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Frazier Kentucky History Museum, Louisville, KY

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Frazier Kentucky History Museum

Explore Kentucky history exhibits on Museum Row and start the Kentucky Bourbon Trail at its welcome center.

829 W Main St · Louisville, KY

About Frazier Kentucky History Museum

The Frazier Kentucky History Museum opened in 2004 in the 1898 Doerhoefer Building on West Main Street in downtown Louisville. Since 2018 it has been the official starting point of the Kentucky Bourbon Trail, with a welcome center and bourbon exhibits. You will also find The Lewis and Clark Experience, an immersive exhibit, and the Stewart Collection of roughly 30,000 historic miniature figures and accessories.

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