ILL Circulating material is considered on a case by case basis and should be requested through your local Public Library from OCLC symbol KNU. The gift shop is called the Steward Home School 1792 Store. A collection of over 1,000 downloadable electronic books from University Press of Kentucky. Several areas of the campus are available to be rented for dinners, retreats, meetings, receptions, parties, or weddings. Historical societies for the southern United States, Thomas D. Clark Center for Kentucky History, Learn how and when to remove these template messages, Learn how and when to remove this template message, National Historical Publications and Records Commission, Directory of Active Army and National Guard Museums, 2017 Civil War Governors of Kentucky symposium, Editor's Choice: Network Visualization in the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, National Guard Memorial Museum (Washington, DC), National Museum of the United States Army, U.S. Army Ordnance Training and Heritage Center, General George Patton Museum (Fort Knox, KY), National Guard Militia Museum of New Jersey, Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hall and Museum, North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Alabama Department of Archives and History, Jewish American Society for Historic Preservation, Labor and Working-Class History Association, Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, American Association for the History of Medicine, Virginia Department of Historic Resources, Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training, Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media, United States Marine Corps History Division, Southern Association for Women Historians, Mississippi Department of Archives and History, American Association for State and Local History, Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations, National Center for Preservation Technology and Training, American Journalism Historians Association, North American Society for Oceanic History, National Coalition of Independent Scholars, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kentucky_Historical_Society&oldid=982138265, Articles needing additional references from April 2012, All articles needing additional references, Articles lacking reliable references from April 2012, Articles with multiple maintenance issues, Official website different in Wikidata and Wikipedia, Wikipedia articles with Trove identifiers, Wikipedia articles with WORLDCATID identifiers, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 6 October 2020, at 11:23.

... Topic: Early Kentucky Antiques. KHS became an agency of Kentucky state government in the early 1950s and is now part of the Kentucky Tourism, Arts & Heritage Cabinet.

Outreach programs collaborate with more than 430 local historical organizations. A centralized database for oral history collections publicly accessible through Kentucky libraries, museums and archives. A multimillion-dollar museum and research facility, the center features both permanent and temporary exhibitions, a research library and a gift shop. Ayers. At the Martin F. Schmidt Research Library, a genealogical and historical research library, researchers can access books, manuscripts, graphic collections and oral histories documenting the people and places of Kentucky's rich past. The Old State Capitol, a National Historic Landmark, served as Kentucky's capital from 1830 to 1910. A fortress-like building that overlooks downtown Frankfort, the State Arsenal was recently renovated. Digitized images and documents; finding aids for manuscript collections. The KHS produces the Register of the Kentucky Historical Society which has been published continuously since 1903 and continues to provide fresh perspectives on the history and people of Kentucky. KHS has more than 3,900 members and more than 1,300 junior members to whom it provides support and educational services. The exhibit "Kentucky Hall of Governors" describes how the Kentucky governors handled or mishandled problems of the time.

The galleries of the Old State Capitol display the evolution of decorative styles in an exhibition entitled "Great Revivals: Kentucky Decorative Arts Treasures". Founded in 1977, the mission of the Kenton County Historical Society is the promotion, preservation, research, and dissemination of Kenton County history and genealogy… KHS maintains online catalogs of artifacts, books, manuscripts, rare books and other types of collections. This virtual program will stream live on the KHS You Tube channel, featuring both live and pre-recorded segments. Historical societies for the southern United States, Thomas D. Clark Center for Kentucky History, Learn how and when to remove these template messages, Learn how and when to remove this template message, National Historical Publications and Records Commission, Directory of Active Army and National Guard Museums, 2017 Civil War Governors of Kentucky symposium, Editor's Choice: Network Visualization in the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, National Guard Memorial Museum (Washington, DC), National Museum of the United States Army, U.S. Army Ordnance Training and Heritage Center, General George Patton Museum (Fort Knox, KY), National Guard Militia Museum of New Jersey, Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hall and Museum, North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Alabama Department of Archives and History, Jewish American Society for Historic Preservation, Labor and Working-Class History Association, Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, American Association for the History of Medicine, Virginia Department of Historic Resources, Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training, Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media, United States Marine Corps History Division, Southern Association for Women Historians, Mississippi Department of Archives and History, American Association for State and Local History, Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations, National Center for Preservation Technology and Training, American Journalism Historians Association, North American Society for Oceanic History, National Coalition of Independent Scholars, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kentucky_Historical_Society&oldid=982138265, Articles needing additional references from April 2012, All articles needing additional references, Articles lacking reliable references from April 2012, Articles with multiple maintenance issues, Official website different in Wikidata and Wikipedia, Wikipedia articles with Trove identifiers, Wikipedia articles with WORLDCATID identifiers, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 6 October 2020, at 11:23.

(CLOSED Dec. 25 and Jan. 1), (Includes all sites open at the time of visit. Kentucky Historical Society presents the “Not Derby Day Special” | 2020 It was chartered as the state society in 1838 and began to collect books and printed materials. The center also contains the Keeneland Changing Exhibits Gallery for various temporary exhibitions – some examples of which include "Beyond the Log Cabin: Kentucky's Abraham Lincoln" and "Made to be Played: Traditional Art of Kentucky Luthiers." The Register of the Kentucky Historical Society. These sources are available without charge to anyone with an Internet connection.

The KHS is home to the major digital humanities project, the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition (CWGK). The Register of the Kentucky Historical Society, a members only, peer-reviewed, scholarly journal. The KHS is administered by an executive committee and is also supported by the KHS Foundation, a 501(c)(3) organization. The KHS has a variety of facilities available for rent, including the Commonwealth Hall, some conference rooms and the Cralle-Day Garden. Sustaining Kentucky’s Heritage Through Advocacy, Education And Development. The Library Collections Catalog for the Martin F. Schmidt library is available online, as is the Society's Digital Collections Catalog, which includes over 20,000 images of original manuscripts, maps, photographs and finding aids for a portion of the Archival collections at the Kentucky Historical Society. Located on the second floor of the Thomas D. Clark Center for Kentucky History, the Martin F. Schmidt Research Library holds the largest genealogical collection in the state. To find links to collections for lower jurisdictions (such as a county or town), go to Locating Online Databases.. Ancestry.com, FindMyPast.com, and MyHeritage.com can be searched free of charge at your local family history center or the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah. (Check the main website for current hours of operation) http://history.ky.gov/. Ballard- Carlisle Historical-Genealogical Society, Campbell County Historical and Genealogical Society, Carter County Historical And Genealogical Society, Floyd County Historical and Genealogical Society, Henderson County Genealogical & Historical Society, Hickman County Historical and Genealogical Society, Johnson County Historical And Genealogical Society, Letcher County Historical and Genealogical Society, Martin County Historical and Genealogical Society, Pendleton County Historical and Genealogical Society, Wayne County Historical and Genealogical Society, Webster County Historical and Genealogical Society, Whitley County Historical and Genealogical Society, Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War, Nelson-Garfield Memorial Camp #3, Descendants of Samuel Wright (1722-1789) of Lenox, Massachusetts, Record of the Smith family descended from John Smith, An Australian clan: the Nivisions of New England, The Descendants of Meredith Edwards of Westmoreland County, Virginia, Military Historical Societies and Organizations.