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Current Exhibits

Kentucky Unsettled: The Erasure of Native Homeland explores how competing Native, colonial, and American interests shaped property ownership in the Commonwealth. (Carriage House exhibit)

Bustles To Blue Jeans: Highlights from the Filson’s Fashion Archive (Bingham Gallery) The Filson’s clothing collection contains over 5,000 objects from as early as the 1810s worn for every occasion. This April, we’re opening the closets wide with this new exhibit. We’ll be showing off some of our most unusual, storied, and beautiful garments.

Upcoming Events

A celebration of historic fiction centered in Kentucky with award winning author, Kim Michele Richardson

Date: April 16, 2026

Time: 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Location: The Filson Historical Society (In Person only)

Join the Filson Historical Society for a special book chat with Kim Michele Richardson. From the New York Times bestselling author of The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek comes a triumphant tale of a librarian’s fight to bring literacy to the prisons of Kentucky and the underserved neighborhoods surrounding downtown Louisville, revealing a story of […]

Jefferson’s Vision of Democracy: Jeffrey Rosen and Steven Hahn in Conversation at the Berry Center

Date: April 17, 2026

Time: 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm

Location: The Berry Center, 24 S. Main St., New Castle, KY 40050 (In Person only)

Please note location: The Berry Center, 24 S. Main St., New Castle, KY 40050 Doors will open at 5:30 p.m. with the program beginning at 6:30 p.m. Join us for a timely discussion with Jeffrey Rosen, CEO emeritus of the National Constitution Center. Mr. Rosen will be joined by interviewer, Dr. Steven Hahn, for an […]

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The Filson is closed to the Public on Friday, April 17th.

Open Monday through Friday, 9 am to 4:30 pm

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The Research Library is open Monday through Friday, 9 am to 4:30pm; we are closed on the third Friday of each month. Appointments are not required, but feel free to reserve a seat online – learn more here. We also provide remote research services; please complete our research request form online here.

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