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 2024 year in review: growth, community, and connection
The Louisville Historical Museum had a phenomenal year in 2024, and it’s all thanks to you—our incredible community!
This year, we welcomed visitors from across the globe to our Museum campus—over 5,700 guests in total, including international guests from six continents!
Our programs were more popular than ever. In 2024, we had a total of 48 programs and special tours that catered to 3,625 attendees.
- 451 fans cheered for the Louisville Miners at the Vintage Base Ball game—an impressive 29% increase over 2023.
- 158 history buffs joined us for historic walking tours—a staggering 163% growth compared to last year.
- 884 holiday revelers kept the cherished tradition of treat bags alive—an incredible 71% increase from last year.
The Museum continues to be recognized for its service to the community and the Museum profession in 2024:
- The Daughters of the American Revolution awarded the Louisville Historical Museum a 2024 Excellence in Historic Preservation Award for preserving local history.
- The American Association for State and Local History awarded the Museum a Leadership in History Award of Excellence for collecting and documenting personal accounts and recovery with the Marshall Fire Story Project.
- The Museum received generous funding from the Scientific and Cultural Facilities District for the first time as a Tier III institution. This funding allowed the Museum to expand outreach programs to the community and complete significant conservation projects.
Finally, we gave our Museum spaces a fresh new look! The main Jacoe Store building and Jordinelli House were deep cleaned and reorganized. We will be offering refreshed exhibits for visitors to explore throughout 2025. We can’t wait for you to come and see what is new.
Thank you for making 2024 a truly unforgettable year for the Louisville Historical Museum. Here’s to more growth, connection, and history in 2025!
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Thank you for donations
Donations related to the Vietnam War have increased after the last Louisville Historian on the topic. Thank you to Dan Brown, Connie DiGiallonardo, and Ady Kupfner for photos, to Janice Mudrock for a jacket and photos, and to Allan Ferrera for a book. If you have info or photos related to Louisville’s involvement in the Vietnam War, please consider the Museum!
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Visit the updated Museum
The Museum has updated exhibits in the main Jacoe Store building. There is an exhibit on the founding of Louisville as well as one on fraternal orders in Louisville. Fraternal orders like the Knights of Pythias, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and the Improved Order of the Red Men offered funeral and welfare benefits to poor coal miners. Stop by in 2025 to see what's new!
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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.
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 Historic Photo Feature
Check out this charming Louisville postcard featuring the State Mercantile Co. building all covered in snow! It’s from January, 1914, and shows several hardworking men on the roof clearing it off.
A message on the back reads, "This is how the snow was taken off the roofs to prevent cave-in," and is signed by someone named Toby. The State Mercantile Building still at 801 Main Street looks much the same, although hopefully with a bit less snow. What a blast from the past! ❄️
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