Saturday, September 24, 2011 is National Museum Day with participating museums allowing free admission. In the Louisville, Kentucky area, seven museums are participating:
Carnegie Center for Art and History (named for a patron of paleontology)
Historic Locust Grove (home of Louisville's founder George Rogers Clark)
Kentucky Derby Museum (go, baby go!)
Louisville Slugger Museum (batter, batter, batter... SWING!)
Speed Art Museum (named for the same guy as a famous local fossil quarry)
Howard Steamboat Museum and Mansion (200th anniversary of the Ohio River New Orleans steamboat)
Frazier History Museum (lock and load)
So many great places to visit and only so many hours in one day, decisions, decisions.
Check out the Smithsonian web site for museums in your area that are participating and print out an admissions ticket: CLICK HERE
