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Starting in September, the Museum will close at 5 PM on Wednesdays

Get Ready for Louisville History Month!

September is officially Louisville History Month! Get ready to celebrate with the Museum by cheering on the Louisville Miners at the 4th annual vintage base ball game at Miners Field on September 21, register for a walking tour Saturdays in September, or attend a historical reenactment with Legendary Ladies.

Celebrate Italian American Heritage in August

Although Italian American Heritage month is celebrated in October across the country, here in Louisville, we celebrate in August. Louisville has a strong Italian heritage, with first or second-generation Italians making up 27% of Louisville’s population in 1930! Recently the Museum hosted Louisville’s Society of Italian Americans for tours of our historic buildings, before a regular meeting and shared potluck in the courtyard!

New Date Added! "Cheers to 100 Years! Library Walking Tour"

Did you miss the “Cheers to 100 Years! Library Walking Tour?” Due to the popularity of the event and to partner with the Library Birthday Party, we are offering one more date option September 7. Enjoy a stroll through downtown Louisville and learn about the history of the Library, and the many places it has been throughout its 100 year history!

New Education Resources Available for Teachers

Museum Associates Summer King and Hadley Kluber Seifert have been hard at work expanding the Museum’s educational services by partnering with Museum’s for Digital Learning and History Colorado to create an educational kit about Louisville’s coal mining history. The kit was completed in July and is available online now!

Be a Part of the Story

At the Louisville Historical Museum, we are committed to collecting, preserving, and sharing the full range and diversity of voices, perspectives, and experiences in our community. We invite you to share a story, a memory, a reflection on living in Louisville. Be a part of the Louisville story so that your experiences can be shared with future generations. 

Membership

Join or Renew Today!

We love our members! Members can renew online, via mail, or in person. As a reminder, if paying by check, please make your membership check out to the Louisville Historical Museum and remember to make any monetary donations separately to the Louisville History Foundation. Thank you for your support!

Not a member yet? Join today with the perfect membership type for you. The Historical Museum offers individual, family, and business memberships, as well as gift memberships so that you can give someone who loves Louisville and history full access to all that the Museum has to offer.

Museum members receive the Louisville Historian in the mail four times each year. You can also make a donation directly to the Louisville History Foundation to support the work the Museum does and special projects.

Thank You, Business Members

Alternating Current Press
Arc Thrift Stores

Ariel IT Services
Atomic Forge
Berkelhammer Tree Experts, Inc.
Bolder Insurance
Coal Creek Collision Center
Cory Nickerson - 8z Real Estate
Creative Framing & Art Gallery
DAJ Design, Inc.
Deep End Solutions
E & L Team at RE/MAX Elevate

Gstalder Louisville Law Group

Hofgard & Associates, P.C.
Louisville Cyclery
Louisville Tire & Auto Care
Origin CPA Group
Paul's Coffee & Tea
Pine Street Plaza
Seward Mechanical Systems
Society of Italian Americans
Stewart Architecture
Ters Family Dentistry
The Singing Cook

August Historic Photo Feature

This month’s historic photo feature is related to Italian American Heritage. The photo shows Eliseo Jacoe and his wife, Ann Jordinelli Jacoe. Together they ran the Jacoe Store, a small neighborhood grocery at 1001 Main Street: the current home of the main Museum building. For 35 years, they stocked homemade pastas, produce, and canned goods. Children loved the penny candy sold by weight at the front of the store.

Eliseo was known to be a kind and generous man, often giving children a piece of candy for free, and even traveling into Denver during WWII to acquire enough candy for the traditional Christmas Treat bags given to all Louisville children. Eliseo was an accomplished musician and was known around town as “The Professor” since he taught so many Louisville children to play various instruments.

Ann Jordinelli has her own strong connection to the Museum aside from running the store with her husband. Ann’s father Frank Jordinelli immigrated from Italy in the 1880s and began working in coal mines as a young teen. He would walk from Louisville all the way to Marshall to work the mine there. In 1904, he built a house on La Farge, where he and his wife Rose raised three daughters: Ann, Katherine, and Minnie. In 2001, the City moved Ann’s childhood house from La Farge to the Museum campus where it now houses a model of downtown Louisville for guests to view! Ann’s niece, Virginia Caranci, recalls the house having “a huge garden, chicken coops, rabbit bins, coal shed, outdoor privy, and a summer kitchen called the ”Shanty.”