Events

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.

Margaret Spratt, Ph.D. “Behind the Lines: American Women in France during The Great War." Free & open to the public. After receiving a Ph.D. in history at the University of Kentucky, Margaret Spratt was on the faculty at California University of Pennsylvania, near Pittsburgh, where she received the university's research award for her co-edited book, […]

Commemorate 100 years of America’s entry in The Great War on April 6, 1917 with a movie & discussion to follow. Free. We'll be showing "All Quiet on the Western Front." The first screening will be at 10 a.m., and the second screening will be at 6 p.m. Both showings will be in the Paris […]

Commemorate 100 years of America’s entry in The Great War on April 6, 1917 with a movie & discussion to follow. Free.

David Bettez, Ph.D. “Kentucky and The Great War: World War One on the Homefront." Free & open to the public. David J. Bettez, Ph.D., is the author of Kentucky and the Great War: World War I on the Home Front (UPress of KY, 2016), and Kentucky Marine: Major General Logan Feland and the Making of […]