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Cookies with Santa – Dec. 7th

santa cookie surrounded by gingerbread man cookies and holly with red bows.

Join us Sunday, December 7th for Cookies with Santa. 1-2 p.m. is Sensory-Friendly Hour, and 2-4 p.m. is General Admission. Cookies, a cocoa/coffee bar, and fun crafts will be in the Hopewell Museum Community Room located on our lower level. Bring your phone for a picture with Santa! Click here for more details.

Holiday Party – Dec. 12th

Hopewell Museum Holiday Party - photo of museum with holly leaves on either side

Join us for the HPBC/Hopewell Museum Holiday Party at Hopewell Museum on December 12th from 5:30 p.m. until 9 p.m. Suggested donations are $20 per person for members, $40 per person for non-members, and $5 for kids. Click here to donate. Click here for more details.

Creative Harvest Exhibit Opening – Sept. 19th

Join us for our annual Creative Harvest Art Exhibit opening from 6-8 pm at the Hopewell Museum on Friday, September 19th. Light refreshments will be served. This event is free and open to the public.

Mary Spears Van Meter Dinner – Aug. 15th

gardenia flowers on burgandy background

Join us on Friday, August 15th from 6:30 p.m. until 8:30 p.m. for our annual Mary Spears Van Meter Dinner: Honoring Legacy, Preserving History. Our guest speaker will be Darren Taylor, architect and historic preservationist. Click here for more details and to RSVP online.

The Bill Coleman Jazz Festival – July 18th – 20th

The Bill Coleman Jazz Festival July 18th - 20th

Join us we present our annual Bill Coleman Jazz Festival July 18th through 20th! On July 18th, enjoy a free jazz listening session at 7 p.m. at Hopewell Museum. On July 19th, join us for our Bill Coleman Jazz Dinner with live jazz by the Walnut Street Ramblers featuring vocalist La’Shelle Allen. Click here for tickets and details about the dinner. On July 20th, join us for free live jazz at Chief Reed Park starting at 2:30 p.m.

Spring Art Walk! – Apr. 25th

artistic rendering of the front of the Hopewell Museum building.

Stop by Hopewell Museum during Downtown Paris’s Spring Art Walk on April 25th from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Our featured artist will be Claudia Banahan. Click here for more details.

Chautauqua Performance: Mary Carson Breckinridge, Mar. 22nd

Hopewell Museum in conjuction with Kentucky Humanities presents Chautauqua performer Janet Scott as she portrays Mary Caron Breckinridge in Call the Midwife

In celebration of Women’s History Month, Hopewell Museum in conjuction with Kentucky Humanities presents Chautauqua performer Janet Scott as she portrays Mary Caron Breckinridge in Call the Midwife on March 22nd at 2 p.m. at Hopewell Museum. This event is free and open to the public. Click here for more details.

Keeneland’s Heart of the Turf: Racing’s Black Pioneers, Feb. 15th

Book cover of The Heart of the Turf: Racing's Black Pioneers along with four historic photos.

Join us for our Black History Month featured talk “Keeneland’s Heart of the Turf: Racing’s Black Pioneers” at 2 p.m. on Saturday, February 15th at Hopewell Museum. We will be serving cookies and drinks. This event is free and open to the public.

Current Exhibit: “One Stitch After Another”

Three quilts on a white background

Our current exhibit is “One Stitch After Another,” a Bourbon County Quilt Exhibit.

Quilt Raffle!

Hopewell Museum will be raffling two quilts to benefit our educational programs. The suggested donation for raffle tickets is $5 each or 3 for $10. You can purchase up to two $5 tickets, and you can purchase an… Read More