8 HISTORY & HERITAGE
GEARED FOR HISTORY
85 Aviation Heritage Park
1825 Three Springs Road (for GPS only) • aviationheritagepark.com
Be awed at the memorial to distinguished aviators who have
called South Central Kentucky home as their stories are shared
via radio broadcast. The site features an Air Force F-4D Phantom
that downed a North Vietnamese MiG-21.
More: F-111 fl own in the 1986 USAF
raid on Libya • Blue Angels
Navy F9F-5 Panther • T-33
Shooting Star • NASA T-38
Talon fl own by 82 of 85
astronauts in the U.S.
Astronaut Hall of Fame •
Huey Helicopter coming
summer 2018. Open
daily dawn to dusk; free
to the public.
26 Historic
Railpark &
Train Museum
401 Kentucky Street
270.745.7317 • historicrailpark.com
Learn the history of the tracks
through state-of-the art self-guided
galleries at this 1925 former L&N Depot
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that has been restored with a two-story, interactive museum.
More: Guided Tour of an E8A Diesel Locomotive, a 1911 L&N
Presidential Offi ce Car, a 1949 Pullman Dining Car, a 1953 Luxury
Pullman Sleeper and a 1921 Post Offi ce Car • One of the region’s
largest model railroad displays. Open Mon.-Sat. 9am-6pm, Sun.
10am-4pm May–Oct.; Tues.-Sat. 10am-4pm, Sun. 1-4pm Nov.–April.
42 Kentucky Museum
1444 Kentucky Street • 270.745.2592 • wku.edu/kentuckymuseum
View fascinating exhibits including a tribute to Bowling Green’s
Duncan Hines, a world-renowned quilt gallery and a Civil War
exhibit. More: A Culture Carried: Bosnians in Bowling Green
• Fine Art from the 1400s • Decorative Arts from 17th-20th
Century • Rotating and Traveling exhibits • Coming Fall 2018:
Stickwork sculpture installation by world-renowned artist
Patrick Dougherty. Open Mon.-Sat. 9am-4pm, Sun. 1-4pm.
Closed all major holidays.
/aviationheritagepark.com
/historicrailpark.com
/kentuckymuseum
