Hopewell Museum

Free Family Fun Hour - Origami Workshop
2017-08-19 13:00 - 15:00 UTC | Hopewell Museum
Origami Workshop in the Community Room with instructor Mr. Koichi Hayashi. This class is appropriate for children and adults. Free, but pre-registration required by Aug. 17.

Free Family Fun Hour - Kentucky Recipes - Biscuits & Butter
2017-09-02 14:00 - 15:00 | Hopewell Museum

Paris ARTWALK
2017-09-15 17:00 - 20:00 | Hopewell Museum
A look at regional artists’ works throughout downtown Paris & at the Hopewell Museum. Artist to be announced. Free with light refreshments.

Monthly Teen Art Studio
2017-09-21 16:00 - 17:00, 2017-10-19 16:00 - 17:00, 2017-11-16 16:00 - 17:00 | Hopewell Museum
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.

Fall Open House
2017-09-24 14:00 - 17:00
Tour the historic Stone Family/Thomas J. Goff House, an antebellum home located on 128 Gay Rd., Paris (located in North Middletown) & enjoy some light refreshments. Thank you to owners Phillip & Tina Faulkner McCoy for opening their home. Cost: $10 members/$15 non-members at the door.

Free Family Fun Hour - Navajo Sand Painting
2017-10-07 14:00 - 15:00 | Hopewell Museum

Creative Harvest Exhibit Opening
2017-10-13 18:00 - 20:00 | Hopewell Museum
Talented artists of the region bring a multi-faceted exhibit of 2 and 3-D works to the walls of the Museum. Opening free with light refreshments. Exhibit on display through December 17th. Sponsored by Stoner Creek Arts.

Millersburg Cemetery Walking Tours
2017-10-21 16:00 - 17:30 | Millersburg Cemetery, US 68, Millersburg, KY, United States
Learn the fascinating stories behind the names on the headstones. Hour-long tours at 4 & 4:30 PM. Cost $10 per person, students under 15 free. Proceeds benefit HPBC/HM and Millersburg Cemetery. *Alternate date due to weather will be Oct. 28th.

Free Family Fun Hour - Gingerbread Houses
2017-11-04 14:00 - 15:00 | Hopewell Museum

Annual Membership Meeting & Soup Supper
2017-11-09 18:00 - 20:00 | Hopewell Museum
Free & open to members. 7 PM KHC Chautauqua Speaker Dr. Ephraim McDowell portrayed by L. Henry Dowell. Free & open to the public.

Santa at the Museum*
2017-12-03 14:00 - 16:00 | Hopewell Museum
Meet Santa and his Museum helpers for photos, crafts, and cookies. For kids of all ages. Free. *New! Families of children with special needs may schedule an appointment between 1:30-2:00 PM.

Christmas Cocktail Party
2017-12-09 17:00 - 19:00 | Hopewell Museum
An evening with friends, heavy hors d’oeuvres, & cocktails! Members $35/non-members $40/U40$30. Proceeds benefit education programs at HPBC/HM.

February is Black History Month
2018-02-01 - 2018-02-28 | Hopewell Museum
February is Black History Month at the Museum & Paris-Bourbon County Library sponsored by Bourbon Community Hospital. Check our website and newsletter for more events with the Library.

Teen Art Studio
2018-02-01 16:00 - 17:00, 2018-02-08 16:00 - 17:00, 2018-02-15 16:00 - 17:00, 2018-02-22 16:00 - 17:00, 2018-03-01 16:00 - 17:00, 2018-03-08 16:00 - 17:00, 2018-03-15 16:00 - 17:00, 2018-03-22 16:00 - 17:00 and 1 more date
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 & sponsored by The Cralle Foundation & Micah Campbell Bourbon Co. Farm Bureau. No Teen Art Studio in January & December.

Home Work: How Women Became Domestic Engineers - Exhibit Opening
2018-02-11 14:00 - 16:00 | Hopewell Museum
Light refreshments. Free & open to the public. This exhibit explores women’s changing roles through the domestic arts and the impact of innovation and invention on women’s tasks, featuring items made and used by women. Curated by Nancy O’Malley. Sponsored by Bourbon Community Hospital and Kentucky Bank. On display through June 30th.

Free Fun Hour
2018-02-17 14:00 - 15:00 | Hopewell Museum
Instrument Petting Zoo & Bluegrass Music with Arthur Hancock, sponsored by Candaid
Hands-on art & history activities. Free Fun Hour program & Museum admission is free on these dates. Activities subject to change. Pre-registration requested, space is limited. No activities in January & December. Children must be accompanied by an adult. Register for events at info@hopewellmuseum.org or 859-987-7274

KY Humanities Council Chautauqua Character “Nancy Green: Being Aunt Jemima, the Pancake Queen”
2018-02-25 14:00 - 16:00 | Hopewell Museum
KY Humanities Council Chautauqua Character “Nancy Green: Being Aunt Jemima, the Pancake Queen” portrayed by Debra Faulk. Free & open to the public. Nancy Green, born an enslaved person in Montgomery Co., became “Aunt Jemima” and gained financial independence few African American women experienced at the time. This program is funded in part by Kentucky Humanities and the
National Endowment for the Humanities.

Free Fun Hour
2018-03-03 14:00 - 15:00
Weaving Potholders, sponsored by Shelter Insurance
Hands-on art & history activities. Free Fun Hour program & Museum admission is free on these dates. Activities subject to change. Pre-registration requested, space is limited. No activities in January & December. Children must be accompanied by an adult. Register for events at info@hopewellmuseum.org or 859-987-7274

Mike Austin, PhD, "Becoming Good" Lecture
2018-03-11 14:00 - 15:00 | Hopewell Museum
Professor of Philosophy, Eastern Kentucky University, will give a lecture on building character drawn from a wide range of the world’s great wisdom traditions. Free & open to the public.

Pop Up Shop Woman’s Exchange
2018-03-24 10:00 - 13:00 | Hopewell Museum
Pop Up Shop Woman’s Exchange in Hopewell Museum Community Room. The Woman’s Exchange was a business in downtown Paris from the 1930s to 1960s that gave women the opportunity to sell their homemade items, including food & baked goods. Come to the Museum for an afternoon re-creation of the Woman’s Exchange. Free & open to the public. Interested vendors should go to www.hopewellmuseum.org or call 987-7274 for more info.
