Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The Filson Historical Society collects, preserves, and tells the significant stories of Kentucky and Ohio Valley history.
The Filson has been adding to our collections for over 130 years, preserving the history of Kentucky and the Ohio Valley in order to share it.
Time: 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm. Location: The Filson Historical Society (In Person and Zoom options available) Register. In 1859, a mob of sixty-five prominent armed men rode into Berea, Kentucky, and forced the closure of its integrated one-room schoolhouse.
The Filson Historical Society, Louisville, Kentucky. 6,450 likes · 71 talking about this · 1,792 were here. Collecting, preserving, and sharing the history and culture of Kentucky & the Ohio Valley...
The Filson Historical Society, previously known as The Filson Club, is a privately supported historical society located in the Old Louisville neighborhood of Louisville, Kentucky.
The finest example of Parisian Beaux Arts architecture in Louisville, now the home of Kentucky’s oldest privately supported historical society, founded in 1884, collecting and preserving Kentucky and the Ohio Valley region’s significant stories.
The Filson Historical Society can only be described as a hidden gem tucked away in downtown Louisville, KY. The Society was founded on May 15, 1884, by ten men, mostly amateur historians based in Louisville, led by Reuben T. Durrett.
The Filson Historical Society, founded in 1884, is a privately supported historical society dedicated to collecting, preserving, and sharing the significant history and culture of Kentucky and the Ohio Valley.
The Filson has a significant collection that documents artists’ lives and their work in Louisville, Kentucky, Southern Indiana, and the Ohio Valley region. Artifacts: The Filson’s Museum Collection was founded in 1891. Artifacts include clothing, textiles, decorative arts, and ephemera representing family, community, industrial, political ...
Overview. The Filson’s exhibits share the stories of the Ohio River Valley using photographs, manuscripts, books and artifacts from the Filson’s extensive collections spanning more than 230 years. Self browse our exhibits weekdays 9 am to 4:30 pm.