Upcoming exhibitions

120: Cool KY Counties
 

120: Cool KY Counties

Coming: March 15, 2024

The Frazier History Museum strongly believes that every county possesses a unique and incredible story deserving to be shared with the rest of Kentucky (and beyond). Premised on this conviction, the 120 Cool KY Counties project is collecting hundreds of stories from across the Commonwealth—including histories, legends, and oral traditions curated at the local level. As a planned addition to our immensely popular Cool Kentucky exhibition, we look forward to celebrating and empowering communities via opportunities for cross-promotion and tourism—especially those who often go overlooked in smaller, rural counties. The Frazier History Museum believes that by sharing these “hidden stories,” we will be able to encourage empathy, promote exploration, cultivate mutual respect, and bridge divides on the basis of Kentucky's extraordinary history and heritage.

March 15 will be the open house to launch the exhibit.  Museum guests will be able to activate screens and choose a county for exploration.  Each county will include a written story, facts about their county, a song from a local artist, videos, and eventually sites to discover.

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Flashback

Coming: July 2024

Flashback: Kentucky Media Through the Years, a temporary exhibition will focus on the history of media in Kentucky and its impact on our lives. You will learn about how media changed and transformed over the years, from Kentucky’s first newspaper, the Kentucke Gazette, established in 1787, through the new digital media that encompass our lives today. The exhibition will showcase Kentucky’s first radio station, WHAS, and the first television station, WAVE, both out of Louisville. Flashback highlights big headlines from our Kentucky history, such as the assassination of Governor Goebel in 1900, the 1937 Flood, the 1974 Tornado, and the 2020 protests, and shows how news coverage of major events has evolved over time.  This exhibition takes a nostalgic look at all of the individuals and programs you loved watching and listening to, those you invited into your home and trusted as your news source. Flashback is designed to be engaging and entertaining for visitors of all ages and will feature interactive and multi-media installations. It will feature historic equipment, documents, and footage on loan from many of Louisville and Kentucky’s major media outlets.

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Keep an eye out here for other wonderful upcoming exhibitions that are scheduled to be on view. In the meantime, check out our current exhibitions on view at the Frazier.

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