Events

Meet Santa, Mrs. Claus and their museum helpers for photos, crafts, and cookies. For kids of all ages. Free.

An evening with friends, heavy hors d’oeuvres, and cocktails! Members - $20/non-members - $25/U40 - $15. Proceeds benefit education programs at HPBC/HM.

Free for children and families.

Light refreshments. Free & open to the public. This exhibit commemorates the Centennial of WWI & explores Kentuckians’ role from local to international perspectives. Curated by Margaret Spratt, Ph.D. Sponsored by Honorable Order of Kentucky Colonels, American Legion Post 30, Kentucky Veterans Trust Fund, Bourbon Community Hospital, Making History Matter, & Holly McMillin Insurance Group […]

Teens in middle & high school, come to the Museum to create your own artwork! Free, with snacks & supplies included. This event is in partnership with Paris-Bourbon County Public Library.

Includes child-friendly crafts, activities, & refreshments. Free & open to the public.

Scott Ellsworth, Ph.D. “The Long Shadow: World War I, Race, and the Making of America.” Free & open to the public. Formerly a historian at the Smithsonian Institution, Scott Ellsworth has written about American history and culture for the New York Times, the Washington Post, and the Los Angeles Times.  The author of Death In a […]

Join us for our first annual HPBC Hopewell Museum Mardi Gras Party: Mardi Gras, 1934! With prohibition ending in December of 1933, this post-prohibition party is a celebration of the first Mardi Gras where Bourbon was allowed to flow freely. Come and explore Hartfield & Co. Distillery-- Bourbon County’s first distillery since before Prohibition-- and […]

Teens in middle & high school, come to the Museum to create your own artwork! Free, with snacks & supplies included. This event is in partnership with Paris-Bourbon County Public Library.