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SUMMARY:Board Meeting
DESCRIPTION:This month’s meeting of the Board of Directors of the Museums of Historic Hopkinsville-Christian County will be held Wednesday\, September 10\, 2025 at 4:30pm at the Pennyroyal Area Museum (217 E. 9th Street). \nSEPTEMBER’S DRAFT AGENDA \nCall to Order and Review Board Meeting Agenda \nReview and Approve August 2025 Meeting Minutes \nVisioning & Education Activity: Board Retreat Recap \nUnfinished Business \nWoody Winfree Fire-Transportation Museum Update \n2025 Gala Update \nNew Business \nStaff Update \nFire Suppression System Inspection Contract \nBoard & Committee Reports \nDirector’s Report \nTreasurer’s Reports \nAnnouncements \nAdjournment \n  \nThe Board of Directors of the Museums of Historic Hopkinsville-Christian County meets monthly on the second Wednesday at 4:30pm. Meetings are conducted at the Pennyroyal Area Museum and are open to the public. There is no meeting in December. \nUpcoming meeting dates: \n\nOctober 8\, 2025\nNovember 12\, 2025 – Joint Meeting with the Hopkinsville History Foundation\nJanuary 14\, 2026\nFebruary 11\, 2026\nMarch 11\, 2026\nApril 8\, 2026\nMay 13\, 2026\nJune 10\, 2026
URL:https://www.museumsofhopkinsville.org/event/board-meeting-18/
LOCATION:Pennyroyal Area Museum\, 217 E 9th St\, Hopkinsville\, KY 42240\, Hopkinsville\, United States
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SUMMARY:bell hooks Book Club in September
DESCRIPTION:The bell hooks Legacy Group and the Museums of Historic Hopkinsville-Christian County continue to celebrate the life and work of Hopkinsville native bell hooks with a book discussion on Monday\, September 15 at 6pm in the bell hooks Legacy Room at the Pennyroyal Area Museum. \nThe bell hooks Book Club is an informal group who will come together in conversation of Hopkinsville native bell hooks and her extensive work. All are welcome to join the discussion. \nBorn Gloria Jean Watkins in Hopkinsville and writing under the pen name bell hooks\, this remarkable woman published 40 books in her lifetime. The cultural critic\, educator\, and theorist is best known for her writings on feminism\, race\, and class\, but she also wrote children’s books and books about love\, spirituality\, and healthy relationships. \nThe group continues its discussion of bell hooks’s 2000 book All About Love: New Visions with Chapter 7 “Greed: Simply Love” and Chapter 8 “Community: Loving Communion.” \nWriter\, cultural critic\, feminist icon\, and Hopkinsville native bell hooks explores what causes a polarized society and how to heal divisions. This New York Times bestselling book offers the truth about love in an expansive context and gives inspiration to help us instill caring\, compassion\, and strength in all our interactions. \nCopies of All About Love are available in The Vault by Planters Bank Museum Shop\, online through our Shopify store\, to check out from the Hopkinsville-Christian County Public Library\, or from Amazon or your favorite bookseller. \nThe bell hooks Legacy Group is a grassroots alliance that nurtures the meaning and impact of the writer’s stories\, essays and poems in her hometown\, Hopkinsville\, Kentucky\, where she began life as Gloria Jean Watkins. Follow bellhookslegacygroup on Instagram for more information. \nFor more information\, contact the Museums at 270-887-4270 or visit us in person at the Pennyroyal Area Museum.
URL:https://www.museumsofhopkinsville.org/event/bell-hooks-book-club-in-september/
LOCATION:Pennyroyal Area Museum\, 217 E 9th St\, Hopkinsville\, KY 42240\, Hopkinsville\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250920T173000
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SUMMARY:Museum Gala: Juleps\, Jockeys\, and Jazz
DESCRIPTION:The Hopkinsville History Foundation in collaboration with the Museums of Historic Hopkinsville-Christian County and with support from Planters Bank announces its second annual Museum Gala: Juleps\, Jockeys\, & Jazz on Saturday\, September 20\, 2025.* This fundraising event supports the Museum and its mission to share the stories of our community through an inclusive dialogue about our history. \nInspired by the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Met Gala\, this evening will begin with a grand promenade entrance and cocktail hour inside the Pennyroyal Area Museum followed by a dinner and music with Full Circle outside under the stars. The promenade and cocktail hour start at 5:30pm with dinner and music at 6:30pm.  \nGET TICKETS\nThe event will also feature a special art installation inspired by artifacts in the museum’s collection. The pieces that compose this unique “Create from the Collection” exhibition will be created by local artists and available for purchase at a silent auction during the event.  \nThe theme for the evening is “Juleps\, Jockeys\, & Jazz.” Inspired by the 100th anniversary of a Christian County horse winning the Kentucky Derby\, the gala celebrates the history of thoroughbred farms\, horse races\, and the 1920s in Hopkinsville and Christian County. Guests are encouraged (but not required) to use the theme as inspiration for their attire.  \nTickets are $100 per person. Reserved tables with premier seating for 8 people are available for $1\,000. All proceeds support the Museums of Historic Hopkinsville-Christian County.  \nTickets can be purchased at the Pennyroyal Area Museum or online through our Shopify store. For more information\, follow us on Facebook\, or contact us at (270) 887-4270. \nWe hope you will support the Museum as we celebrate the art\, history\, and culture of Christian County on this enchanted evening. \n*Liberty Street between 9th & 10th streets will be closed the day of the event\, and East 9th Street between Liberty and Virginia streets will be closed from 4pm-7:30pm that evening.
URL:https://www.museumsofhopkinsville.org/event/museum-gala-juleps-jockeys-and-jazz/
LOCATION:Pennyroyal Area Museum\, 217 E 9th St\, Hopkinsville\, KY 42240\, Hopkinsville\, United States
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SUMMARY:History on Tap: bell hooks's Hopkinsville
DESCRIPTION:The Museums of Historic Hopkinsville-Christian County invites you to our next History on Tap  on Thursday\, September 25 at 6:30pm at Hopkinsville Brewing Company for “bell hooks’s Hopkinsville”as we celebrate the iconic writer and feminist on her birthday. \nBorn Gloria Jean Watkins in Hopkinsville and writing under the pen name bell hooks\, this remarkable woman published 40 books in her lifetime. Her memoir Bone Black: Memories of Girlhood explores her life growing up in Hopkinsville in the 1950s and ‘60s. The collection of short stories brings the community to life through the eyes and remembrances of one of the most respected feminists of our time. \nGwenda Motley\, bell’s sister\, and Alissa Keller\, Executive Director of the Museums\, will explore the stories in Bone Black and illuminate the real people\, places\, and events that inspired the memoir. The program will also celebrate bell’s birthday – which means that there will be cake! \n\nHistory on Tap is a free series that seeks to share local history in a relaxed\, fun setting. Programs are typically held on the last Thursday of the month at 6:30pm at Hopkinsville Brewing Company. \n\nFor more information\, follow us on Facebook or give us a call at 270-887-4270.
URL:https://www.museumsofhopkinsville.org/event/history-on-tap-bell-hooks-hopkinsville/
LOCATION:Hopkinsville Brewing Company\, 102 E 5th St\, Hopkinsville\, KY\, 42240\, United States
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SUMMARY:Tree Week Tour
DESCRIPTION:The Museums of Historic Hopkinsville-Christian County and the Christian County Master Gardeners invite you to take an evening stroll in Riverside Cemetery on Friday\, September 26 at 5:30pm. The tour will feature identification of trees\, discussion of symbolism on historic tombstones\, and stories of the lives of people laid to rest in the cemetery. \nThis Tree Week Tour is offered as part of the Urban Forest Initiative\, a collaborative group of University of Kentucky and Kentucky community stakeholders whose purpose is to promote and protect the urban tree canopy on the UK campus and throughout the region. The group strives to raise awareness of the ecological\, social\, and economic benefits provided by urban trees.  \nThe tour will gather at the Latham Mausoleum straight in from the main entrance to Riverside Cemetery. The tour will last approximately 90 minutes and cover less than one mile. Registration is encouraged. Tickets are $10 per person and FREE for Museum Members. Purchase tickets online through our Shopify Store or in person at the Pennyroyal Area Museum. \nLearn more about Museum Membership HERE.
URL:https://www.museumsofhopkinsville.org/event/tree-week-tour/
LOCATION:Riverside Cemetery\, 119 Metcalfe Ln\, Hopkinsville\, Kentucky\, 42240
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250927T103000
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SUMMARY:Saturday Sleuths: The Arboreal Adventure
DESCRIPTION:The Museums of Hopkinsville-Christian County is excited to announce the next installment of our Saturday Sleuths program on September 27 from 10:30am-11:30am. Designed for children ages 6-12\, Saturday Sleuths will invite students to become detectives and help solve a history mystery at the museum on the last Saturday of every month. \nHelp us solve a history mystery this month just in time for Fall! The museum and the Christian County Master Gardeners invite students to come learn about the trees in our area\, many of which will soon have leaves that will be changing colors\, as they follow clues to solve “The Arboreal Adventure.” \nThe program will be held at the Pennyroyal Area Museum. The cost of the program is $3\, but Museum Members will be given free admission. \nIf you have any questions\, please contact the Museum at (270) 887-4270 or email akeller@museumsofhopkinsville.org.
URL:https://www.museumsofhopkinsville.org/event/saturday-sleuths-the-arboreal-adventure/
LOCATION:Pennyroyal Area Museum\, 217 E 9th St\, Hopkinsville\, KY 42240\, Hopkinsville\, United States
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