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The Museum is Temporarily Closed
The Knox Historical Museum closed to the public March 31, 2023, temporarily, due to the Municipal Building, in which the museum is housed, having scheduled a complete renovation, including removal of all internal structures.
The museum has not closed as an institution and will continue research and genealogy services via e-mail and postal mail, but we are not permitted to have public traffic in our temporary facilities.
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Knox Historical Museum
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Barbourville, KY 40906
Help Us Move the Museum!
The Knox Historical Museum needs to move its entire collection.
This temporary move is due to the planned complete renovation of the Barbourville Municipal Building taking place in the spring of 2023 and beyond.
The Knox Historical Museum, Inc. is a 501(c)-3 nonprofit organization that operates from the generous donations of patrons and from the sale of items calendars, books, and other items from its Museum Store.
If you'd like to make a donation to help us with the expenses incurred by the Museum to move its collection, you may make a safe and secure online donation using our PayPal account by clicking on the Donate button below. You do not need to have a PayPal account to make a donation.
You may also make a donation by check. Please make your check payable to Knox Historical Museum and write 'Donation' in the memo line and mail it to:
Knox Historical Museum
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Barbourville, KY 40906
The Knox Historical Museum continues as always to appreciate our generous donors for their gifts. Your gift will be used for our daily operational purposes and will be classified as unrestricted funds unless otherwise indicated. Donors will be provided with a receipt of their donation and a huge thank you.
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Knox Countian Magazine - Latest Issue Available
The latest issue of the Knox Countian Magazine - Volume 29, Number 1 - Spring-Summer Edition - is now available to purchase! This issue and future issues will feature full-color content.
Focus on Isaac Mills and son of Nasby and more
Vol. 28 No. 4 Winter 2016
- Isaac Mills, Son of Nasby Mills, by Michael C. Mills
- The Home Front in Southeastern Kentucky during the Civil War: My Mother, Samantha Sharp Faulkner, Part 5, by Judge Henry Cook Faulkner
- A Post Civil War Threat (Frank Faulkner), by Judge H.C. Faulkner
- Meet the Museum Staff: [9] Michael C. Mills
- Remembering Barbara Black [by C.R. Mitchell]
- Museum Additions
- Unparalleled Champion Senior Class at Knox Central, by Michael C. Mills
- Editorial: The Knox Countian to Changes Format
Magazine focuses on the wars in the 1800s and 1900s
The Fall issue of the Knox Historical Museum's quarterly magazine, the Knox Countian, edited by Charles Reed Mitchell, is now available for purchase at the Museum in Barbourville or via the online Museum Store.
The cost per magazine at the museum is $3 while the cost via the website is $3 plus 6 percent sales tax and a $1.25 shipping fee.
A summary follows below for Volume 28-3.
Request about the Barbourville Brickyard and its employees
Information sought about the Barbourville Brickyard and its employees.
The Knox Historical Museum is in need of photos and information concerning the Barbourville Brickyard from its inception in 1905 until its closing in 1957. The photos and/or information needed include:
Knox County History from Segregation to Integration
Vol. 28 No. 2 2016 Summer Edition
- From Segregation to Integration: Common Schools of Knox County, KY, by Samuel L. Davies
- The Home Front in Southeastern Kentucky during the Civil War: My Mother, Samantha Sharp Faulkner, Part 3, by Judge Henry Cook Faulkner
- Samantha Faulkner’s Christmas Story, by Judge Henry Cook Faulkner
- Andrew Johnson in Barbourville, by Charles Reed Mitchell
- Meet the Museum Staff: [7] Nancy Hampton
- 73rd Daniel Boone Festival, 2021, by Charles Reed Mitchell
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What Our Patrons Have to Say...
I live at least 3 hours away, but woud live to make the trip if I knew that the information you have is on my West family. would it be possible for someone to send me some names? thank you so much. Linda Gibson
Linda Gibson
I did not realize you had a website until I received the current issue of the Knox Countian. Susan Arthur was my aunt.
Just wanted to let you know that I found a list of postmasters on line that included my ancestor Ambrose Arthur, who served as postmaster at Flat Lick between 1848-52. List is at
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~kyknox/Postmaster.html#Flat
This list includes all postmasters from Knox County.
Michael Arthur
I would love to see the resurrection of the Christmas Party that was so enjoyable. My mom, Janice Potter Trent, was very active during that time. I truly miss the mingling, the great food we all prepared, and the stories told. Please consider doing this again. Thanks!
Penny Trent-Norman
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