Pennyroyal Area Museum Archives

Local museum highlights Hopkinsville history during downtown summer stroll

by Dustin Wilcox
July 26, 2021

On the stroll, Keller recounted how local churches nursed wounded Confederate soldiers during the Civil War, "Night Riders" burned three tobacco warehouses in 1907, the Ku Klux Klan burned crosses at six intersections in 1924 and more.

Summer Stroll on Friday will highlight downtown architecture, stories

by Jennifer P. Brown
July 20, 2021

The guided walk will start at 6:30 p.m. at the Pennyroyal Area Museum.

Hopkinsville is a finalist for a mobile communications tech makeover

by Jennifer P. Brown
July 15, 2021

The city is one of 10 finalists in the T-Mobile Hometown Techover competition. The winner will be announced later this summer.

Museum director’s program on Edgar Cayce to kick off summer of history-themed events

by Jennifer P. Brown
June 23, 2021

Alissa Keller will discuss Cayce's early life in Christian County for the History on Tap program at Hopkinsville Brewing Co. It is the first of several summer programs the museum plans.

When nothing else will do but a piper’s song

by Jennifer P. Brown
May 30, 2021

When Janet Bravard was given a special send-off Friday from the Pennyroyal Area Museum, it got Jennifer P. Brown thinking, "what is it about bagpipe music that feels so good?"

Museum plans special send-off for longtime staffer

by Jennifer P. Brown
May 25, 2021

Janet Bravard, who started working for the Pennyroyal Area Museum in 1993, is retiring Friday. The public is invited to visit her at the museum on her last day as an employee.

Military and families invited to tour local museums at no charge

by Jennifer P. Brown
May 24, 2021

The Museums of Historic Hopkinsville-Christian County is participating in the Blue Star Museums program through Labor Day.

Hoptown Hoppers will be featured during History on Tap at the brewery

by Jennifer P. Brown
May 19, 2021

The Hoppers team mascot, Stitches, will be present May 25 for the first in-person History on Tap in more than a year.

History on Tap speaker to discuss nearly forgotten Kentucky story of racial violence and justice

by Jennifer P. Brown
April 8, 2021

Ben Montgomery's book, "A Shot in the Moonlight," is about a freed Kentucky slave who found justice with the help of a Confederate war hero.

Museum plans take-home kits on Edgar Cayce, local history

by Jennifer P. Brown
April 1, 2021

The kits will be available to pick up Saturday and during spring break with different activities offered each day.

It’s Christmas in March for recipients of Planters Bank Season of Giving campaign

by Jennifer P. Brown
March 29, 2021

The promotion raised nearly $90,000 for 12 organizations in Kentucky and Tennessee

Friends, former students reconnect with retired educator Levi Peterson Jr.

by Jennifer P. Brown
March 1, 2021

The former Hopkinsville High School assistant principal met with several people while signing copies of his book, "The Transformation of a High School Dropout."