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. Museums that exist only in cyberspace (i.e., virtual museums) are not included.

Museums

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Name	Image	Location	County	Region	Area of study	Summary
1817 Saddle Factory Museum		Russellville	Logan	South Central Kentucky	Industry	History of the saddle factory, its workers and products, operated by Historic Russellville[1][2]
Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historical Park		Hodgenville	LaRue	Derby Region	Biographical	Preserves two farm sites where Abraham Lincoln lived as a child.
Adsmore		Princeton	Caldwell	Western Waterlands	Living	Victorian home with "living" tours by season
African American Heritage Center		Franklin	Simpson	South Central Kentucky	African American	website, African American achievements in Simpson County and Kentucky
Alexander Arthur Museum		Middlesboro	Bell	Daniel Boone Country	Biographical	Display of personal items owned by Alexander Arthur and his family[3]
American Cave Museum		Horse Cave	Hart	South Central Kentucky	Natural history	website, caves, groundwater, pollution and tour of Hidden River Cave
American Saddlebred Museum		Lexington	Fayette	Bluegrass	Natural history	website, part of Kentucky Horse Park, history of the American Saddlebred, art, trophies, photographs, tack
Ashland, The Henry Clay Estate		Lexington	Fayette	Bluegrass	Historic house	Plantation of the 19th-century Kentucky statesman Henry Clay
Atkinson-Griffin Log House		Campbellsville	Taylor	Daniel Boone Country	Historic house	Served as a Confederate hospital after the Battle of Tebbs Bend[4]
Auburn Museum		Auburn	Logan	South Central Kentucky	Local history	website, operated by the Auburn Historical Society
Aviation Heritage Park		Bowling Green	Warren	South Central Kentucky	Aviation	website, park display of an F-4 Phantom II, planned display of other aircraft
Aviation Museum of Kentucky		Lexington	Fayette	Bluegrass	Aviation	Historic airplanes, photos, documents and training equipment
Bardstown Historical Museum		Bardstown	Nelson	Derby Region	Local history	Located in Spalding Hall along with the Oscar Getz Museum of Whiskey History
Barlow House Museum		Barlow	Ballard	Western Waterlands	Historic house	Late 19th-century period house
Barthell Coal Mining Camp		Whitley City	McCreary	South Central Kentucky	Mining	Open-air museum includes museum, barber shop, bath house, doctor's office, machine shop, mining motor displays, school/church house, 1890s reconstructed log cabin and mine tour
Behringer-Crawford Museum		Covington	Kenton	Northern Kentucky	Local history	website, regional history of Northern Kentucky
Bell County Coal House and Museum		Middlesboro	Bell	Daniel Boone Country	Mining	House made of coal and outdoor display on local coal mines[5]
Bell County Historical Society Museum		Middlesboro	Bell	Daniel Boone Country	Local history	website, operated by the Bell County Historical Society
Ben E. Clement Mineral Museum		Marion	Crittenden	Western Waterlands	Natural history	website, minerals including large collection of fluorite specimens
Bibb House Museum		Russellville	Logan	South Central Kentucky	Historic house	Open by appointment with Historic Russellville[2]
Big Bone Lick State Park		Big Bone	Boone	Northern Kentucky	Natural history	Visitor center includes fossils found in the park, and the Outdoor Museum features a recreated bog diorama with extinct animals
Big Sandy Heritage Center		Pikeville	Pike	Kentucky's Appalachians	Local history	Housed in a former railroad station
Bill Monroe Museum		Rosine	Ohio	Bluegrass, Blues & Barbecue region	Biographical	Life of Bill Monroe and the early foundations of bluegrass music
BitterSweet Cabin Museum		Renfro Valley	Rockcastle	Daniel Boone Country	Open-air	website, log cabin museum village and stores
Black History Gallery		Elizabethtown	Hardin	Derby Region	African American	Display of photos, articles and biographies of black Americans[6]
Blue Heron Coal Mining Camp		Blue Heron	McCreary	South Central Kentucky	Mining	Restored former company town
Bluegrass Heritage Museum		Winchester	Clark	Bluegrass	Local history
Bluegrass Motorcycle Museum		Rosine	Ohio	Bluegrass, Blues & Barbecue region	Transportation	Private collection of over 20 vintage, American made motorcycles and memorabilia, open by appointment[7]
Bluegrass Railroad and Museum		Versailles	Woodford	Bluegrass	Railroad	Heritage railroad and museum
Blue Licks Battlefield State Park		Mount Olivet	Robertson	Northern Kentucky	Local history	Pioneer Museum includes exhibits about the battle during the American Revolution, local natural and cultural history
Bobby Davis Museum and Park		Hazard	Perry	Daniel Boone Country	Local history	[8]
Breathitt County Museum		Jackson	Breathitt	Daniel Boone Country	Local history
Breckinridge County Historical Society Museum		Hardinsburg	Breckinridge	Derby Region	Local history	website[9]
Brennan House & Medical Office Museum		Louisville	Jefferson	Derby Region	Historic house	Victorian mansion
Brown-Pusey House		Elizabethtown	Hardin	Derby Region	Historic house	Includes the Pusey Room Museum with a replica of a late 19th-century medical office, a genealogical library, and meeting rooms
Bullitt County History Museum		Shepherdsville	Bullitt	Derby Region	Local history	website, operated by the Bullitt County Genealogical Society
Butler-Turpin State Historic House		Carrollton	Carroll	Northern Kentucky	Historic house	Located in General Butler State Resort Park, mid 19th century period house
Caldwell County Railroad Museum		Princeton	Caldwell	Western Waterlands	Railroad	website, railroad artifacts and memorabilia.
Camp Breckinridge Museum & Arts Center		Morganfield	Union	Bluegrass, Blues & Barbecue region	Historic site	website, former officer's club, features murals painted by a German POW
Camp Nelson Civil War Heritage Park		Nicholasville	Jessamine	Bluegrass	Civil War	Union Army supply depot and recruiting station for African American soldiers
Cane Ridge Meeting House & Barton Warren Stone Museum		Paris	Bourbon	Bluegrass	Religious	History of the former camp meeting site
Capital City Museum		Frankfort	Franklin	Bluegrass	Local history	website
The Carnegie		Covington	Kenton	Northern Kentucky	Art	website, multidisciplinary arts venue with galleries
C.B. Caudill Store & History Center		Blackey	Letcher	Daniel Boone Country	Local history	website
Civil War Museum		Bardstown	Nelson	Derby Region	Multiple	Five attractions, including Civil War Museum of the Western Theater, Old Bardstown Village Village with 10 log cabins, Women's Civil War Museum, Wildlife Museum and War Memorial of Mid America
Cloverfork Museum		Evarts	Harlan	Daniel Boone Country	Local history	website, located in Highsplint, a former coal town
Cloverport Depot Museum		Cloverport	Breckinridge	Derby Region	Local history	[9]
Columbus-Belmont State Park		Columbus	Hickman	Western Waterlands	Civil War	Civil War history of the area and local natural and cultural history
Conrad-Caldwell House		Louisville	Jefferson	Derby Region	Historic house	Late 19th-century period mansion
Constitution Square Historic Site		Danville	Boyle	Bluegrass	Open-air	Includes replica of 1785 log courthouse, jail and meetinghouse, 1792 post office
Coal Miners' Museum		Van Lear	Johnson	Kentucky's Appalachians	Mining	Local coal mining history
Creation Museum		Petersburg	Boone	Northern Kentucky	Religious
Crittenden County Historical Museum		Marion	Crittenden	Western Waterlands	Local history	website
Cumberland Gap National Historical Park		Middlesboro	Bell	Daniel Boone Country	History	Includes the Visitor Center with museum exhibits about the area's natural and cultural history, and Hensley Settlement, an open-air mountain community
Cumberland Inn & Museum		Williamsburg	Whitley	Daniel Boone Country	Multiple	Natural history, collections of crosses, coins, stamps, arrowheads and nutcrackers
Cynthiana Museum		Cynthiana	Harrison	Bluegrass	Local history	website
David A. Zegeer Coal-Railroad Museum		Jenkins	Letcher	Daniel Boone Country	Mining	Coal mining and railroad history
Dawson Springs Museum and Art Center		Dawson Springs	Hopkins	Bluegrass, Blues & Barbecue region	Local history	Local history and art[10]
Dinsmore Homestead		Burlington	Boone	Northern Kentucky	Historic house	1840s house on 30 acres (120,000 m2)
Don F. Pratt Memorial Museum		Fort Campbell	Christian	Western Waterlands	Military	History of Fort Campbell and the 101st Airborne Division Air Assault the "Screaming Eagles"
Duncan Tavern		Paris	Bourbon	Bluegrass	Historic site	website, state headquarters of the Kentucky Society, NSDAR; 18th century tavern
East Kentucky Science Center		Prestonsburg	Floyd	Kentucky's Appalachians	Science	Includes exhibit hall, planetarium and laser dome
Elkhorn City Railroad Museum		Elkhorn City	Pike	Kentucky's Appalachians	Railroad	History of railroads in Kentucky's Eastern Mountain Coal Fields region
Embroidery Museum and Resource Center		Louisville	Jefferson	Derby Region	Textile	Operated by the Embroiderer's Guild of America, exhibits of embroidered items
Ephraim McDowell House		Danville	Boyle	Bluegrass	Historic house	Early 19th-century doctor's office, house and apothecary shop
Explorium of Lexington		Lexington	Fayette	Bluegrass	Children's	website, formerly known as the Lexington Children's Museum
Fairholme (John Street Home)		Cadiz	Trigg	Western Waterlands	Historic house	website, tours by appointment, also known as the John L. Street Home
Farmington Historic Home		Louisville	Jefferson	Derby Region	Historic house	Early 19th century plantation home
Federal Hill		Bardstown	Nelson	Derby Region	Historic house	Also known as My Old Kentucky Home, early 19th-century mansion, part of My Old Kentucky Home State Park
The Filson Historical Society		Louisville	Jefferson	Derby Region	Local history	Includes a museum of local history and art exhibits
Fleming County Covered Bridge Museum		Flemingsburg	Fleming	Bluegrass	Local history	[11]
Fordsville Depot Museum		Fordsville	Ohio	Bluegrass, Blues & Barbecue region	Multiple	website, includes local history, railroad and rural life displays
Forkland Community Center Lincoln Museum		Forkland	Boyle	Bluegrass	Local history	website, community heritage, including local connections to Lucey Shipley Hanks Sparrow, who was the grandmother of Abraham Lincoln
Fort Boonesborough State Park		Boonesborough	Madison	Bluegrass	Fort	Reconstructed pioneer fort with artisans
Francis M. Stafford House		Paintsville	Johnson	Kentucky's Appalachians	Historic house	19th-century house, open by appointment
Frazier History Museum		Louisville	Jefferson	Museum Row	Kentucky History	Where the World meets Kentucky Kentucky history, culture and people.
Friendship School		Campbellsville	Taylor	Daniel Boone Country	Education	1918 one room schoolhouse[4]
Garrard County Jail Museum		Lancaster	Garrard	Bluegrass	Prison
General George Patton Museum of Leadership		Fort Knox	Hardin	Derby Region	Biographical
Georgetown & Scott County Museum		Georgetown	Scott	Bluegrass	Local history	website
Georgetown College Fine Art Galleries		Georgetown	Scott	Bluegrass	Art	website, includes the Jacobs Gallery, Cochenour Gallery, Anne Wright Wilson Fine Art Gallery, and Live. Learn. Believe. Sculpture Exhibition
Glema Mahr Center for the Arts		Madisonville	Hopkins	Bluegrass, Blues & Barbecue region	Art	website, part of Madisonville Community College, features the Anne P. Baker Gallery of fine art
Governor William Owsley House		Lancaster	Garrard	Bluegrass	Historic house	Also known as Pleasant Retreat
Great American Dollhouse Museum		Danville	Boyle	Bluegrass	Toy	website, over 200 dollhouses, miniature buildings and room boxes
Green River Female Academy		Elkton	Todd	Western Waterlands	Education	19th century female seminary
Hancock County Museum		Hawesville	Hancock	Bluegrass, Blues & Barbecue region	Local history