The Mountain Homeplace (also known as the Mountain HomePlace) is a living history museum located within

Paintsville Lake State Park Paintsville Lake State Park is a park located just west of Paintsville, Kentucky in Johnson County. The park itself encompasses , while Paintsville Lake, its major feature, covers approximately extending into parts of Morgan County. The park ...

, in Staffordsville,

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. The museum is a re-creation of a mid-nineteenth-century farming community and includes a blacksmith shop,

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, church,

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, and barn with farm grounds. These structures were all moved from nearby locations in the early 1980s to prevent them from being submerged underneath the planned

Paintsville Lake Paintsville Lake is a reservoir in Johnson County, Kentucky, Johnson and Morgan County, Kentucky, Morgan counties in eastern Kentucky. It was impounded from Paint Creek (Johnson County, Kentucky), Paint Creek in 1983 by the United States Army Corp ...

. The museum officially opened in July 1995. Tour guides and park workers wearing traditional period attire demonstrate old skills and crafts such as forging horseshoes, quilting, and tending to farm animals. There is also a Welcome Center, consisting of the Museum of Appalachian History and a gift shop featuring regional arts and crafts. The In the Pines Amphitheater was built in the early 2000s and was modeled after the

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s of

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. The 700-seat facility is open year-round and annually hosts the Red Bud Gospel Sing.In the Pines Amphitheater
Paintsville Tourism. Retrieved on 2010-06-04 The museum is open from April 1 through December 20.

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Mountain Homeplace Website
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