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Hopewell Museum
Paris, KY |
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Hopewell Museum e-mail: hopewellmuseum@yahoo.com |
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Hours: Wed-Sat 12-5; Sun 2-4; Monday and Tuesday by appointment
Admission free History & Fine Art Museum Since its opening in December of 1995, Hopewell Museum has offered changing exhibits on the art and history of Bourbon County and Central Kentucky. Built in 1909 as the United States Post Office for Paris, Kentucky, the handsome building, designed by architect James Knox Taylor, is an outstanding representation of the Beaux Arts style. The facade displays rounded windows placed in symmetrical bays with molded, glazed terra cotta tile in neoclassical designs. The interior appointments reveal cross or groin vaulted ceilings and neoclassical details around the windows and original post office compartments. |
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Exhibitions:
Creative Harvest Art Exhibit Regional art show featuring entries of two and three dimensional work by artists living in Bourbon, Harrison, or Nicholas Counties or members of Stoner Creek Arts. Stoner Creek Arts will present four $100 Merit Awards to selected entries, one of which will be named as Best in Show. Events Start your Crockpots for a Chili Cook-off! Friday, November 13, 2009 6:00 PM at the Hopewell Museum. Annual membership meeting with Chautauqua presenter Betsy B. Smith portraying Emilie Todd Helm; Rebel in the White House. As the sister of Mary Todd Lincoln and widow of Confederate Gen. Benjamin Helm, Emilie became the president’s rebel sister-in-law when she joined Mary Todd at the White House. Hailed as the Mother of the Orphan Brigade, she lived a long life as postmistress in Elizabethtown, KY. Santa & Mrs. Claus: Sunday, December 6, 2009, 2:00 PM at Hopewell Museum. Here We Come A Wassailing. . . Walking tour to celebrate the season. |
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