Pennyroyal Area Museum

Stories about the Pennyroyal Area Museum.

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.
hopkinsville history tour
The guided walk will start at 6:30 p.m. at the Pennyroyal Area Museum.
View Main Street feature
The city is one of 10 finalists in the T-Mobile Hometown Techover competition. The winner will be announced later this summer.
T-Mobile-with-Wendell-Lynch
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.
edgar cayce museum display
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?"
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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.
Janet-Bravard-William-Turner-feature
The Museums of Historic Hopkinsville-Christian County is participating in the Blue Star Museums program through Labor Day.
museum exhibit feature
The Hoppers team mascot, Stitches, will be present May 25 for the first in-person History on Tap in more than a year.
Hoppers logo feature
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.
Ben Montgomery
The kits will be available to pick up Saturday and during spring break with different activities offered each day.
edgar cayce photo at museum
The promotion raised nearly $90,000 for 12 organizations in Kentucky and Tennessee
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The former Hopkinsville High School assistant principal met with several people while signing copies of his book, "The Transformation of a High School Dropout."
Levi Peterson book signing feature