Falls of the Ohio National Wildlife Conserv ...

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, a museum covering the natural history related to findings in the nearby exposed

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beds as well as the human history of the Louisville area *

, features a museum and extensive historical collections, currently undergoing major expansion *

Visitors Center, which includes a museum *

Howard Steamboat Museum The Howard Steamboat Museum, or the Howard National Steamboat Museum, is located in Jeffersonville, Indiana, across from Louisville, Kentucky. House in the Howard Family mansion, it features items related to steamboat history and specifically ...

(

) *

Kentucky Derby Museum The Kentucky Derby Museum is an American Thoroughbred horse racing museum located on the grounds of Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky. Dedicated to preserving the history of the Kentucky Derby, it first opened its doors to the public in the s ...

Kentucky Railway Museum The Kentucky Railway Museum, now located in New Haven, Kentucky, United States, is a non-profit railroad museum dedicated to educating the public regarding the history and heritage of Kentucky's railroads and the people who built them. Originall ...

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) *

Louisville Slugger Museum & Factory The Louisville Slugger Museum & Factory, is a museum and factory tour attraction located in Louisville, Kentucky's "Museum Row", part of the West Main District of downtown. The museum showcases the story of Louisville Slugger baseball bats in ba ...

( Bardstown) * Portland Museum * Riverside, The Farnsley-Moremen Landing Visitors Center, which includes a museum *

* Whitney Young Birthplace and Museum

Bourbon

* Evan Williams Bourbon Experience, located on Louisville's Whiskey Row, featuring bourbon history and tastings, and interprets Louisville's wharf history in the 1790s * Heaven Hill Distilleries Bourbon Heritage Center ( Bardstown) * Jim Beam American Stillhouse ( Clermont) * Oscar Getz Museum of Whiskey History ( Bardstown) * Stitzel-Weller Distillery ( Shively)

Cities

* Bardstown Historical Museum ( Bardstown) * Corydon Capitol State Historic Site (

Corydon, Indiana Corydon is a town in Harrison Township, Harrison County, Indiana. Located north of the Ohio River in the extreme southern part of the U.S. state of Indiana, it is the seat of government for Harrison County. Corydon was founded in 1808 and served ...

) * Historic Middletown Museum * Jeffersontown Historical Museum ( Jeffersontown)

Counties

* The Bullitt County History Museum ( Shepherdsville) * Clark County Museum (

) * Henry County Historical Society ( New Castle) * Oldham County History Center ( La Grange) More regional historical collections can be found at the

Louisville Free Public Library The Louisville Free Public Library (LFPL) is the public library system in Louisville, Kentucky, and the largest public library system in the U.S. state of Kentucky. History Formation The Louisville Free Public Library was created in 1902 by an ...

and the

University of Louisville The University of Louisville (UofL) is a public research university in Louisville, Kentucky. It is part of the Kentucky state university system. When founded in 1798, it was the first city-owned public university in the United States and one of ...

U.S. and world history

Museum of the American Printing House for the Blind The Museum of the American Printing House for the Blind opened in 1994 and is located in Louisville, Kentucky. The museum tells the story of the international history of the education of people who are blind, and how the American Printing House fo ...

* Civil War Museum ( Bardstown), including the

Museum of the Western Theater, Pioneer Village, Women's Civil War Museum, War Memorial of Mid America and the Wildlife Museum *

Frazier History Museum The Frazier History Museum, previously known as the Frazier Historical Arms Museum and the Frazier International History Museum, is a history museum located on Museum Row in the West Main District of downtown Louisville, Kentucky. An affiliate of t ...

, features war weaponry and related historical artifacts, especially focusing on

British British may refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * British people, nationals or natives of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories, and Crown Dependencies. ** Britishness, the British identity and common culture * British English, ...

and U.S. conflicts *

John Hay Center __NOTOC__ The John Hay Center is on the eastern edge of the Salem Downtown Historic District (Indiana), Salem Downtown Historic District in Salem, Indiana. It comprises: * Hay-Morrison House: birthplace and home of Abraham Lincoln's private sec ...

, showcases the history of the

Louisville Slugger Louisville ( , , ) is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Kentucky and the 28th most-populous city in the United States. Louisville is the historical seat and, since 2003, the nominal seat of Jefferson County, on the Indiana border. ...

and baseball in general *

National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution The National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution (SAR or NSSAR) is an American congressionally chartered organization, founded in 1889 and headquartered in Louisville, Kentucky. A non-profit corporation, it has described its purpose ...

, features a historical museum and a genealogical collection *

(

)

Other subjects

Kentucky Science Center The Kentucky Science Center, previously known as the Louisville Museum of Natural History & Science and then Louisville Science Center, is Kentucky's largest science museum. Located in Louisville, Kentucky, on "Museum Row" in the West Main Dist ...

, hands-on science museum featuring a four-story digital theater *

Louisville WaterWorks Museum Louisville WaterWorks Museum opened in the west wing of a renovated and restored interior of Pumping Station No. 1 on Zorn Avenue at 3005 River Road in Louisville, Kentucky overlooking the Ohio River. The building was constructed from 1858 until 1 ...

, located at the

Louisville Water Tower The Louisville Water Tower, located east of downtown Louisville, Kentucky near the riverfront, is the oldest ornamental water tower in the world, having been built before the more famous Chicago Water Tower. Both the actual water tower and its pu ...

Muhammad Ali Center The Muhammad Ali Center is a non-profit museum and cultural center dedicated to boxer Muhammad Ali in Louisville, Kentucky. Ali, a native of Louisville, and his wife Lonnie Ali founded the museum in 2005. The six-story, museum is located in ...

Schimpff's Candy Museum Schimpff's Confectionery is a historic candy maker, confectionery store, and museum located in Jeffersonville, Indiana, within the Old Jeffersonville Historic District. It was opened in 1891 by Gustav Schimpff Sr. and Jr. at the current site, alt ...

( Jeffersonville) * Thomas Merton Center

Parks and other outdoor attractions

Lightning Run at Kentucky Kingdom – Jeremy Thompson

Louisville is home to many spacious city parks, several designed by

Frederick Law Olmsted Frederick Law Olmsted (April 26, 1822August 28, 1903) was an American landscape architect, journalist, social critic, and public administrator. He is considered to be the father of landscape architecture in the USA. Olmsted was famous for co- ...

, as well as forested areas, trails and other outdoor attractions; distinctive examples include: * Beargrass Creek State Nature Preserve *

Bernheim Arboretum and Research Forest Bernheim Arboretum and Research Forest is a 16,137 acre (57 km2) arboretum, forest, and nature preserve located in Clermont, Kentucky (25 miles south of Louisville, Kentucky, United States). Bernheim was founded in 1929 by Isaac Wolfe Bernh ...

(Bullitt County) * Big Four Bridge, a pedestrian and bicycle bridge connecting Louisville and

Blackacre Nature Preserve and Historic Homestead Blackacre State Nature Preserve is a nature preserve and historic homestead in Louisville, Kentucky. The preserve features rolling fields, streams, forests, and a homestead dating back to the 18th century. For visitors, the preserve features sev ...

* Bridges to the Past (

), closed indefinitely due to work on railroad bridge * Camp Carlson (

) *

Cave Hill Cemetery Cave Hill Cemetery is a Victorian era National Cemetery and arboretum located at Louisville, Kentucky. Its main entrance is on Baxter Avenue and there is a secondary one on Grinstead Drive. It is the largest cemetery by area and number of buri ...

* Cherokee Park, includes the Hogan's Fountain Pavilion and Cherokee Golf Course, and many other landmarks and features *

Falls of the Ohio National Wildlife Conservation Area The Falls of the Ohio National Wildlife Conservation Area is a national, bi-state area on the Ohio River near Louisville, Kentucky in the United States, administered by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Federal status was awarded in 1981. The fal ...

(

), which includes

and features the oldest exposed

beds in the United States * Huber's Orchard, Winery and Vineyards (

) *

Indiana Caverns Indiana Caverns is part of the Binkley Cave system near Corydon, Indiana. History In 1918, an 81.5 acre farm less than a mile south of Corydon was purchased by Arvel H. Miles. A sinkhole entrance to Binkley Cave opened on the farm at some point ...

(near

) * Iroquois Park, includes the locally popular Iroquois

Amphitheater An amphitheatre (British English) or amphitheater (American English; both ) is an open-air venue used for entertainment, performances, and sports. The term derives from the ancient Greek ('), from ('), meaning "on both sides" or "around" and ...

, scenic overlooks and the Iroquois Golf Course *

Jefferson Memorial Forest The Jefferson Memorial Forest is a forest located in southwest Louisville, Kentucky, in the Knobs region of Kentucky. At , it is the largest municipal urban forest in the United States. The forest was established as a tribute to Kentucky's vete ...

, in southwest Louisville, the largest municipal urban forest in the United States * Kentucky Kingdom and Hurricane Bay, previously known as Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom, a amusement park with 50

amusement ride Amusement rides, sometimes called carnival rides, are mechanical devices or structures that move people especially kids to create fun and enjoyment. Rides are often perceived by many as being scary or more dangerous than they actually are. This ...

s and a

water park A water park (or waterpark, water world) is an amusement park that features water play areas such as swimming pools, water slides, splash pads, water playgrounds, and lazy rivers, as well as areas for floating, bathing, swimming, and other baref ...

. Named by MSN Travel as one of the top ten amusement parks in America for 2015. *

Louisville Clock The Louisville Clock (often called the Derby Clock) was a high ornamental clock that was formerly located on Fourth Street in Louisville, Kentucky.''The Encyclopedia of Louisville'' By John E. Kleber (University Press of Kentucky) page 540 It w ...

, formerly at Theatre Square (dismantled in 2015) *

Louisville Loop City of Parks is a municipal project to create a continuous paved pedestrian and biking trail around the city of Louisville, Kentucky while also adding a large amount of park land. The project was announced on February 22, 2005. Current plans call ...

, a partially completed bike and pedestrian trail encircling Louisville, including: ** Riverwalk ** Levee Trail ** Mill Creek Trail * Louisville Water Tower Park *

Louisville Waterfront Park Louisville Waterfront Park is both a non-profit organization and an public park adjacent to the downtown area of Louisville, Kentucky and the Ohio River. Specifically, it is adjacent to Louisville's wharf and Riverfront Plaza/Belvedere, which ar ...

, features annual

fireworks Fireworks are a class of Explosive, low explosive Pyrotechnics, pyrotechnic devices used for aesthetic and entertainment purposes. They are most commonly used in fireworks displays (also called a fireworks show or pyrotechnics), combining a l ...

and

air The atmosphere of Earth is the layer of gases, known collectively as air, retained by Earth's gravity that surrounds the planet and forms its planetary atmosphere. The atmosphere of Earth protects life on Earth by creating pressure allowing f ...

show during the

McAlpine Locks and Dam The McAlpine Locks and Dam are a set of locks and a hydroelectric dam at the Falls of the Ohio River at Louisville, Kentucky. They are located at mile point 606.8, and control a long navigation pool. The locks and their associated canal were the ...

* Mega Cavern *

Otter Creek Outdoor Recreation Area Otter Creek Outdoor Recreation Area (formerly Otter Creek Park) is a 2,600 acre (11 km²) riverfront park in Meade County, Kentucky. The park is located near Muldraugh and Fort Knox, along State Highway 1638, near U.S. 31W. Although it i ...

( Meade County) *

The Parklands of Floyds Fork Floyds Fork is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed May 13, 2011 tributary of the Salt River in Kentucky, directly south and east of Louisville. It begins in Henry County, ne ...

* Patriots Peace Memorial * Renaissance Fun Park ( Middletown) * Riverfront Plaza/Belvedere, adjacent to

Downtown Louisville Downtown Louisville is the largest central business district in the Commonwealth of Kentucky and the urban hub of the Louisville, Kentucky Metropolitan Area. Its boundaries are the Ohio River to the north, Hancock Street to the east, York and Jaco ...

and Louisville's wharf * E. P. "Tom" Sawyer State Park *

Seneca Park Seneca Park was the last park designed by Frederick Law Olmsted's Olmsted Brothers, firm in Louisville, Kentucky, United States. The park system in Louisville was the last of five designed by the Olmsted firm. The park resides in the Louisville ne ...

, includes the Seneca Golf Course *

Shawnee Park Shawnee Park is a municipal park in Louisville, Kentucky. It was designed by Frederick Law Olmsted, who designed 18 of the city's 123 public parks. Along with the rest of the city's Olmsted-designed park system, Shawnee Park was added to the Nati ...

, includes the Shawnee Golf Course *

Squire Boone Caverns Squire Boone Caverns and Village is a cavern exploration attraction in Mauckport, Indiana (near Corydon in Southern Indiana). The park consists of a one-hour walking tour into the caverns, as well as a working pioneer village and grist mill. Park' ...

(

Mauckport, Indiana Mauckport is a town in Heth Township, Harrison County, Indiana, Heth Township, Harrison County, Indiana, Harrison County, Indiana, along the Ohio River. The population was 81 at the 2010 census. History In the earliest times Daniel Boone and his ...

) * Tioga Falls Hiking Trail (Fort Knox), closed indefinitely due to work on railroad bridge * Waverly Park, includes the 9-hole

Bobby Nichols Robert Herman Nichols (born April 14, 1936) is an American professional golfer, best known for winning the PGA Championship in 1964. Early years Born in April 1936 and raised in Louisville, Kentucky, Nichols attended St. Xavier High School. Wh ...

Golf Course *

Zachary Taylor National Cemetery Zachary Taylor National Cemetery is a United States National Cemetery located at 4701 Brownsboro Road ( US-42), in Louisville, Kentucky. It is named for Zachary Taylor, the 12th president of the United States, who is buried there with his wife, ...

Shows and performing arts

Venues

* Actors Theatre, producing the

, among many other productions * The Alley Theater * Baxter Avenue Filmworks, with a monthly audience participation showing of ''

'' * Horseshoe Southern Indiana (

Elizabeth, Indiana Elizabeth is a town in Posey Township, Harrison County, Indiana, United States. The population was 162 at the 2010 census. History The original plat of the town of Elizabeth was recorded on April 17, 1812. It was witnessed by Sheriff John Ti ...

) *

Derby Dinner Playhouse Derby Dinner Playhouse is a dinner theatre located in Clarksville, Indiana, that opened in 1974. The Derby is the only dinner theatre in the Louisville, Kentucky, area and in southern Indiana. History In the early 1970s, several local business own ...

(

) *

Fourth Street Live! Fourth Street Live! is a entertainment and retail complex located on 4th Street, between Liberty and Muhammad Ali Boulevard, in Downtown Louisville, Kentucky. It is owned and was developed by the Cordish Company; it was designed by Louisville arch ...

, a downtown entertainment and retail complex * Gheens Science Hall and Rauch Planetarium (

) * Headliners Music Hall *

IMAX IMAX is a proprietary system of high-resolution cameras, film formats, film projectors, and theaters known for having very large screens with a tall aspect ratio (approximately either 1.43:1 or 1.90:1) and steep stadium seating. Graeme F ...

theaters at the

and Showcase Stonybrook Cinemas * Iroquois Amphitheater *

The Kentucky Center The Kentucky Center for the Performing Arts, located in Louisville and currently branded as "The Kentucky Center", is a major performing arts center in Kentucky. It is one of three venues owned bKentucky Performing Arts Tenants include Broadway ...

* KFC Yum! Center * The Laughing Derby at Comedy Caravan *

Louisville Gardens Louisville Gardens is a multi-purpose, 6,000-seat arena, in Louisville, Kentucky, that opened in 1905, as the Jefferson County Armory. It celebrated its 100th anniversary as former city mayor Jerry Abramson's official "Family-Friendly New Years ...

The Louisville Palace The Palace Theatre (previously known as the Loew's Theatre, Loew's United Artist Theatre and the United Artists Theatre, it is locally known as the Louisville Palace) is a music venue in downtown Louisville, Kentucky, located in the city's theat ...

Mercury Ballroom The Mercury Ballroom is a music venue in downtown Louisville, downtown Louisville, Kentucky. The 900-capacity venue, housed in the Wright and Taylor Building at Fourth and Chestnut streets, operated by Live Nation Entertainment, Live Nation's Hous ...

Performers

* Little Colonel Players (

Pewee Valley Pewee Valley is a home rule-class city in Oldham County, Kentucky, United States. The population was 1,456 at the 2010 census. History The site of present-day Pewee Valley was first settled as a stop on the Louisville and Frankfort Railroad in 1 ...

) * Louisville Chorus *

Louisville Orchestra The Louisville Orchestra is the primary orchestra in Louisville, Kentucky. It was founded in 1937 by Robert Whitney (1904–1986) and Charles Farnsley, Mayor of Louisville. The Louisville Orchestra employs salaried musicians, and offers a wide ...

Louisville Thoroughbreds The Louisville Thoroughbreds are a men's chorus based in Louisville, Kentucky. They are the first 7-time International Champion chorus of the Barbershop Harmony Society, winning the Gold Medal in 1962, 1966, 1969, 1974, 1978, 1981 and 1984. Awar ...

* Mind's Eye Theatre Company * Pandora Productions *

Squallis Puppeteers The Squallis Puppeteers are a Louisville, Kentucky based puppetry troupe. The troupe was founded by Jess Myers, Nora and Carrie Christenson in 1997. Their performances include a yearly Fool's Day Bash, held on April Fools' Day. They became a no ...

* StageOne Family Theatre * Theatre 02/nowiki> * Voices of Kentuckiana * Wayward Actors Company

Sports-related attractions and venues

* Alpine Ice Arena * David Armstrong Extreme Park *

Churchill Downs Churchill Downs is a horse racing complex located on Central Avenue in south Louisville, Kentucky, United States, famed for hosting the annual Kentucky Derby. It officially opened in 1875 and was named for Samuel Churchill, whose family was ...

thoroughbred The Thoroughbred is a horse breed best known for its use in horse racing. Although the word ''thoroughbred'' is sometimes used to refer to any breed of purebred horse, it technically refers only to the Thoroughbred breed. Thoroughbreds are c ...

racetrack and the

Freedom Hall Freedom Hall is a multi-purpose arena in Louisville, Kentucky, on the grounds of the Kentucky Exposition Center, which is owned by the Commonwealth of Kentucky. It is best known for its use as a basketball arena, previously serving as the home ...

* KFC Yum! Center, home of University of Louisville basketball *

Kentucky International Convention Center The Kentucky International Convention Center (KICC), formerly called the Commonwealth Convention Center, is a large multi-use facility in Louisville, Kentucky, United States. The KICC, along with the Kentucky Exposition Center, hosts conventions f ...

* Knob Creek Gun Range (in Bullitt County near

West Point The United States Military Academy (USMA), also known Metonymy, metonymically as West Point or simply as Army, is a United States service academies, United States service academy in West Point, New York. It was originally established as a f ...

), famous for its twice-yearly

shoot * Lindsey Golf Course (

) * Louisville Champions Park, a park that "offers flexible space for a variety of field sports", including soccer * Louisville Metro Parks public golf courses ** Cherokee Park (9-hole) **Crescent Hill Park (9-hole) ** Iroquois Park **Long Run Park **

**Sun Valley Park **Charlie Vettiner Park **Waverly Park (Bobby Nichols) (9-hole) *

Louisville Slugger Field Louisville Slugger Field is a baseball stadium in Louisville, Kentucky. The baseball-specific stadium opened in 2000 with a seating capacity of 13,131. It is currently home to the professional baseball team, the Louisville Bats, Triple-A affiliate ...

, a

baseball park A ballpark, or baseball park, is a type of sports venue where baseball is played. The playing field is divided into the infield, an area whose dimensions are rigidly defined, and the outfield, where dimensions can vary widely from place to pla ...

that is home to the

Louisville Bats The Louisville Bats are a Minor League Baseball team of the International League (IL) and the Triple-A (baseball), Triple-A affiliate of the Cincinnati Reds. They are located in Louisville, Kentucky, and are named in dual reference to the bat, win ...

* Lynn Stadium, home of University of Louisville soccer *

Lynn Family Stadium Lynn Family Stadium is a soccer-specific stadium in the Butchertown neighborhood of Louisville, Kentucky, in the United States. The field is home to Louisville City FC of the USL Championship (USLC) since its opening in 2020, along with th ...

, not to be confused with the above; home of

Louisville City FC Louisville City Football Club is an American professional soccer club based in Louisville, Kentucky. The team plays in the USL Championship, known through the 2018 season as the United Soccer League (USL), which is currently the second tier of th ...

(

USL Championship The USL Championship (USLC) is a professional men's soccer league in the United States that began its inaugural season in 2011. The USL is sanctioned by the United States Soccer Federation (U.S. Soccer) as a Division II league since 2017, pl ...

) and

Racing Louisville FC Racing Louisville Football Club is a National Women's Soccer League team based in Louisville, Kentucky. It began playing in 2021 at Lynn Family Stadium. The team is owned by Soccer Holdings LLC, which also owns Louisville City FC of the USL Cham ...

( NWSL) *

* Owsley B. Frazier Stadium, home of several outdoor sports at Bellarmine University, most notably men's lacrosse *

Cardinal Stadium Cardinal Stadium, formerly known as Papa John's Cardinal Stadium, is a football stadium located in Louisville, Kentucky, United States, on the southern end of the campus of the University of Louisville. Debuting in 1998, it serves as the home o ...

, home of University of Louisville football *

Jim Patterson Stadium Jim Patterson Stadium is a baseball stadium in Louisville, Kentucky. It is the home field of the University of Louisville Cardinals college baseball team. It hosted the 2007 NCAA Super Regionals, where the Cardinals defeated Oklahoma State two g ...

, home of University of Louisville baseball *

Valhalla Golf Club Valhalla Golf Club, located in Louisville, Kentucky, is a private golf club designed by Jack Nicklaus, opened in 1986. In 1992, Valhalla was selected to host the PGA Championship in the year 1996, one of golf's four majors. The following year ...

, designed by professional

golf Golf is a club-and-ball sport in which players use various clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a course in as few strokes as possible. Golf, unlike most ball games, cannot and does not use a standardized playing area, and coping wi ...

Jack Nicklaus Jack William Nicklaus (born January 21, 1940), nicknamed The Golden Bear, is a retired American professional golfer and List of golf courses designed by Jack Nicklaus, golf course designer. He is widely considered to be one of the greatest go ...

Miscellaneous

* Rooster Run ( Nelson County), a general store well known for baseball caps featuring its logo and a -tall

fiberglass Fiberglass (American English) or fibreglass (Commonwealth English) is a common type of fiber-reinforced plastic using glass fiber. The fibers may be randomly arranged, flattened into a sheet called a chopped strand mat, or woven into glass cloth ...

rooster statue standing in front of the store. According to ''The Kentucky Encyclopedia'', it is "one of the best-known general stores in the country and one of Kentucky's best-known unincorporated businesses".

References

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