Swinging for the fences in downtown Louisville

London took a picture of me in front of the giant bat.
London took a picture of me in front of the giant bat.

On the last of our family field trips along Museum Row on Main Street in downtown Louisville, my son London and I made it to the Louisville Slugger Museum & Factory. The Hillerich & Bradsby company created this tourist attraction in 1996 and since then over 3 million people have visited, including the Girton boys. Continue reading “Swinging for the fences in downtown Louisville”

The Science Center still rocks

Kentucky Science Center by Tim Girton

As part of our continuing Museum Row mission, last weekend London and I went to the Kentucky Science Center. Yes, it used to be the Louisville Science Center but the mission has expanded. We thought they participated in the Five Dollar February that the rest of the places on Main Street’s Museum Row did, but they did not. Undeterred, we went anyway. Continue reading “The Science Center still rocks”

Seeing Spirits of the Passage

Visit to the Frazier History Museum by Tim Girton

 

Five Dollar February has come to Louisville’s Museum Row so my son London and I took advantage on Saturday when we went to the Frazier History Museum to see the exhibits, particularly Spirits of the Passage: the Story of the Transatlantic Slave Trade. Continue reading “Seeing Spirits of the Passage”