Old Bardstown Village and Civil War Museum

While you are in town for the Bourbon Festival, don't miss the chance to see what Bardstown was like 200 years ago. Visit our pioneer village with interesting cabins and artifacts from the period. Our Civil War Museum was voted fourth best Civil War Museum in the US. Few leave this museum without an appreciation of the incredible trama this country endured and the importance of the battles fought in the Western Theater. We have a Women in the Civil War Museum also, which easily can stand on its own. Women played amazing roles in the war, we invite you to see for yourself. Last, but not least, our Hal Moore Military Museum has artifacts and exhibits that cover all of America's major wars. There is something for everyone in this museum. All four attractions are available for one low price. We hope to see you soon!

Bardstown Museum Row Battles of The Western Theater Featuring the Lt. General Hal Moore Museum, Women's Civil War Museum and the Colonial Village

The Bourbon Festival in Bardstown, KY is just around the corner, September 13 - September 15. We hope you have made arrangements to attend. Bardstown is loaded with amazing bourbon, great food and down home hospitality. No trip to Bardstown is complete without visiting the Old Bardstown Village and Civil War Museum. We offer so many interesting artifacts and exhibits and all for one low price. A visit to our three museums will give you a better appreciation of the uniqueness of Bardstown and hopefully make it a place you will want to return to again and again.
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On this day, August 29, in 1862, Union General John Pope launched a series of assaults against Confederate General Andrew Jackson's position along an unfinished railroad grade near Manassas, Virginia. The attacks were repulsed with heavy losses on both sides. Around midday, Confederate General James Longstreet arrived at the battle and took position on Jackson's right flank. On August 30, General Pope renewed his assaults and Longstreet's counterattacked with his 25,000 men in the largest simultaneous mass assault of the war. The Union left flank was destroyed and the army was driven back to Bull Run. Only a well executed Union rear guard action prevented a replay of the First Manassas defeat. This Confederate victory at the battle of Second Bull Run emboldened General Lee to start making plans to move into Maryland. To learn more about this battle and all the battles of the Civil War, we invite you to visit our world class Civil War Museum in Bardstown, KY! We hope to see you soon.

Second Manassas The Battle of Second Manassas (Second Bull Run) page includes battle maps, history articles, photos, and expert video on this important 1862 Civil War battle.

Don't miss the 30th Annual Buttermilk Days in Bardstown, KY this weekend! It is an event filled with good food, good music and great hospitality! Imagine a big family reunion and everyone is there and you have Buttermilk Days. While you are in Bardstown, don't miss a visit to the Old Bardstown Village and Civil War Museum. You get THREE museums and an AMAZING historic village all for one low price. We hope to see you this weekend!

Buttermilk Days Festival

Mark your calendars for this Saturday, August 17, between 10am-4pm ET for an amazing World War II reenactment at the Old Bardstown Village and Civil War Museum in Bardstown, KY. Reenactors representing a 2nd Armored Mechanized unit will present a manual arms demonstration and drill. For one low standard admission, you will be able to tour all our museums AND get to interact with World War II reenactors who can answer your questions about the brave soldiers of the 2nd Armored Division and their valiants efforts during WWII.
We hope to see you next Saturday!

2nd Armored Division (United States) - Wikipedia The 2nd Armored Division ("Hell on Wheels"[1]) was an armored division of the United States Army. The division played important roles during World War II in the invasions of Germany, North Africa, and Sicily and in the liberation of France, Belgium, and the Netherlands. During the Cold War, the divi...

With school year right around the corner, it's time to load up the car with your family, set your GPS for Bardstown, KY and plan for an entertaining adventure! There is so much to do in Bardstown, from bourbon tours, to great food, to amazing hospitality, to super interesting attractions. While you are in Bardstown, make sure to visit the Old Bardstown Village and Civil War Museum. We have three incredible museums and a true to life historic village all for one low price. We hope to see you this weekend!

Bardstown Museum Row Battles of The Western Theater Featuring the Lt. General Hal Moore Museum, Women's Civil War Museum and the Colonial Village

The Old Bardstown Village and Civil War Museum offers so much more than our name implies. We are a Kentucky Proud museum with many artifacts and exhibits focused on Kentucky's battles or Kentuckians who fought in major battles. We invite you to come and learn YOUR history. The Korean War (many call the forgotten war) is a good example. Between 1950 and 1953, seventeen Kentuckians lost their lives on this day, July 25, in this bloody war. To learn more about all of America's wars, we invite you to visit our Hal Moore Military Museum. There is something for the whole family at one low price. We hope to see you soon!

Korean War - Wikipedia The Korean War was fought between North Korea and South Korea; it began on 25 June 1950 when North Korea invaded South Korea and ceased upon an armistice on 27 July 1953. North Korea was supported by the Soviet Union and China (PRC) while South Korea was supported by the United Nations Command (UNC)...

On this day, July 21, in 1861, in the first major land battle of the Civil War, a large Union force under General Irvin McDowell was roundly defeated at the First Battle of Bull Run by the Confederate army under General Pierre G.T. Beauregard. We invite you to Bardstown, KY to learn much more about this pivotal battle. Few realized after this battle that four bloody years of war lay ahead. We hope to see you soon!

Bull Run First Manassas (Bull Run) page with maps, photos, history articles, and preservation news

Looking for something to do this weekend? Well, load up the car and head to Bardstown, KY. We have food, fun and friendship in heaping quantities! Everywhere you go you will be treated with a smile. Some secret jewels you won't want to miss are Boone's Butcher Shop, Pat's Place and our downtown market. While you are downtown, don't miss our world class museums. Our Civil War Museum and Women in the Civil War are amazing and the Hal Moore Military Museum has interesting exhibits on all of America's wars. Our frontier village will take you back in time. All this for one low price. We hope to see you and your family soon!
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On this day, July 11 in 1862, President Abraham Lincoln signed into law a bill calling for the awarding of a U.S. Army Medal of Honor, in the name of Congress, “to such noncommissioned officers and privates as shall most distinguish themselves by their gallantry in action, and other soldier-like qualities during the present insurrection.” It was patterned after the U.S. Navy Medal of Valor, which was created the previous December. Our nation owes a great debt to our Medal of Honor recipients. If you are fascinated by history, especially military history, then you need to pack up the whole family and take a trip to Bardstown to see our world class Civil War Museum, our Women in the Civil War Museum and the Hal Moore Military Museum which has exhibits and artifacts from all of America's major wars. We have something for everyone for one low price. We hope to see you this weekend!

Congressional Medal of Honor Society | Official Website The Society’s membership is comprised of those who wear the Medal of Honor, the United States’ highest military award for valor. Through the Society's Outreach, Education and History initiatives, the Medal of Honor Recipients continue their service across the nation.

The staff, volunteers and Board of Directors of the Old Bardstown Village and Civil War Museum wish you a happy and safe Fourth of July! We have so much to celebrate and be thankful for. Freedom is not free. Democracy is a unique historical phenomenon, as constituents, let's work together to ensure it never perishes from the earth. Have a great day!

The Declaration of Independence: A History Nations come into being in many ways. Military rebellion, civil strife, acts of heroism, acts of treachery, a thousand greater and lesser clashes between defenders of the old order and supporters of the new--all these occurrences and more have marked the emergences of new nations, large and small. T...

On this day, July 3, in 1863, the Confederate hopes of outright winning the Civil War ended. The titanic struggle we call the Battle of Gettysburg ended in a Union victory. This battle cost the Union 23,000 killed, wounded, or missing in action. The Confederates suffered around 25,000 casualties. The Confederate General Lee was forced to return south. To learn more about the Civil War and this history changing battle, we invite you to visit our Civil War Museum in Bardstown, KY. It is a world class museum and you'll find something of interest for the whole family. We look forward to seeing you soon!

Gettysburg In the summer of 1863, Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee launched his second invasion of the Northern states. Forces collided at the crossroads town of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania from July 1-3, 1863. It resulted in an estimated 51,000 casualties on both sides, the bloodiest single battle of the entire wa...

Summer is here and you are looking for someplace fun for the whole family to visit, right? Well, look no further, Bardstown, KY has something for everyone in the family. The home of bourbon, is so much more than a quaint, small town. We have amusements and adventure as well. The Old Bardstown Village and Civil War Museum on Museum Row is really four museums for one low price. We invite you to visit and see for yourself. We hope to see you soon!
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We welcome everyone to Bardstown. Whether you are here for a bourbon tasting, dining at our historically great restaurants, like the Talbott Tavern, or on a shopping expedition, you will find so much to do. We hope you will visit the Old Bardstown Village and Civil War Museum. We look forward to sharing our incredible artifacts and displays with you. We want to pay special attention to the notable contributions of African Americans in Bardstown and the wider Nelson County area on Juneteenth. There is a new exhibit Kentucky Black Trailblazers that you don't want to miss while visiting. We look forward to seeing you soon!
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We can never forget the sacrifice of our brave soldiers in Vietnam. Today is the anniversary of Tomahawk HIll.
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We are celebrating National Bourbon Week in Bardstown. Bourbon is in our heritage, our water and our blood. We invite you to visit Bardstown to sample our fine bourbons, attend one of the many National Bourbon Week events and to stop in at the Old Bardstown Village and Civil War Museum. We have four world class attractions at Museum Row, all for one low price. We guarantee a memorable visit for the whole family! We look forward to seeing you.
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If you are in Bardstown this weekend for the Fly-In, Drive-In Breakfast at Samuels Field or a Day Out with Thomas Train at our friends at the Kentucky Railway Museum in New Haven, KY, we hope you will carve out some time to visit the Old Bardstown and Civil War Museum. We offer four amazing venues for one low price. Our Civil War Museum was voted fourth best in the US, and that puts us in some pretty tall cotton. Our 1800s village will transport you back in time. Our Women's Civil War Museum tells the story of the important role that women played in the most pivotal war in US history. And last, but definitely not least, the Hal Moore Military Museum tells the story of all the major wars in which America has fought. We hope to see you this weekend!
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Happy Memorial Day from the Board of Directors and the Staff at the Old Bardstown Village and Civil War Museum. It is our special trust to preserve the memory of all the people who paid the ultimate price for our freedom. Take a moment today to think of those men and women who gave everything for our freedom.
"Our flag does not fly because the wind moves it. It flies with the last breath of each soldier who died protecting it." –Unknown

Memorial Day (originally known as Decoration Day) is a federal holiday in the United States for remembering the ultimate sacrifice of U.S. military personnel who died while serving in the United States Armed Forces. We ask that you pause this weekend and remember those who gave everything for our freedom. Some mark this solemn weekend by visiting cemeteries or attending military parades, others will have family events or just get away, but whatever you do, do it with gratitude for those brave servicemen and women who gave their lives. Our Hal Moore Military Museum, Civil War Museum and Women in the Civil War Museum will be open and we welcome you and your family!
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May 18 is International Museum Day. The Old Bardstown Village and Civil War Museum will be open for FREE to all locals with a Nelson County ID. The first 10 locals will get a free annual pass that expires November 30, 2024! We are recognizing our locals in a special way on Saturday, but all visitors from outside Nelson County are welcome for a low admission price. While you are in the area, make time to visit our neighboring museum the Bardstown-Nelson County African American Museum. If you are from Nelson County, this is an opportunity you don't want to miss.
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Kentucky Derby 150, what an exciting time to be in Kentucky! You have your tickets to the big race but what are you going to do with the rest of your time? How about visiting Bardstown, once voted most beautiful small town in America, full of great shopping and dining? While you are in Bardstown, you must visit the Old Bardstown Village to see what Kentucky was like 180 years ago, before the Derby began. For one low price, you also get the 4th best Civil War Museum in the US. Also visit our amazing Women's Civil War Museum and Hal Moore Military Museum which covers all of America's major wars. A visit to see us makes for an fascinating day. We hope to see you!
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The Kentucky Derby Festival is upon us again. Kentucky shines in its true glory this week! "The corn top's ripe and the meadow's in the bloom, while the birds make music all the day," as the My Old Kentucky Home song goes. You may be in the area to see the races or participate in one yourself, but this is the best time to come to Bardstown to see what Kentucky is truly all about, the nature, the bourbon, and amazing hospitality. We hope you will plan a visit to The Old Bardstown Village and Civil War Museum while you are in Bardstown. You will get four great museums for one low price. We hope to see you soon!
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A lot of people have plans to attend Thunder over Louisville, but what are your plans before and after the event? Why not bring the family to historic Bardstown? We have the fourth best Civil War Museum in the United States, we have a Civil War Museum dedicated specifically to the women's role in war, we have the Hal Moore Military Museum which covers all of America's major wars, and last, but not least, the Old Bardstown Village, which lets you step back in time to see what frontier life was like in Kentucky, ALL FOR ONE LOW PRICE! After you have completed your visit of "Museum Row," you can stroll around our beautiful downtown, visit a bourbon distillery, have a great meal or doing some fun shopping. We hope to see you this weekend!

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On this day, April 13 in 1861, after a thirty-three hour bombardment by Confederate cannons, Union forces surrendered Fort Sumter in South Carolina’s Charleston Harbor. This first engagement of the war ended in Rebel victory. Protecting Sumter was its commander, Major Robert Anderson from Louisville, KY, nine officers, 68 enlisted men, 8 musicians, and 43 construction workers. The Civil War had officially begun. To learn more about Fort Sumter, we invite you to visit our Civil War Museum in Bardstown, KY. We promise you and interesting and informative visit!

Fort Sumter and Fort Moultrie National Historical Park (U.S. National Park Service) Two forts stand at the entrance of Charleston Harbor. Patriots inside a palmetto log fort, later named Fort Moultrie, defeated the Royal Navy in 1776. As Charleston blazed a path towards secession to preserve slavery, construction on a new fort, Fort Sumter, proceeded. The Confederacy fired on the U...

Did you know that Bardstown, KY has one of the best Civil War museums in the United States? While it canvases the entire war, it focuses most intensely on the battles of the Western theater. Our exhibits on Fort Donelson, Shiloh, Vicksburg and Perryville are extensive and very interesting! We explore the abomination of slavery and its horrific impact. We have a separate museum dedicated to women of the Civil War. There is something for everyone. With our low admission price, you also get to tour our frontier village called Old Bardstown Village and the Hal Moore Military Museum which has exhibits on all of America's major wars. We invite you to visit us in Bardstown. We promise you an informative and interesting visit!

» 6 Historic (and Spooky) Places to Visit in Bardstown, Kentucky It’s no secret that Bardstown is The Bourbon Capital of the World®, but did you know that it’s also a treasure trove of haunted history? As Kentucky’s second-oldest town, Bardstown has been playing host to some truly spooky sites and legendary tales for over 200 years. With haunted mansions, ...

If you are looking for some fun and adventure on this Spring Break, we invite you to visit the Old Bardstown Village and Civil War Museum in Bardstown, KY. For one low price, you get our historic village, one of the best Civil War museums in the United States, the only Women in the Civil War museum and the incredible Hal Moore Military museum which covers all of America's major wars. On top of this, you have all the other entertaining opportunities that Bardstown has to offer like good dining and shopping, plus bourbon history. We hope to see you this weekend!
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The Old Bardstown Village and Museum Row is closed today in observance of Easter. From the Board of Directors and staff, we wish you a wonderful Easter holiday and we look forward to you visiting with us soon. We will re-open on Monday at 10 am.

The Old Bardstown Village and Civil War Museum will be closed on March 31, Easter Sunday. The Board of Directors and Staff wish you a Happy Easter!

A few photos from our living history this past weekend. A big thank you to everyone who visited with us, to our living historians who spent their day with us and to First Watch Photography LLC and Jessica Johnson for sharing these images!
Show us yours from the weekend!