If you're in the area, don't pass on this museum! It was just $15 to tour the museum and it was…read morefull of history! Of course by default the vast majority of displays are on country music. I don't consider myself a fan of country music but it was still enjoyable. We spent about 45 minutes walking through. Very well laid out, modern and well thought out. So glad we decided to go!

Well, this was quite the nice surprise. What a lovely museum. It is staged beautifully -…read morespotlighting Kentucky born artists in the music field as well as providing information about the history of bluegrass music. It was not crowded. Very reasonable entrance fee. Nice gift shop. Highly recommend a visit if you travel through. Right off the highway.

[This review was written and posted July 2020 but the bright sparks at Yelp merged it with another…read morereview and they can't or won't fix it. I was told to repost it. Thanks for nothing, Yelp!] Recently reopened post-coronavirus, this is the official state museum of the Commonwealth of Kentucky (bonus point if you can name the other three "Commonwealth" states). With complete social distancing and some of the interactive displays marked off, there's a lot of history and information to take in here. The path of the exhibits takes you through the early settlement and then the Colonial times, the age of the Civil War, post-war and to modern times. Some of the Civil Rights and slavery displays may be a little distressing to some, but it's important information and critical stories that need to be told. The hall of governors is interesting to see all the faces through the ages. There is free wifi and they have clean restrooms. [Review 17256 overall - 151 in Kentucky - 774 of 2022.]

The Kentucky Historical Society in Frankfort is an amazing modern facility that preserves the…read morehistory of Kentucky. Admission is included with ($8) admission to the Old State Capitol building. We spent about an hour walking through the exhibits and learning. Many of the exhibits are hands-on and educational. The path through starts with the history of indigenous people of Kentucky through modern day. I found the many artifacts displayed very interesting. Information and additional artifacts about the early settlers of Kentucky were interesting as well. A separate area in the museum houses portraits of all the governors of Kentucky. Upstairs is a research library. The gift shop offers various souvenirs, books and locally crafted items for sale. The center is worth a visit if you love history and especially good for kids. There is a dedicated parking lot for the museum, but we found free street parking down the street.

Very interesting little museum with lots of stuff. The owner was a joy to talk to as well.read more

This is a fascinating place right here in downtown Somerset. Absolutely fantastic experience. This…read moreis such a neat museum. Don't let the size fool you, there's plenty of stuff to look at. If you're a paranormal or cryptozoology fan, this place you should check out is in Somerset, KY. For those of you who are into merch, the gift shop has everything from shirts with rad designs, keychains, pins, stickers, etc. If you have questions the staff was incredibly knowledgeable and makes you feel so welcome. Fantastic addition and must stop place for any Kentucky road trip. There is a lot of local information in the Pulaski County area. Centered in the basement floor of the 100 yr. Old Carnegie Community Arts Center building ( old Pulaski Co. Library)Also, it's a great place to take the kiddos for a day trip.

If you're a history buff, this is an amazing place to stop! This museum is very informative and has…read morea lot of well preserved items from various time periods across U.S History. The price of admission is very reasonable, and you're getting access to 3 museums including the beautiful outside area which is very scenic! I'd highly recommend people to visit here if you're interested in history, this is a top quality museum!

This was an AMAZING self-instructional museum. Once you pay the entrance fee, you are welcome to…read morestay, read and relax for as long as you like. There are LOTS of displays with explanations about the how's and why's of the civil war. There is an outdoor "village" that you are welcome to walk through and experience the actual housing situations. Very Cool!

This is not as big as other children's museums but is still fun and well kept. There were a range…read moreof activities for different ages and it's conveniently located to lunch places.

This is a wonderful place to bring your children. My 2.5 year old grand]daughter loved it. A hidden…read moregem in Lexington.

We visited The Abraham Lincoln Library and Museum on the same day as visiting the Cumberland Gap…read moreNP, part of a 3 week vacation in the TN and KY region. The museum is on the LMU campus. It's the first building on the right as you drive in. Free parking. There's an 8 minute film, several rooms of information, artwork and memorabilia. Lots to read. (I found myself skipping a lot of it from 'overload'). I found 'Lincoln in the movies' a particularly enjoyable display. We're in our early 50s and enjoy learning about history and visiting historical sites. See my photos attached. Helpful?

Nice museum to visit. We were there on a weekday in the morning and had the place basically to…read moreourselves.

What a wacky and eclectic place the Frazier Kentucky History Museum is. But, I guess, so is the…read morestate of Kentucky. It's got a varied history. This museum gives visitors several slices of that history, from bourbon and whiskey to racing to the Civil War and the tobacco industry. One of my favorite permanent exhibits is on the second floor. It's a room dedicated to Kentucky bourbon and whiskey called the Bourbon Bottle Hall. It's just a bunch of bottles of whiskey and bourbon on backlit white shelves, but it feels supernatural to step into the room and be surrounded by all of the different bottles. You got everything from your Elijah Craigs to your Pappy Van Winkles. What else? There were Kentucky sports mascot costumes on display, a life-sized wax statue of Colonel Sanders holding a bucket of his Kentucky Fried Chicken with its 11 herbs and spices, a little play area for children, a display of German toy soldiers, a display of costumes made by local students, and lots of other interesting things to look at. The Frazier is good for all ages, but it's mostly a "looking" museum, so there aren't too many interactive things to touch, which is why it might not hold the attention of really young kids. My tween and teenagers liked it, but they were done within about 30 minutes. It's a small museum, but I think it has a lot of cool stuff in it and definitely worth a visit.

Its always neat to see what new exhibits they have! I brought my aunt and uncle to see what fun was…read moreon display. The exhibit i enjoyed was the wedding gowns through the centuries. I realized im old because i didn't expect the 00's to be antique now... anyway, there were such amazing gowns and simple ones too. I liked the display of who wore the gown. There were Kentucky natives and famous to english and Indian royalty. I enjoyed the wall of roses to propose to someone one! The miniatures exhibits are always neat to look at and the video was cool! Ill come back again!

Was in town exploring a couple of distilleries and decided to stop in the museum on the way out of…read moretown. Wish we would have stopped in earlier so we could have checked out the other museums in the area. There are lots of weapons in the museum and lots of stories told in the artifacts. We will have to come back to explore the other museums.

A small but interesting museum in Frankfort chock full of military history. If you are a member of…read morethe Kentucky Historical Society you get in free along with admission to the old state capitol and the history museum itself. If not a member your $8 fee includes all of the above mentioned. They do offer discounts to veterans I believe. One more thing there is a research library on the second floor of the history museum. I and my wife have researched our family history there a number of times. And as a member it is free also.

Abraham Lincoln's Birthplace is one of the smaller sights managed by the National Park Service but…read moreI highly recommend it. The administration building has a lot of historical facts about President Lincoln that are very interesting! The memorial building contains a log cabin similar to what President Lincoln was born in. There are many steps up to the memorial, but this memorial is handicap accessible if you take the ramp feature to the right of the administrative building! It's a short trip from Bowling Green, where I stayed and I highly recommend it. To the left adjacent to memorial is a building named Nancy Lincoln Inn but it is on private property and you cannot visit it. There is a marker for it though! I would highly recommend. It's a great memorial to arguably one of our best presidents!

Admission is free for all visitors [Hodgenville KY]…read more We arrived at the last hour before closing but the Memorial Building at the Birthplace Unit closed 30 mins sooner at 4:30p so we headed up there first. This was the symbolic cabin representing Lincoln's birthplace nicely preserved inside a memorial building. Abraham Lincoln was born in a single-room log cabin at the Sinking Spring Farm in LaRue County KY. One hour was good seeing what's there including the Sinking Spring, water source for the Lincoln family and some short trails. In our case we just wanted to view the cabin in which Abraham Lincoln was born so we only spent maybe 30 mins at the park. The grounds are nice and well-kept. Abraham Lincoln was the sixteenth president of the United States. Review #3922

Conveniently located near to the Lincoln Birthplace and Boyhood Home historical sites, the Lincoln…read moreMuseum is a small museum with dioramas and other historical artifacts that give a very high level overview of Abraham Lincoln's life. This museum has a pretty great gift shop, which you can get into for free. You can pretty much find any trinket you could possibly be looking for with Lincoln on it. The museum itself costs $8 for adults. I estimate that the museum takes about 45 minutes if you don't linger at everything. The entire first floor of the museum is dioramas with mannequins (maybe a little bit creepy) that tell the story of Lincoln's life from childhood to death. The upstairs includes more exhibits with historical artifacts. Some of the Lincoln mannequins were gone from their dioramas when we visited, which was a bit of a bummer. The staff were very friendly and helpful. They were full of information about the local historical sites and pointed us in the right direction. Convenient parking out front. The Lincoln Museum is very close to the Birthplace and Boyhood Home sites, so you might as well stop by if you're already going to those, but you maybe don't go out of your way to come to just this museum.

I am a self proclaimed presidential history "nerd". I've read a biography on each president in…read moreorder (currently reading F.D.R.), and my bucket list includes visiting all their birth and burial places. I also make it a point to visit presidential libraries, national historic sites, etc. While visiting nearby Lincoln's birthplace, a volunteer told me this museum was worth doing. He was right, I'm glad I took the time. This museum had a lot of neat artifacts, but I'm not sure I'd call it a museum. It's more like...somewhere between a museum following Lincoln's life and an antique store with pieces authentic to the time. It's also part art museum. Some of the pieces include a bronze cast of Lincoln's beardless face as it appeared during his first presidential campaign, which was cool. It also has Thomas Lincoln's hoe, which was dug up in front of Lincoln's cabin in 1914. Bottom line, there aren't very many authentic pieces to the Lincoln's, but there's plenty of stuff worth seeing...like a lot of civil war bullets and other civil war pieces. The only thing I didn't like about the museum was the minimum charge for debit/credit card use. I had to buy something from the gift stop just so I could pay my admission. Overall: glad I took the time.