Kentucky Historical Society

Any museum curator will tell you that putting together an exhibit that effectively tells a compelling story, perhaps addressing myths or highlighting underappreciated achievements, is a challenge under any circumstance. So, it’s no surprise that it took awhile for the Kentucky Historical Society in Frankfort to roll out a comprehensive past and present tribute to Kentucky’s women in uniform.But now “Our Stories, Our Service: Kentucky’s Women Veterans” is ready for you to come and experience for yourself. WUKY's Alan Lytle recently did just that with curator Julie Maio Kemper.

The Kentucky Historical Society and WUKY are back with another episode of 120: Common Threads of Kentucky History. This week we discover and discuss a…

The Kentucky Historical Society and ABC 36 are bringing some of the stories behind the creepiest artifacts in the KHS collection to a TV near you just in…

No fans in the stands, a Labor Day weekend start date. This year's Kentucky Derby is one for the history books. And speaking of history, WUKY News…

In March 1856, a dead body washed onto the shore of the Mississippi River. The body belonged to a man who had been a passenger on the luxurious steamboat…

The possibility of having the General Assembly determine who won this year’s gubernatorial election is stirring memories of the last time such an event…

The notorious conflict between the Hatfield and the McCoy families of West Virginia and Kentucky is often remembered as America’s most famous feud, but it…

With the start of another fall meet at Keeneland at hand, few would argue that Horse Racing and the Commonwealth of Kentucky are synonymous, but some of…

How much do you know about Plessy versus Ferguson, the 1896 U.S. Supreme Court decision that protected segregation through the concept “separate but…

In the wake of the Civil War, a former Union soldier and a former Confederate soldier faced off in a duel with pistols, near the Scott-Fayette County…