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Louisville KY Tourist Attractions
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Louisville KY Tourist Attractions
Tourist attractions in Louisville KY - Theme Parks, Tours, Museums, National Parks, Historic Sites & More!
Below is a list of attractions in Louisville KY to help you plan a Louisville KY Vacation! Find detailed information on the Louisville KY tourist attraction entries by clicking on their links. Narrow your search by selecting from a specific Louisville KY attraction category on the left hand menu.
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Explore All Of Kentucky's Regions
You can find Kentucky tourist attractions and activities in all of Kentucky's regions: Ashland, Bowling Green, Florence, Lexington, Louisville, Paducah, Richmond and Other.
Featured Kentucky Tourist Attractions and Activities
Please visit our Kentucky featured listings - Rob Zombie at Broadbent Arena, Bill Maher at Louisville Palace and Trans-Siberian Orchestra at Rupp Arena.
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Belle of Louisville / Spirit of Jefferson
Historic River Boat Cruises
Category: Louisville Aquarium in Kentucky
Description of this Louisville Attraction: The Belle of Louisville is the oldest operating steamboat in the world. This year she will gracefully turn 90! She is owned by Jefferson County, Metro Louisville.
* The Belle was built in 1914 in Pennsylvania, she was named the Idlewild.
* In 1948 her name was changed to the Avalon, as the Avalon she traveled every
navigable waterway from the Missouri to the East Coast.
* In 1961 she was auctioned to the highest bidder Judge Marlow Cook & Mayor Charles Farnsley. She was towed back to Louisville in a decrepit state, and brought back to running condition by knowledgeable steamboat crew and dedicated volunteers.
The Spirit of Jefferson-
* She was built to look like a historic steamboat.
* The Spirit of Jefferson is actually a diesel-powered riverboat built in 1963 by the Dubuqe (Iowa) Boat and Boiler Company for Streckfuss Steamers, Inc.
* She was originally named the Mark Twain, & operated out of New Orleans, Louisana, as a bayou excursion boat until 1966.
* She was then brought to St. Louis, Missouri; in the early 1970's her name was changed to the Huck Finn.
* In 1995, she was purchased by Jefferson County Judge Executive, David L. Armstrong.
* The Spirit generally runs excursions from 4th & River Road. She travels up & down the Ohio River for special cruises & community events.
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Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft
Contemporary Art and Craft Museum and Gallery
Category: Louisville Art Museum in Kentucky
Description of this Louisville Attraction: The Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft is a nonprofit organization founded in 1981 to continue the art and craft heritage of Kentucky through the support and education of craft artists and education of the public. We have been working for over 25 years by supporting over 400 artists and providing educational programs to over 500,000 school children. The Museum is funded in part by the Fund for the Arts and Kentucky Arts Council, a state agency of the Commerce Cabinet.
We host about 12 exhibitions a year. Each year more than 65,000 attendees visit the Foundation. Over 2,000 students and teachers visit the Museum on field trips and more than 35,000 students and teachers access the Traveling Suitcase Program, which offers hands-on learning using real art objects in the K-12 classroom.
The Education Center also provides special needs workshops, summer art camps, community center programs, school partnership workshops, Girl Scout workshops, child, teen and adult workshops, and craft artist demonstrations.
The Gallery Shop features the work of approximately 200 artists at any one time, offering work in all media from folk art to furniture. The Gallery Shop offers corporate gift sales and free gift-wrapping, will work with artists and clients on commissions, and will ship to all corners of the globe.
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Louisville Chorus
Longest-thriving choral arts agency in the Commonwealth
Category: Louisville Music in Kentucky
Description of this Louisville Attraction: Having enhanced the art of choral music for a phenomenal 71 seasons, The Louisville Chorus is the longest-thriving most frequently performing choral arts agency in Kentuckiana and surrounding states-also exceeding the longevity of opera, ballet, and theatre in the area. As well, within the realm of major arts agencies, The Louisville Chorus is only two years younger than The Louisville Orchestra.
The Louisville Chorus has filmed concerts for international broadcast on EWTN, the largest religious media network in the world and has recorded music for Hollywood in the making of movies. The Louisville Chorus is also a member of Chorus America and has had music chosen for nationwide broadcast on the first nationally distributed radio series to focus exclusively on the art of choral music performance.
A professional chorus of auditioned singers, The Louisville Chorus annually thrills audiences with the widest in varietal repertoire from choral masterworks with orchestra to pops, children-oriented, Broadway, and even Bluegrass; releases professional commercial CDs; performs regularly with other arts agencies, including annual involvement with young artists; presents annual benefit shows for charitable organizations; offers its own very active season of concerts and events; and performs for arts series and outreach opportunities throughout Kentuckiana. Fostering the choral art form since 1939 and boasting the expertise of Music Director Daniel Spurlockk, The Louisville Chorus exudes character, artistry, vitality, integrity in the Arts!
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Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom
Category: Louisville Theme Park in Kentucky
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Description of this Louisville Attraction: With eight amazing roller coasters, like Chang, our record-breaking stand-up coaster, plus Hurricane Bay, our 15-acre free water park, Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom offers unforgettable attractions for the entire family to enjoy…including LOONEY TUNES MOVIETOWN, our ride area made especially for kids!
New for 2005, Tornado - Ride the Ultimate Storm. Tornado will thrill guests at Hurricane Bay Water Park as they plunge down a 132-foot “eye of the storm” tunnel of swirling water before relaxing in a cool catch pool below.
Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom is located in the heart of Louisville at the junction of I-65 and I-264 at the Kentucky Fair and Exposition Center. The park is within an hour’s drive of Lexington, Kentucky and approximately two hours from Indianapolis, Indiana and Nashville, Tennessee.
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