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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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Defunct museums

  • Alben W. Barkley Museum, Paducah
  • Barren River Imaginative Museum of Science, Bowling Green, closed in 2012[1][2]
  • Charles Jackson Circus Museum, Hopkinsville, closed in 2015[3]
  • Floyd Collins Museum, Cave City, closed in 2013[4]
  • Morris Toy Museum, Carrsville[5][6]
  • Schmidt Museum of Coca-Cola Memorabilia, Elizabethtown, closed in 2012[7]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Barren River Imaginative Museum of Science Opening New Location". Visit Bowling Green. February 3, 2012. Retrieved 24 September 2015.
  2. ^ "BRIMS set to close doors permanently". Bowling Green Daily News. August 23, 2011. Retrieved 24 September 2015.
  3. ^ "Museums of Historic Hopkinsville Christian County". www.museumsofhopkinsville.org. Retrieved 2017-08-31.
  4. ^ "Floyd Collins Museum (Gone)". Roadside America. Retrieved 26 September 2015.
  5. ^ "Dinky, Barclay & Tootsietoy Metal Toys, Lot 325A". Live Auctioneers. Retrieved 27 September 2015. includes auto transport, train, oil tanker, gas pumps, and various cars, 15 pcs......from the personal collection of Roger Morris, Morris Toy Museum, carrsville, Ky, deceased....CARRSVILLE, Ky.--Roger Morris said the toys he collects and displays at his free museum not only have kept him young, but also may have helped save his life. Morris, 55, owner of the Morris Toy Museum that opened April 25 in his home, was told he was terminally ill and had two months to live nine years ago. He started collecting the first of 4,000 toys as a way to pass the time because he was unable to work.
  6. ^ "Roger Dale Morris". Find a Grave. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
  7. ^ Schmidt Museum, accessed 10/17/2012

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