Museum Monday: All About Firefighters features the hottest and most heroic of special guests! The Hopkinsville Fire Department will join us at the museum to talk about what firefighters do! They will be letting those who attend get a close-up experience with an actual fire truck as well as talk about some of the historic…
Museum Monday: All About Batter tells all about what makes Hopkinsville the “Batter Capital of the World.” Learn how wheat is grown, processed here into flour, and then packaged to go out into the broader world! Play our newly-designed “Field to Fork” exhibit game and even make some delicious cornbread!
On Museum Monday on July 15, we are “All About the Civil War” as students will discover the important events that took place in Hopkinsville and Christian County during one of the greatest conflicts of our country’s history. Both Union and Confederate forces wanted control of the area–come find out why!The Museum is able to…
Museum Monday on July 8 is “All About the Commonwealth” as students will learn about how European settlers came into Kentucky and eventually built settlements in Christian County and Hopkinsville. Come learn about what life was like for early settlers to the region!The Museum is able to offer FREE ADMISSION for all students thanks to…
Museum Mondays will take place every Monday at 10:30 a.m. at the Pennyroyal Area Museum. Each week will offer a different experience designed to help young visitors learn about what makes Christian County great! On Monday, July 1, students will learn about the “First Peoples of the Pennyroyal” in a program that explores local artifacts,…
This week's Museum Monday will explore the Nature of the Pennyroyal: our plants, animals, rocks, and resources that make this region so special. Students will participate in a field study and get to explore the exhibit in new and fun ways. Mondays will feature special programming each week at 10:30am at the Pennyroyal Area Museum,…
The Museums of Historic Hopkinsville-Christian County and the bell hooks Legacy Group introduce the bell hooks Book Club, an informal group who will come together in conversation of Hopkinsville native bell hooks and her extensive work. The first gathering will be on Monday, June 17 at 6pm at the Pennyroyal Area Museum. The group will…
Join us for Museum Monday! We will be exploring all about museums: what they do, how they work, and why they're important. Kids will get to develop their own stories and create their own exhibit, too! No need to register for this FREE program! Big thanks to Mayor JR Knight and the City of Hopkinsville…
The Supper Club’s next meeting will be next Thursday, June 13 and will meet at the Pennyroyal Area Museum at 6pm. This month’s program features recipes prepared from cookbooks found in the archives of the Pennyroyal Area Museum. The museum staff is actively culling through recipes to choose interesting dishes that are representative of our…
We're going out for a night on the town on Saturday, May 25 at 5:00pm for our spring Downtown Tipsy Tour. This walking tour will start at the Pennyroyal Area Museum and will visit three of Hopkinsville’s downtown establishments as we stroll and drink our way through some of the seedy and scandalous moments of…
