Louisville Attractions

Name Additional Information Kentucky State Fair Fair/Expo Center Louisville, Kentucky Phone: (502) 367-5002 Web-Site The Kentucky State Fair offers a variety of entertainment for the young and the young at heart! Whether you are nine or 99, fairgoers of all ages are sure to enjoy all the excitement that awaits them inside the State Fair gates. Be sure to visit each area of the web site to map out all the exciting events at this year's fair. Daily attractions offer visitors a chance to peruse a wide range of activities and exhibits, while the food and music tents guarantee great food and a toe-tapping good time. A hot lineup of concert entertainment draws visitors from all over as some of the biggest stars in music take the stage each evening. Your experience would not be complete without a visit to the thrillway featuring traditional carnival rides combined with the excitement of a national amusement park! More Kentucky Derby Museum 704 Central Avenue Louisville, Kentucky 40208 Phone: (502) 637-1111 Web-Site With the new 10,000 square foot expansion we have created a whole new environment full of the sounds, images and artifacts that bring the pageantry and excitement of the Kentucky Derby to life for all of our visitors. The new exhibits include high-tech computerized hands-on displays and video graphics. HIGH-DEFINITION VIDEO (The Greatest Race) This presentation of Derby Day and the activities surrounding it, has been upgraded to a high-definition video featured on our 360-degree screen. Feel the excitement of the crowds and hear the thunder of hoofs as you view this award winning show. Every thirty minutes (9:00 am through 4:30 pm) More Louisville Slugger Museum 800 West Main Street Louisville, Kentucky 40202 Phone: (502) 588-7228 Web-Site It takes a special place to craft the Official Bat of Major League Baseball. Since 1884, Louisville Slugger has put prime lumber in the hands of the greatest players of the game. A visit to the museum shows you how the sport has changed a bit between then and now, but the "crack of the bat" remains one of the sporting world's most thrilling moments. Museum and Factory Tours Tours begin every 20 minutes, with the last one starting at 4pm. We recommend you allow 90 minutes to enjoy the experience. Visitors receive a free miniature souvenir bat with the tour! More Kentucky Center for the Arts 501 West Main Street Louisville, Kentucky 40202 Phone: (502) 584-7777 Web-Site Before there was a stage, before there were lights or scenery, an audience and the sound of applause, there was a dream. The dream belonged to Wendell Cherry, first board chairman of the Kentucky Center for the Arts and force behind our current art collection. It was the dream of Mary and Barry Bingham, Sr., who provided the drive behind our endowment, and then capped their fund-raising efforts with the Bingham Endowed Series. And it was the dream of Marlow Burt, our first Executive Director, who saw us through the early years and kept the dream alive. Special tours of the Kentucky Center, including backstage, and guided tours of the Kentucky Center's distinguished collection of 20th Century artwork are available with advance notice by calling Customer Services at (502)562-0187. There is a $1 fee per person. More J.B. Speed Art Museum 2035 South 3rd Street, Louisville, Kentucky 40292 Phone: (502) 636-2893 Web-Site Established in 1927, the Speed Art Museum is Kentucky’s oldest and largest art museum with over 12,000 pieces in its permanent collection. Its extensive collection spans 6,000 years, ranging from ancient Egyptian to contemporary art. The museum has distinguished collections of 17th century Dutch and Flemish painting, 18th century French art, Renaissance and Baroque tapestries, and significant holdings of contemporary American painting and sculpture. African and Native American works also represent a growing segment of the museum's collection. More Thomas Edison House 731 East Washington Street Louisville, Kentucky 40202 Phone: (502) 585-5247 Web-Site In the front room of the Thomas Edison House is a chronology or timeline which illustrates the life of Edison, some of his most significant inventions, and major national and international events that occurred during this period. He witnessed and was a significant force behind many of these remarkable changes. Thomas Alva Edison was born in 1847 in Milan, Ohio. At that time, James Polk was President and Abraham Lincoln was just contemplating running for the legislature. When Edison died in 1931, at the age of 84, Herbert Hoover was President and we were in the middle of the Great Depression. During his lifetime Edison saw the United States engaged in two major wars: the Civil War when he was a teenager, and World War I when he was an adult and appointed to assist the Secretary of the Navy. His inventions had a significant effect upon his times and permanently altered the way in which we live today. More Kentucky Fair and Exposition Center 937 Phillips Lane Louisville, Kentucky 40209 Phone: (502) 584-7777 Web-Site One of the top 10 largest public facilities of its kind in the United States, the Kentucky Fair & Exposition Center features large facilities with diverse capabilities. The expo center accommodates an amazing spectrum of events year round and remains the permanent home for the Kentucky State Fair, the National Farm Machinery Show, and the North American International Livestock Exposition. For information on RV parking at the Kentucky Fair & Exposition Center, please e-mail or call (502) 367-5380. Reservations can be made a year in advance for any show held at the facility. We do not offer tent camping. For a list of local campgrounds, please contact the Greater Louisville Convention & Visitors Bureau (see contact information in the section below). More Frazier Historic Arms Museum 829 West Main Street Louisville, KY 40202-2619 Phone: (502)753-1033 Web-Site The Frazier, in collaboration with the Royal Armouries (Britain's oldest museum), holds in trust one of the greatest collections of arms, armor and related historical artifacts in the world. Many of the pieces displayed in the Frazier Museum once belonged to famous politicians and celebrities; noted frontiersmen and soldiers. At no other museum in the world will you find the ceremonial sword of Founding Father Josiah Bartlett, the family bible of legendary pioneer Daniel Boone, the "Big Stick" of President Theodore Roosevelt, the bow attributed to the great Apache warrior Geronimo, or the ivory-handled Colt pistols of General George Armstrong Custer. Thanks to the unique and historic collaboration with Royal Armouries, the Frazier will also display the arms and armor of kings and knights; the possessions of Henry VIII and Elizabeth I; and other wonderful artifacts from Europe that date back 1,000 years. More Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom 937 Phillips Lane Louisville, KY 40209 Phone: (502) 366-2231 Web-Site The area's best thrill rides and roller coasters plus delicious food, games and all the fun and excitement you can handle! GREEZED LIGHTNIN' Greezed Lightnin' will leave you breathless as you blast out of the coaster station like a bolt of lightning, going from zero to 60 miles per hour in less than six seconds. You won't have time to scream before you zoom through the 76-foot-tall loop, and are sent soaring up the 142-foot incline at a 70-degree angle. Just as you think the ride is over, the coaster plunges backwards down the incline and back through the loop in 35 seconds. You continue your exhilarating streak as you climb up the tail of the ride, before you glide safely back into the station. Greezed Lightnin' opened in Spring 2003. Be sure to call Six Flags for current promotions - there are times when you can pick up discounted tickets at area Kroger stores or find discounts on Coke cans. More