Bill Monroe Museum
37°26′26″N 86°45′51″W / 37.44055°N 86.764226°W / 37.44055; -86.764226 The Bill Monroe Museum is a project of Ohio County and the Ohio County Tourism Commission. It is the only Museum dedicated entirely to the life and legacy of Bill Monroe and the early foundations of bluegrass music. The museum opened April 24, 2018 in Rosine, Kentucky.[1]
The ground was broken on May 22, 2017, just across the street in Rosine from the Rosine Barn Jamboree in a field where Bill Monroe himself used to play baseball before performing for crowds. This was the result of two years' collaboration with local and state dignitaries to secure funding for the building. Currently, while construction is fully funded and construction is not in question, there is not enough funding to finish the build-out on the inside of the museum. Jody Flener, Executive Director of Ohio County Tourism, said, "without additional funding, we won't be able to open to the public. A shell and memorabilia doesn't quite make a museum."
See also
- List of music museums
- Bill Monroe Farm
- Bill Monroe Memorial Festival
- International Bluegrass Music Museum
References
- ^ "www.billmonroemuseum.com/". www.billmonroemuseum.com. Retrieved 2017-06-02.
External links
- Visit Ohio County: Bill Monroe Homeplace
- v
- t
- e
- Kentucky Folk Art Center
- KMAC Museum
- Museum of the American Quilter's Society
- Speed Art Museum
- University of Kentucky Art Museum
- Bill Monroe Museum
- General George Patton Museum of Leadership
- Muhammad Ali Center
- Rosemary Clooney Museum
- U.S. 23 Country Music Highway Museum
- Whitney Young Birthplace and Museum
- Adsmore
- Ashland
- Bardstown Historical Museum
- Barthell Coal Mining Camp
- Big Sandy Heritage Center
- Blue Heron Coal Mining Camp
- Bluegrass Heritage Museum
- Civil War Museum
- Coal Miners' Museum
- David A. Zegeer Coal-Railroad Museum
- Don F. Pratt Memorial Museum
- Federal Hill
- The Filson Historical Society
- F.M. Stafford House
- Frazier History Museum
- Harland Sanders Café and Museum
- Highlands Museum and Discovery Center
- Historic Locust Grove
- Hunt–Morgan House
- Jeffersontown Historical Museum
- Kentucky Coal Museum
- Lexington History Center
- Magoffin County Pioneer Village and Museum
- Mary Todd Lincoln House
- McCreary County Museum
- Mountain Homeplace
- Oscar Getz Museum of Whiskey History
- Portland Museum
- Riverside, The Farnsley–Moremen Landing
- Samuel May House
- Thomas D. Clark Center for Kentucky History
- Thomas Edison House
This Kentucky museum-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
- v
- t
- e