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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.

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

Quilt Raffle!

scissors, needles, and quilt fabric in black and white.

Hopewell Museum will be holding an online quilt raffle, starting Saturday, February 8th. Two quilts are featured in the raffle, and you can purchase raffle tickets for one or both of them. We will announce the winners at Paris ArtWalk in April. To learn more about the quilts and to enter the raffle, click here for more details.

Hopewell Museum’s Winter Hours

The Museum will be closed from December 21 – January 1 for the holidays. We will be open by appointment only January 2 – February 4, 2025. We will reopen to the public on February 5, 2025

Hopewell Museum Holiday Party at Woodlawn – Dec. 20th

Christmas Party

Join us Friday, December 20th for the Hopewell Museum Holiday Party at Woodlawn (1515 Peacock Road in Paris). Come spend an evening of holiday music with spirits and hors d’oeuvres at historic Woodlawn. Festive attire is suggested. The party starts at 6 p.m. Tickets are $50 per person. This event is for adults 21 and above. Click here for more details.

Cookies with Santa: Dec. 8th

Santa's hands holding plate of cookies

Come join us for Cookies with Santa at the Hopewell Museum on Sunday, December 8th from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. for the general public, 1:30 p.m. to 2 p.m. for those with special needs. This event is free and includes photos with Santa, refreshments, and a craft.

Fall Open House Tour at Lan Mark Farm – Nov. 3rd

red brick home with black farm fences and cloudless sky

Join us on Sunday, November 3rd from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. for our Fall Open House Tour at Lan Mark Farm. Get more details and RSVP online.