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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 spring of 1985. Much of its early funding came from a donation from the estate of James Graham Brown.
This list of museums in Kentucky is a list of museums, defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing.
The Honorable Order of Kentucky Colonels also known as "Kentucky Colonels" or "HOKC" is a charitable, non-profit 501(c)(3) organization engaged in collective philanthropy for Kentuckians on the behalf of thousands of who have received a Kentucky Colonel commission from around the world. In 2020 the organization raised over 2.9 million dollars ...
Black jockeys once dominated - and indeed, established - the Kentucky Derby, but their stories got sidelined when African-Americans were pushed out by Jim Crow laws in the early 1900s. But a newly ...
Inspired by that 1937 flag, I asked her to share a few other stories hidden among the museum's Kentucky Derby artifacts. Cups commemorating past Derbys can be found neatly organized on shelves in ...
Jessica Whitehead, curator of collections for the Kentucky Derby Museum, said the only part of the storied racetrack that hasn’t shifted since the first Kentucky Derby Day in 1875 is the ...
Museum of the American Printing House for the Blind; Civil War Museum , including the Civil War Museum of the Western Theater, Pioneer Village, Women's Civil War Museum, War Memorial of Mid America and the Wildlife Museum; John Hay Center; Louisville Slugger Museum & Factory, showcases the history of the Louisville Slugger and baseball in general
Pins are also available for purchase at the Kentucky Derby Museum, the Louisville Zoo, the Kentucky Center for Performing Arts and the Belle of Louisville. For a full list, click here.