Museum Row

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Get ready for history times FOUR with Museum Row, where your admission allows you entry into four fascinating and inspiring museums in the center of beautiful Bourbon country!

First, let's start with the Civil War Museum and Women's Museum of the Civil War! These are the largest and most complete museums dedicated to the Western Theater of the American Civil War in the entire USA! 

Inside, you'll find over 8,000 square feet of authentic period exhibits, that tell the story of the successes and the struggles between the Union and the Confederacy, all the way from the stunning Appalachian Mountains to the Mississippi, from Georgia to the Gulf of Mexico.

Next, the inspiring Women's Museum highlights the incredible achievements of women of all races, backgrounds and creeds during the Civil War and through the entire 1800s. Kids can be inspired as they learn all about their achievements in medicine, writing, science, bursing, civil rights, journalism, the arts, suffrage, military service and so much more!

It really is a complelling empowerment experience for all young girls and women alike - and it's believed to be the only museum of its kind in the entire country!

Adjacent to these museums is the Old Bardstown Village, which is where kids can walk through history as they explore the collection of ten original 18th and 19th century log structures that form a Colonial period settlement. History really does come to life! It's always fun for kids to see how differernt life would have been all those years ago (and we're sure they won't spot an iphone in sight!)

If all of that wasn't enough, Museum Row also features The General Hal Moore Military Museum. Here you'll find exhibits that tell the story of conflicts from the American Revolution, to the Mid-East battles of today.  The exhibits are also centered on the contributions of many Kentukians who served in these battles. Recently, this museum expanded the World War I exhibit, so it really is an eye opening experience for all. 

Are you ready to explore not one, but FOUR museums in Bardstowns' Museum Row? Get those walking shoes on and learning hats at the ready, because history is waiting for you!