Discover the world of Kentucky!…read more Did you know, the corvette comes from here.... Hmmm, let's learn more! They have on display here a red corvette! Where else can one find a state that is divided up into 120 different counties. That has an independent and unique history. What makes Kentucky so different? How about the soil and the agricultural system that came to be. Then we have the Ohio River and the hub to the Mississippi to sell goods. Where the birth of the steamship made Louisville a city! Today we are Kentuckians! This state so unique. Come and visit! The Frazier museum needs to be on your list. This gentleman made his fortune on bottling bourbon first. Used to be fill your flask with bourbon. How about sell a glass bottle of bourbon? The need to preserve artifacts from history stated this collection that is here for us all to share. The staff are some of the finest people so educated on the history behind all things Kentucky.

Even if you do not enter the museum, you must stop in to browse the gift shop. It is one of my…read morefavorites and I plan to come here more often for gifts. The Frazier is now a stop on the bourbon trail and because of that you can learn fun facts about how it's made and the history in Kentucky. Tastings and tours are also available. Cool Kentucky is a favorite walk through and it's found on the main floor. It's the reason the locals should visit. I learn something new each time and people in our state are highlighted in many ways. The Lewis and Clark exhibit remains and is likely the most kid friendly; however, this museum isn't really geared towards kids and they're going to become antsy fairly quick. Rotating exhibits always offer a reason to come back so I like to follow them on social media to see the announcements. Frazier offers an annual beer fest as well during late July/early August. I give them kudos for adjusting their displays and theming over the years to appeal to more visitors and remain open. It's a unique experience. Street parking, don't forget to pay the meter. Discount tickets may be found on Groupon. Annual membership is a good deal too.

Let's all scream "baseball!"…read more Baseball also known as "Americas Pastime!" That crack of the bat that made everyone want it. In 1884 Pete became lucky with a Louisville slugger bat. Could it be in the wood. Perhaps because we are standing here in this factory on this tour. The bat, the Louisville slugger is the bat. The official bat of baseball. During this tour you will learn why? I cannot give it all away. Make sure and see it all. You can go in and hold a bat too. The vault of bats of over a 100 years old. The dreams that have come true as you stand here . Wow! Now for this experience it's timed when they have a line. Come during the day and usually the place is yours. The guided tours are great they are relatively cheap and easy. They provide reliable information about the highlights of baseball history. Now make sure and take a photo with the giant bat out front. The parking is on street or of visiting at the hotel and walk here. Either way this is a laid back place you can spend the whole day here. Come and be apart of baseball and all its past .

Louisville slugger has been making baseball bats for MLB players for over 120 years, with Honus…read moreWagner being the very first professional ball player endorsement. Baseball is the sport I had the most memories of from growing up, so having the chance to go to the iconic place where all Louisville slugger bats are made, was a must when my wife and I visited Louisville. It was a worthwhile tour. I bought tickets before our trip, and got upsold the neighboring distillery experience at Big Bat Bourbon. Prices were $50 for each adult directly from the website, and chose two times (9:40 am for the slugger tour and 11 am for the distillery). This actually ended up being the right amount of time, and still be able to grab lunch in the area. There are numerous parking garages in the area, and we parked at the closest one to the museum (4th and Main). It has a maximum daily rate of $15 (4 hours or more with no validation anywhere, so ended up paying that when leaving). It's $24 per adult to enter the museum and it includes the tour of the factory and a mini souvenir bat. The tour started exactly at 9:40, and our guide walked us through the history and the manufacturing floor of the site. Pictures were fine but no video was allowed. They produce over 1 million bat per year at this site, including all pro model bat used by major leaguers. Ash, maple, and birch are some of the woods used to make bats, all sourced from renewable forests in Pennsylvania. 15% of the wood are graded as pro bats, with players ordering about 100 custom made bats per season. The sawdust produced is used for turkey beds at a nearby farm. It was clear that the program knew what questions had been asked previously and made the answers part of the tour. The entire tour lasted about 50 minutes, and at the end, we got to pick out a mini bat for each of us. After the tour, we looked at other parts of the museum, including a place where you can touch and hold antique bats. I tried the Babe Ruth bat...it was so HEAVY. They also had a batting cage where folks tried batting practice. There was a large gift shop, where one could buy bats and have them personalized. If I didn't know better, I would have gotten the impression that ALL baseball bats for The Show are made by Louisville Slugger from the tour, but that is hardly the case. Only bat manufacturers approved and registered by MLB can be used in a game, but there are quite a few of them (over two dozen). In terms of which brands major league players use, Marucci Sports (24%) and Victus (18.4%, owned by Marucci) lead the pack, with Louisville Slugger being third (13.1%). With this sort of popularity, Marucci/Victus became the official bat of MLB before the 2025 season, replacing Louisville Slugger. For obvious reasons, that was not mentioned during the tour, and made the experience more of a museum visit (looking at the past) vs a factory tour.

I am not a big horse racing fan, but have often watched the Derby. The museum here and history…read moreare very well curated. It does a great job highlighting the well-known horses, the Derby event and energy surrounding it, jockey info and stats. The film showcasing event is great . And I loved the fashion - definite must-see.

Came here the day after Derby Day, so it was free (and track tour during this time). I waited about…read morehalf hour in line to get in (since this year's Derby merch was also half off). I liked the 360 degree movie and spent about an hour and a half checking out the other exhibits. 2026 #42

Tonight was a special event held in the IMAX Theatre to fundraise for Dolly Parton's Imagination…read moreLibrary. The movie "9 to 5" was being shown on 9/25 at various venues across the country. The theater has quite comfortable seating, great sound system, and unsurprisingly great visuals on the 4-story height screen. Boxed popcorn was even being sold in the first floor gift shop. An info table was set up on the third floor near the entrance to the theater with local reps available to answer questions for the Imagination Library and to solicit donations. Science Center has a large parking lot located directly behind the building. Cost is $8 for members and $15 for nonmembers. There is a pedestrian walking bridge connecting the lot to the science center. An elevator is also available to provide total accessibility and just so happens to be topped off with the triceratops statue originally seen at the Louisville Zoo many decades ago. Very nostalgic! Science Center appears well kept and brightly lit and a welcoming space. Employees encountered this evening were all quite welcoming and friendly. Looking forward to checking out future events at this venue.

The kiddos plus cousins recently invaded the Kentucky Science Center. We got to explore it much…read moremore than we had been able to before, and I left with more appreciation for all that it offers. The kids played with the sensory activities, the dinosaur and animal exhibits, engineering fun, the makerspace and so much more. We ended up spending a couple hours there, and we could have stayed longer if not for impending nap times. The facility was clean and so much for everyone to learn. Our family members, who were visiting from Philly, lamented the fact that they don't have a kids science museum like this by them. It was neat to see it through their eyes. We also ended up getting the membership that also includes the Louisville Zoo. As long as we visit twice, the membership will be a deal. The science center also hosts great events, including some fun ones for adults. Plus we need to go back and see a film in its theater. Like I wrote in my last review of the center, it's a gem!

Just be.... Contemplating something…read more... Life and how it fall... This hotel is a living breathing experience. The concept behind 21c is genuine art at its core . The motto of 21c states a philosophy, " of being globally engaged yet rooted in the local community." They continue to believe; "art can anchor and energize a community." These truths and beliefs hold momentous truths with an emphasis upon free expression of thought and ideas through art. In fact the company has an art gallery that rotates often with other 21c Hotels. The location here in Louisville, KY is absolutely brilliant. The color scheme and color combination lighting is uplifting . It has to be seen by an individual to appreciate it. The Statue of David stands tall toward the water front. It's gold paint style and very bright. It's a local landmark and flavor. The hotel has a limo done up in all red crystals for all sorts of events. The words of "why not," come to mind! Sometimes let's just go with, "why not?" In the search for the meaning of life and all its secrets. Come, stay, and play here in Louisville in the best of style.

I had my first day with my current boyfriend here. We met on a Sunday, because He was in Cincinnati…read morethat Saturday. We got a cheese board and some frizzy water to keep it light as it was the night before a work day. It was the best date I've had in a while, as we went over a vast amount of information from each other's lives that night. Of course, it was a wonderful time...and the Art was the second best part of the night as to me He was the most beautiful thing that night. Thank you 21C for providing the 2 of Us with such a wonderful time and experience. I remember getting home that day and being so happy because it was a wonderful time at a sensational place that made all the sense now that I can think of it deeper as I am an artist myself.

"In the clearing stands a boxer And a fighter by his trade"…read more(Simon and Garfunkel) Who was your childhood hero? Without hesitation, my answer would be Cassius Clay/Muhammad Ali. When I think of the '60's, he was in the center of every shitstorm there was - old generation vs new generation, pro war vs anti-war, and toss in civil unrest, civil rights, and race relations for good measure. I followed him over his full lifetime, clowning around with Howard Cosell, throwing lightning fast punches in so many fights (you needed to see a slo-mo replay to appreciate his speed), watched his 1974 championship "Rumble in the Jungle" match against George Foreman on closed circuit TV while at college, remembered his incredible lighting of the Olympic torch at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics as his wracked body was trembling with Parkinson's disease, and mourned his 2016 passing. The Muhammad Ali Center is a multicultural institution and museum dedicated to the man's life and legacy. For a time, he was widely regarded as the most recognizable person on Earth. The Center covers so much more than his boxing career and also showcases his childhood and civil rights-humanitarian works. One of the exhibits features a child's bicycle- a red Cruiser Deluxe and I suspect no bicycle in history packs a backstory like this one. When Cassius Clay was 12 years old, a young hooligan stole it. After Clay discovered the theft, he began crying and screaming on a street corner when a policeman approached him and asked what was wrong. Clay responded with "someone stole my bicycle and when I find him, I'm gonna whup his ass!" The policeman asked Clay if he knew how to fight and took him to the local gym for boxing lessons. And that's how one of the twentieth centuries greatest characters began his rise into history and immortality. This is a must-see museum, plain and simple.

I will offer a caveat that I am a big combat sports fan so part of my review might just be that Ali…read moreis already very well covered in the combat sports world, but also like there's a will smith move so idk man. It's alright. Nothing really new or interesting. The weird deer park training camp interactive thing for kids, the movie that is not very good at the beginning, overall I just expected more and left pretty underwhelmed.

"Genius is 1% inspiration, and 99% perspiration." Thomas…read moreEdison In the heart of the old Butcher Town Preservation District of Louisville a young Thomas Edison was on assignment here and spent 1.5 years working and making his own way as an inventor. While here working for Western Union, Edison rented a duplex. He was presumed to be around 19. In the city of Louisville at the time his skills with the telegraph presented him with work. During his time here he worked on improving the telegraph system and other equipment. At this little museum come and see the space that has been created in his honor . Many different patents he created. A few models can be seen here on display at this museum. For parking purposes they have a small lot. The hours vary so check before you come . If only for a brief moment in time, Edison studied here. It has been preserved for you to come.

So Thomas Edison rented a room here for a year. That's pretty much it. Definitely not worth going…read moreout of the way for. We stayed in the area, so decided we should check it out. The museum is open limited hours. The lobby was open so we were able to look at some of the displays and info they had about the history lightbulbs. The museum tour is $5.

I love the Speed Art Museum. There are so many amazing exhibits, and it is much bigger than I…read moreoriginally expected. Every time I visit, there is something interesting to see, and they always seem to have great events going on. I do miss their free Sundays, but I completely understand that things change with the economy. It is still a place I am happy to support and recommend.

We visited during mid-August 2026 to attend the annual Cat Fest Video event. This returning show…read moresupports the local Alley Cats charity to promote neuter and spay for overpopulation prevention. Show was amusing for the most part and also an amazing opportunity to take a nap for some of the members of our group! We wandered around the museum for a bit pre-show and a tiny moment post-show. Always finding something new when we stop in. Love the variety on display and appreciate rotating installations to pique our interest.

It was nice to stop in and see all the variety of sweet goodies and the amazing history here!…read moreImpressive family establishment. Come support a local gem that's not too far from Louisville.

Schimpff's Confectionary was a slightly unplanned road trip stop off on our way to Tennessee. It…read morewas a quick stop off the highway. Easy street parking and local free lots. They make a lot of candy onsite and do demos so you can watch. There's also floats, sandwiches and salads available. Really cute place lots of good options for sweets.

Let's "support our local art!"…read more This little gallery is located on Main Street and it features art from community members and artists. They have a great collection on view and its changes from time to time. The entrance fee is a steal. It's under twenty dollars. The inspiration of another individual is just hard to explain. You can see their story and explore it through how they convey and then you connect to it. The staff here are truly wonderful. They will not only help you but let you shop and browse as you want. They are engaged with great attention to detail. One featured artist is Minnie Evan's she has an immersive experience here . Let's reflect and celebrate.

The Kentucky Museum of Arts and Crafts has a hot new name, KMAC, and three floors of interesting…read moreexhibits and activities! Every floor also features an activity area for groups and kids in the back. It's a nice feature. The first floor is mostly the shop with a lot of cool, some of it local art. Not bad prices either. The next two floors up have rotating exhibits with art in a variety of forms. You can see the whole place in a relatively short amount of time and you'll have a great time!