Kentucky Museum News

Aug 30th, 2022

The Kentucky Museum will upgrade their art print collection storage with a $10,000 grant from the LeRoy Neiman and Janet Byrne Neiman Foundation.

Jun 28th, 2022

The Kentucky Museum at WKU has received a grant from the Kentucky Local History Trust Fund to provide partial support for conservation of garments in the Mrs. A. H. Taylor Collection.

Jun 3rd, 2022

The Kentucky Museum is hosting Nuestro hogar Kentucky, Our Kentucky Home, an exhibition of artworks by Kentuckians of Hispanic or Latin American heritage. The exhibit runs June 3 to 29, 2022.

May 31st, 2022

The Kentucky Museum will host an Open House on Friday, June 3, to celebrate its new exhibitions.

May 19th, 2022

The Kentucky Museum at WKU has received a $1,000 grant from Bowling Green’s Walmart stores to support the Museum for All Fund, an endowed initiative to ensure perpetual free admission for visitors.

May 18th, 2022

The Kentucky Museum has launched a new fundraiser - the Museum for All Fund - to establish permanent free admission.

May 9th, 2022

To continue their free admission program, the Kentucky Museum will launch a crowdfunding campaign on May 18.

May 2nd, 2022

The Kentucky Museum at WKU has received a $7,000 grant from the Kentucky African American Heritage Council, part of the Kentucky State Historic Preservation Office, to support its ongoing documentation and interpretation efforts related to the Jonesville

Apr 28th, 2022

The Kentucky Museum at WKU has opened a new exhibit, Crazy Quilt Mania. The exhibition showcases 23 crazy quilts from the Museum’s permanent collection, as well as examples of related textile and non-textile fancywork, illustrations, and advertisements.

Apr 11th, 2022

The Kentucky Museum is thrilled to welcome WKU alum Alisha Martin, founder of The Bad Button Bespoke Corstery, for a talk and showcase of modern corsetry.