Events

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 […]

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.

A look at regional artists’ works throughout downtown Paris & at the Hopewell Museum. Artist is Jerry Freeman, photographer from Lexington. Free with light refreshments.

Enjoy a fun pre-Derby celebration at McConnell's Auction House, 1833 S. Main Street in Paris. Music by Mercy Men! Food, Live & Silent Auction, & Hat Contest! RSVP Required. Members $50/non-members $55/U40 $35. You may reserve a table for 6 for $350. Proceeds benefit education programs at HPBC/HM. VIEW AND BID ON LIVE & SILENT […]