The Civil War Museum in Bardstown, Kentucky is a collection of five attractions along what is called "Museum Row". It was established in 1996 by Dr. Henry Spalding. The star attraction is the Civil War Museum, which is the fourth largest American Civil War Museum and is dedicated to the Western Theater of the war. The main building was originally the icehouse and waterworks of Bardstown, and is 8,500 square feet.

The five attractions are:

• Civil War Museum of the Western Theater: organized by chronology and geography. A notable exhibit is the flag of the 2nd Kentucky Cavalry, which was captured when John Hunt Morgan was captured after his Raid ended in Ohio.
• Pioneer Village: Commonly called the "Civil War Village", it features buildings built in Nelson County, Kentucky, from 1776-1820.
• Women's Civil War Museum: Opened in 1999, it is the only museum that looks into the role of women during the American Civil War. It is in the well-known Wright Talbott House.
• War Memorial of Mid America: Honors those who came from the middle of the United States who fought for freedom from the first Revolutionary War to Operation Desert Storm.
• Wildlife Museum: features life-sized North American wildlife, as well as minerals and fossils from around the world.

Civil War Village

Auxiliary museums

[edit] See also

• Kentucky in the American Civil War

[edit] External links

• Official site

v • d • e Kentucky in the American Civil War Pre-War History of slavery in Kentucky 1861 Confederate government of Kentucky · Battle of Barbourville · Battle of Camp Wildcat · Battle of Ivy Mountain · Battle of Rowlett's Station 1862 Battle of Middle Creek · Battle of Mill Springs · Battle of Richmond · Battle of Munfordville · Battle of Perryville · Battle of New Haven · General Order No. 11 1863 Morgan's Raid · Battle of Tebbs Bend · Battle of Lebanon  · Camp Nelson 1864 Battle of Paducah · Battle of Cynthiana · American Civil War fortifications in Louisville Post-War List of Civil War Monuments of Kentucky  · Cave Hill Cemetery  · Pewee Valley Confederate Cemetery‎ See also: Timeline of Kentucky in the American Civil War, Lexington in the American Civil War, and Louisville in the American Civil War

v • d • e Museums in Kentucky Art, history, and religion: Adsmore · Bill Monroe Museum · Bluegrass Railroad and Museum · Callahan Museum of the American Printing House for the Blind · Civil War Museum (Bardstown) · Coal Miners' Museum · Creation Museum · Federal Hill · Frazier International History Museum · General George Patton Museum · Historic Locust Grove · Hunt-Morgan House · International Bluegrass Music Museum · Kentucky Derby Museum · Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft · Kentucky River Museum · James A. Ramage Civil War Museum · Lexington History Center · Louisville Slugger Museum & Factory · Mountain Homeplace · Museum of the American Quilter's Society · Muhammad Ali Center · Oscar Getz Museum of Whiskey History · Riverside, The Farnsley-Moremen Landing · Rosemary Clooney Museum · Speed Art Museum · Thomas D. Clark Center for Kentucky History · Thomas Edison House · U.S. 23 Country Music Highway Museum · Whitney Young Birthplace and Museum Science, technology, and industry: Aviation Museum of Kentucky · Louisville Science Center · Kentucky Railway Museum · National Corvette Museum · Railway Museum of Greater Cincinnati

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