NOW.
WE
WE ARE
WE ARE HERE AT THE KENTUCKY HISTORICAL SOCIETY AND FRANKFURT
AND WITH ME IS SCOTT.
THANK YOU FOR HAVING US.
>> WE ARE GLAD TO HAVE YOU HERE.
>> I'M SO EXCITED TO ACTUALLY
BE HERE.
BE HERE.
BE HERE. I'VE SEEN THE TUESDAY TREASURES
AND NOW I'M ACTUALLY HERE.
TELL US, WHAT IS THE KENTUCKY
HISTORICAL SOCIETY ABOUT QUICK
>> WE ARE THE STATES HISTORICAL
SOCIETY.
SOCIETY.
SOCIETY. OUR JOB IS TO EDUCATE AND
ENGAGE ALL KENTUCKIANS.
IT'S VERY MUCH ABOUT DIGGING
INTO AND HAVING A BETTER
UNDERSTANDING, NOT JUST ABOUT
WHERE WE WERE BUT WHERE WE ARE
GOING TO GO.
SO WE HAVE OFF WHOLE CAMPUS
FULL OF ACTIVITIES AND THINGS
TO DO TO HELP PEOPLE EXPLORE
THE WIDE RANGE OF KENTUCKY
HISTORY THAT SURROUNDS US EVERY
DAY.
DAY.
DAY. WE
DAY. WE ARE NOT JUST A MUSEUM, WE
ARE STORAGE FACILITY.
WE HAVE TENS AND HUNDREDS OF
THOUSANDS OF ARTIFACTS AND
ARCHIVES AND MATERIAL THAT
ALLOWS US TO SHARE WITH ALL
KENTUCKIANS.
KENTUCKIANS. >> YOU HAVE MORE STUFF HERE
THAN YOU CAN EVEN PUT OUT AT
ONCE.
ONCE.
ONCE. YOU
ONCE. YOU SWITCH OUT EXHIBITS.
>> WHEN YOU WALK IN, WE ARE
PRETTY GOOD-SIZED BUILDING IN
DOWNTOWN FRANKFURT.
DOWNTOWN FRANKFURT. THE MAJORITY THE BUILDING IS
USED FOR STORAGE OF ARTIFACTS
AND COLLECTIONS.
AND COLLECTIONS. >> THAT IS SO COOL.
IF YOU HAVE BEEN HERE BEFORE,
YOU COME AGAIN AND YOU'RE GOING
TO SEE NEW STUFF.
>> WE TRY TO ROTATE THESE,
DURING THE PANDEMIC WE HAVE
SLOWED DOWN, BUT WE ARE SITTING
IN OUR SIGNATURE EXHIBIT.
IT HOUSES QUITE A FEW ARTIFACTS
AND WE ROTATE SOME OF THEM OUT
PERIODICALLY TO KEEP IT FRESH
AND NEW.
AND NEW.
AND NEW. >> I THINK IT'S ALSO SO COOL
THAT THIS ISN'T JUST FRANKFURT
HISTORY, THIS IS ALL OF
KENTUCKY.
KENTUCKY.
KENTUCKY. >> WE ARE A STATEWIDE
HISTORICAL SOCIETY BUT WE ALSO
WORK WITH A LOT OF HISTORICAL
INSTITUTIONS TO HELP THEM BRING
HISTORY TO THEIR AREAS AND HELP
CELEBRATED HERE WHEN WE COME TO
FRANKFURT.
FRANKFURT. >> IT'S BEEN AN INTERESTING
YEAR FOR EVERYONE.
BUT YOU ARE OPEN FOR BUSINESS.
>> WE HAVE BEEN OPEN SINCE JUNE
7th.
7th.
7th. OBVIOUSLY IT HAS BEEN A LITTLE
SLOWER BUT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE
THAT WE PROVIDE A GOOD SAFE
ENVIRONMENT FOR PEOPLE TO COME
EXPLORE THE WORK THAT WE DO.
AND IT'S PICKING UP A LITTLE
BIT, BUT WE HAVE A RESEARCH
LIBRARY, FOLKS FROM ALL OVER
THE WORLD COME TO DO RESEARCH
ON KENTUCKY HISTORY HERE IN OUR
LIBRARY.
LIBRARY.
LIBRARY. >> THAT IS SO COOL.
SO GREAT DAY LIVE AND KENTUCKY
HISTORICAL SOCIETY, WE HAVE AN
AWESOME PARTNERSHIP.
AWESOME PARTNERSHIP. WE HAVE THE KENTUCKY ANCESTOR
TOWNHALL.
TOWNHALL.
TOWNHALL. SO FOR ANYONE WHO DIDN'T GET TO
SEE THIS LAST TIME, CAN YOU
TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT
IT'S ABOUT QUICK
>> IT'S COMING UP MARCH 25th AT
9:30, TUNE IN EARLIER TO CATCH
IT, THE TOWNHALL IS A LONG-TERM
PROJECT WHERE OUR HISTORIANS,
OUR ICON ARCHIVISTS DIG INTO A
FAMILY HISTORY PROBLEM THAT
SOMEBODY HAS SUBMITTED TO US.
WE GET LOTS OF APPLICATIONS FOR
PEOPLE TO HELP GET THEIR FAMILY
HISTORY.
HISTORY.
HISTORY. WE REVEAL THE FINDINGS OF THAT
RESEARCH.
RESEARCH.
RESEARCH. IT'S A LOT OF FUN TO BE ABLE TO
SHOW FULL ABOUT THEIR FAMILY
HISTORY AND GENEALOGY LIVES AND
ON AIR AND THEN SHARING IT.
SO TODAY MARCH 21st TO CATCH
OUR NEXT ONE.
>> THAT IS SO EXCITING.
SO TELL ME, IN YOUR EYES, WHAT
MAKES FRANKFURT SO SPECIAL?
>> THERE'S A WIDE RANGE OF
HISTORY THAT'S GOING ON HERE
AND IT'S A FUN PLACE TO BE.
IT'S A WIDE VARIETY.
WE ARE FEATURING LOTS OF
DIFFERENT PLACES, A LOT OF
VISITORS COME HERE FOR THE
DISTILLERY TO US, THEY JUMP
OVER INTO DOWNTOWN, ICE CREAM,
YOU CAN GET BARBECUE, YOU CAN
GET ALL KINDS OF DIFFERENT FOOD
ITEMS AND THINGS DONE HERE, BUT
A LOT OF FOLKS LIKE TO TOUR THE
HISTORY.
HISTORY.
HISTORY. IN FACT, WE ARE WORKING WITH
SOME OF THE DOWNTOWN FOLKS TO
DO FRANKFURT WALKING TOUR
STARTING THIS SUMMER ON JUNE
1st.
1st.
1st. WHEN
1st. WHEN YOU COME DOWN HERE, AS
PART OF THE ADMISSIONS, YOU CAN
ALSO TAKE A TOUR OF DOWNTOWN
FRANKFURT.
FRANKFURT. >> THAT IS EXCITING.
WHEN YOU COME AND VISIT, YOU
CAN CHECK OUT ALL THE MUSEUMS
AND GET TO GO ON A WALKING
TOUR?
TOUR?
TOUR? >>
TOUR? >> SO WE HAVE, I HADN'T
MENTIONED IT, BUT WE HAVE THREE
DIFFERENT FACILITIES.
DIFFERENT FACILITIES. ONE OF THOSE IS THE OLD STATE
CAPITOL.
CAPITOL.
CAPITOL. IT'S A GEM, IT'S PART OF OUR
COLLECTION THAT A LOT OF FOLKS
RECOGNIZE AND KNOW ABOUT.
YOU CAN COME DOWN AND DO TOURS
OF THE OLD'S TAKE CAPITAL AS
WELL.
WELL.
WELL. WE
WELL. WE HAVE ON ARSENAL HILL, THE
CONTACT THE MILITARY HISTORY
MUSEUM.
MUSEUM.
MUSEUM. WE HAVE A LOT OF ITEMS.
WHATEVER SUITS YOUR FANCY AND
WHATEVER KENTUCKY HISTORY YOU
ARE PASSIONATE ABOUT.
EVEN YOUNG KIDS.
WE WELCOME FAMILIES AND FROM ALL
AGE RANGES.
AGE RANGES. >> IF PEOPLE WANT TO LEARN
MORE, WHERE'S THE BLISS BEST
WAY TO GO?
>> GOOD FOR WEBSITE AND YOU CAN
JUMP OFF TO A WHOLE WIDE
VARIETY OF DIFFERENT THINGS YOU
CAN DO HERE AT THE KENTUCKY
HISTORICA SURVEY.
HISTORICA SURVEY. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING
US TODAY.
US TODAY.
US TODAY. FROM THAT HISTORICAL SOCIETY,
I'M JoANN DICKSON.
>>>
>>> YOU
>>> YOU CAN UNLOCK THE PATH TO ARE COLLECTION OF GENEALOGY
RESOURCES AVAILABLE BOTH ONLINE
AND HERE IN OUR LIBRARY.
OUR TEAM CAN HELP YOU DISCOVER
UNKNOWN FAMILY HISTORIES FOR A
FRACTION OF THE COST OF A DNA
TEST KIT.
TEST KIT.
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