January 2021
Beat the Winter Blues with Museums! The Museums of Historic Hopkinsville-Christian County is offering a number of programs throughout the month of January. To ensure the health and safety of all, this month’s special programs will all be virtual. Museum-at-Home: Bird Feeder Kits, available Saturday, January 9 from 10am-4pm on the Pennyroyal Area Museum’s front.. read more →
Autumn at the Museums
We have a bunch of fun programs planned over the next month! October is shaping up to be bustling as always. Here’s a quick rundown of our plans: Saturday, October 10, 10am: Tombstone Preservation Workshop at Pioneer Cemetery Friday, October 16, 7pm: Movies at the Museum: Attack of the Killer Tomatoes at the Pennyroyal Area.. read more →
Museum Available for VLA
Are you looking for a place for your children to complete their VLA work? How about setting up your “classroom” in a fun, educational, accessible space? The Pennyroyal Area Museum is open and available for students in the Virtual Learning Academy on Tuesdays through Saturdays from 10am until 4pm. The Museum is equipped with desks.. read more →
Re-Opening Again
We Can’t Wait to See You! The Pennyroyal Area Museum, the Woody Winfree Fire-Transportation Museum, and The Vault gift shop will open by appointment only on Tuesday, June 9, 2020. Visitation will be limited to one household unit at a time. Appointment times will be 10am, 11:30am, 1pm, and 2:30pm, and appointments may be directly.. read more →
Summer 2020
Become a Hoptown History Hero with the Museums of Hopkinsville! REGISTER NOW The Museums of Historic Hopkinsville-Christian County will be offering a virtual camp this summer. The “camp” will begin on Tuesday, June 9 and will run for eight consecutive weeks to conclude with a final party and ceremony on Saturday, August 1. Each week.. read more →
Happy Mother’s Day
Want to practice your new cursive writing skills? Write an acrostic poem to celebrate Mom on Mother’s Day! Check out Kathleen, our Education Coordinator, as she teaches a lesson in writing and creates her own poem: Cursive Writing with Kathleen An acrostic is a poem in which the first letter of each line spells out a.. read more →
2019 by the Numbers
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Edgar Cayce Hometown Seminar: March 20-22, 2020
REGISTER NOW! March 20 – 22, 2020 Join us as we pay tribute to Hopkinsville and Christian County’s most famous son: Edgar Cayce. This year, we welcome Peter Woodbury as our featured speaker on From Creation to Revelation. Back by popular demand in Hopkinsville, Peter joins us for his second full seminar weekend. The weekend seminar is.. read more →
Big Read: Our Town
The Museums of Historic Hopkinsville-Christian County invites you to join us for a series of programs and events during the Big Read. This year, we will be reading and studying Thornton Wilder’s iconic play Our Town. The month-long programming kicks off this Monday, September 30 at 6:30pm at the Alhambra Theatre. The Museum is hosting a.. read more →
Haunted Hoptown Walking Tour, October 31
Haunt the streets with us as we share some of Hoptown’s strangest, most bizarre, and darkest stories. From murder and mystery to tragedy and scandal – this tour is sure to put a spooky twist on Our Town. Advance registration is required. Tickets: $10/person; $5/Museum Members Purchase tickets online: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/haunted-hoptown-walking-tour-tickets-72593652569 For more information, give us a.. read more →