Locust Grove

Locust Grove - Where Louisville Begins

561 Blankenbaker Lane, Louisville, KY 40207

Monday - Saturday 10:00am to 4:30pm | Sunday 1:00pm to 4:30pm

Locust Grove will be closed to the public through May 10. Staff is available through email. Visit Lessons from Locust Grove below for virtual museum activities at home!

The Campaign for Locust Grove

Locust Grove continues our work with the Campaign for Locust Grove, a $3.2 million campaign that looks to our site’s third century in Louisville. Learn More

Lessons from Locust Grove

Experience the place where Louisville begins from your own home with fun and engaging digital activities and resources from our education team! Learn More

Upcoming Events

Living Room Lectures | Jim Holmberg: Down the Ohio and into the Wilderness

Wednesday, 1:00pm - 2:30pm

Jim Holmberg: Down the Ohio and into the Wilderness: The Lewis and Clark Expedition

Locust Grove is going live from our living rooms for a virtual lecture series! Join Jim Holmberg for this illustrated lecture on the Lewis and Clark Expedition. This epic journey of 1803 to 1806 across the American West to the Pacific had a very important Eastern Legacy as well as its more famous Western Legacy. The expedition didn’t spring from nothing at the mouth of the Missouri; and an important part of that story is the crucial role that the Falls of Ohio and local recruits played in the success of the expedition. It is a story that stretches from sea to shining sea. This lecture will take place online using Zoom. Register by emailing Hannah Zimmerman at marketing@locustgrove.org and receive instructions on how to connect. The lecture is free; a suggested donation of $6 may be made to Locust Grove here: https://bit.ly/livingroomlecture Jim Holmberg is the Filson’s curator of collections and a Lewis and Clark historian, and is a former history instructor at the University of Louisville and for the continuing education program at Bellarmine University. Holmberg writes and lectures on a variety of topics, with main focus being the Lewis and Clark Expedition, with special emphasis on William Clark and York. His major publication is Dear Brother: Letters of William Clark to Jonathan Clark published by Yale University Press in 2002. Holmberg has written entries for the Kentucky Encyclopedia, Dictionary of Virginia Biography, African American National Biography, The Encyclopedia of the New American Nation, and The Encyclopedia of Louisville (for which he also served as editor of the pioneer related entries). He is married to Ruthe and has three children and two grandchildren.

Looking for George Rogers Clark | Gwynne Tuell Potts

Thursday, 6:30pm - 8:00pm

This event has been postponed until further notice. All tickets will be honored when it is rescheduled, or guests may request a refund by emailing marketing@locustgrove.org. Join Gwynne Potts, author of George Rogers Clark and William Croghan, for an informal discussion about the life and reputation of General Clark in the light of her new research and revised interpretation. Clark was once a national hero whose exploits were lauded in every history textbook but who is now only vaguely remembered by most of the public. Who was he in his time and how do we understand his legacy now? Light refreshments and a cash bar with 18th-century style drinks that would have been familiar to the General and his peers. $12/$10 for members. Reservations required; buy tickets online here beginning February 13, 2020.

A Revolutionary War Encampment

Saturday - Sunday, 10:00am - 4:30pm

This event has been postponed until further notice. Feel the excitement of early days of the American Revolution at Locust Grove! Meet George Rogers Clark’s own regiment, the Illinois Regiment of Virginia, and find out about preparations for a military campaign and you visit with soldiers and camp followers, and participate in recruitment for new, pint-sized troops. Experience Spring on the Farm as you learn 18th-century recipes in the hearth kitchen, and visit the blacksmith, woodworker, and other tradespeople to discover more about daily life during the Revolution! Discover more about the beginning of the Revolution leading up to “the 18th of April in ‘75” with a presentation by Locust Grove Executive Director Carol Ely about the events surrounding Paul Revere’s ride and Lexington and Concord, and find out what it takes to become a reenactor during a panel discussion. Admission: $8 for adults, $4 for children 6- 12, free for children under 6; historic house tours included. Snacks will be available for sale.

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Locust Grove - Where Louisville Begins

561 Blankenbaker Lane, Louisville, KY 40207

Monday - Saturday 10:00am to 4:30pm | Sunday 1:00pm to 4:30pm

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