The Kentucky Museum
Changing Exhibits

Kentucky Building | Western Kentucky University Campus | (270) 745-2592

Current Exhibits

• Warren County Strawberries - May 1 - June 30, 2008 (Kentucky Library Second Floor Gallery)
• Interior Design Senior Thesis Show - April 25 - May 11, 2008(Ground Floor Gallery)
• WKU Student Art Show - April 17 - May 10, 2008 (Third Floor Gallery)
• Recommended by Duncan Hines - (First Floor Gallery)
• Felts Log House (Building Grounds)
• Western 100: A Century of Spirit (First Floor Gallery)
• Roads, Rails and Rivers: Warren County Then and Now (First Floor Gallery)
• Hascal Haile: Guitar-maker to the Stars (First Floor Gallery)
• Taking the Mystery Out of Prehistory (First Floor Gallery)

Upcoming Exhibits

• "Color My World" Kentucky Heritage Quilt Society 2008 Annual Show - May 23 - June 8, 2008 (Third Floor Gallery)
• Sight and Sounds of Warren County - May 31 - December 7, 2008 (Ground Floor Gallery)
• Communication Through the Ages - October 1, 2008 - January 24, 2009 (Kentucky Library Second Floor Gallery)
• Eleanor Clark at Yaddo - February 1 - April 30, 2009 (Kentucky Library Second Floor Gallery)

Current Exhibits

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The Warren County Strawberries - May 1 - June 30, 2008

Although Warren County's earliest pioneers often mentioned the wild strawberries native to the area, strawberry cultivation began here in earnest after 1880. Founded in 1908, the Warren County Strawberry Grower's Association was the first of several cooperatives founded in the county. All of the strawberry activity, during May and June each year, led one local radio station to air a jingle calling Bowling Green the world's strawberry capital. Indeed for several decades Warren County's four strawberry cooperatives picked more strawberries than any other county in the state.

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Color My World: Kentucky Heritage Quilt Society 2008 Annual Show - May 23 - June 8, 2008

The KHQS Annual Show has an international flavor in 2008. The quilts and wall hangings included will be made in an international style (Hawaiian, Japanese, African), constructed from a worldly pattern (Irish Chain, Dresden Plate, leMoyne Star, Greek Cross, Mariner's Compass, relect a geographic location that lies closer to home (Carolina Lily, Baltimore Album, Kentucky Star) or be made in a worldwide theme.

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Recommended by Duncan Hines

Through an extensive collection of museum artifact, many donated by the Bowling Green Area Convention and Visitors’ Bureau, "Recommended by Duncan Hines" includes 11 sections featuring the life and work of the Bowling Green native. Visitors will learn about Hines’ career as a writer on travel, dining and entertaining, as well as his transition to a "name brand" icon and pioneer in the world of packaged food.

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Western 100: A Century of Spirit
Opened January 22, 2006

From first setting foot upon a university campus, the student experience becomes wide and varied. The world opens up to them and finding classes, meeting professors, and making friends are only a part of campus life. This exhibit celebrates the 100-year anniversary of Western Kentucky University by presenting the many activities students encounter as they live their college life.

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Roads, Rails and Rivers: Warren County Then and Now

From settlement to present day, modes and means of transportation have been important to the development of Warren County, Kentucky. Roads and rivers brought settlers to the region as well as goods to and from market. Bowling Green, the county seat, first flourished because of its location on the Barren River and that river's link to the Mississippi River and new Orleans market. The county grew as turnpikes, railroads, state highways, parkways, the I-65 interstate and airways came through Bowling Green. This bicentennial exhibition presents the county's history through the themes of business and industry, religion, education, war, health and medicine, and entertainment.Co-sponsored by Houchens Markets and the Margie Helm Library Fund with additional support from Humana.

Visit our "Roads, Rails and Rivers: Warren County Then and Now" online.

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Hascal Haile: Guitar-maker to the Stars

Monroe County, Kentucky native Hascal "Hack" Haile (1906-1986) began making guitars professionally after retiring from furniture making in the late 1960s. A lifelong musician, he made guitars for classical artists and country musicians alike. This special exhibition case features two of Haile's guitars; an acoustic folk guitar (1983) and a solid body amplified acoustic guitar (1982). Haile received national attention when in 1980 the Smithsonian Institution accepted one of his guitars for its Hall of Musical Instruments and President Jimmy Carter received him at the White House.

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Taking the Mystery Out of Prehistory

Long before the first written history in Kentucky, people lived and hunted there. This small exhibit identifies tools, cooking utensils, and ornaments made and used by prehistoric Kentuckians. Ordinary and unusual objects of stone, bone, pottery, and fiber are included and a special display of projectile points identifies spear and arrow tips that span 10,000 years of Kentucky prehistory.

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Felts Log House

This early nineteenth century log house is a classic example of traditional Kentucky architecture. The double-pen, story and a half structure with its dog-trot floor plan and poplar, oak, and walnut construction are typical of the folk architecture of the region. The structure interprets folklife in rural, south central Kentucky in the eighteen-thirties using reproduction household furnishings and equipment, tools, and clothing accurate to the period.

Teachers Resource Guide Online: History and Folklife of the Kentucky Frontier.

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Upcoming Exhibits

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Sights and Sounds of Warren County - May 31 - December 7, 2008

Partners: Kentucky Historical Society; Landmark Association; Bowling Green-Warren County Historic Preservation Board; Insight Communications; and, Kentucky Library & Museum

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