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The SEEK Museum is looking forward to implementing the grant from America 250KY that will let us complete our research a...
15/12/2024

The SEEK Museum is looking forward to implementing the grant from America 250KY that will let us complete our research and honor approximately 300 African Americans from Logan County that served in the Union Army in the Civil War. It’s an important part of Kentucky’s and America’s history. Thanks to KHS for selecting our project.

We are proud to announce the awardees of the America250KY Grant program. We appreciate the hard work everyone put into completing their applications.

The Kentucky Historical Society and America250KY look forward to building lasting partnerships as we work together to make Kentucky history accessible during and after the 250th.

Northern Kentucky University Research Foundation

Kentucky Museum at WKU

Green County Public Library

Middlesboro Independent Schools (High School)

I Was Here

Friends of Harlan

Historic Russellville Inc. DBA SEEK Museum

Lexington Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution National Headquarters

Spencer County Public Library

Rowan County Veterans Foundation

National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution

African-American Genealogy Group of KY

Mt. Washington Historical Society

Reckoning, Inc.

Bardstown Historic Development Corporation

South Union Shaker Village

Jackson County Public Library McKee KY

Kentucky Humanities

The Living Arts & Science Center

Casey County Public Library

The Friends of Maple Grove Cemetery

Locust Grove - Historic Locust Grove, Inc.

LexArts - Lexington Freedom Train

Faulkner Morgan Archive

Eastern Kentucky University

Behringer-Crawford Museum

The Middle Ohio Valley Heritage Foundation

Taylorsville-Spencer County Recreation, Tourist, and Convention Commission (Taylorsville, KY Tourism)

Kentucky Educational Development Corporation (KEDC)



A second grant cycle will become available in the Spring of 2025. You can check out information about the next application cycle on our newsletter, website, and social media.

The KET film highlighted in this post focuses on Russellville’s 8th of August history.    You’ll enjoy it and hopefully ...
08/08/2024

The KET film highlighted in this post focuses on Russellville’s 8th of August history. You’ll enjoy it and hopefully learn more about this historic event.

Experience the history and excitement of the Eighth of August weekend. Every year, African-Americans in parts of Western Kentucky and central Tennessee gather to celebrate Emancipation, a homecoming tradition begun in 1868.

Book a tour on our website!
18/06/2024

Book a tour on our website!

Our office will be closed in observance of Juneteenth National Freedom Day on Wednesday, June 19th, 2024.

Learn more about the struggle for emancipation and freedom in Kentucky at the SEEK Museum in Russellville, KY.

Tune into WRUS 610 am today at 9:05
01/04/2024

Tune into WRUS 610 am today at 9:05

This morning on Feedback, at 9:05, our guest will be local historian Michael Morrow, Archivist & Curator at the SEEK Museum, in Russellville.

Congratulations to our Russellville native for this prestigious honor.
28/03/2024

Congratulations to our Russellville native for this prestigious honor.

NKU Associate Professor Dr. Jitana Benton-Lee, a 1995 graduate of Russellville High School, received a prestigious appointment by Sigma Global Initiatives to the post of Sigma liaison to the United

A native of Hopkinsville, Ky who fought against discrimination.  Don’t miss this program.
27/02/2024

A native of Hopkinsville, Ky who fought against discrimination. Don’t miss this program.

Explore the life and legacy of Kentucky-born author bell hooks.

The SEEK Museum recommends Dr. Stone’s book that documents southern Kentucky’s history related to racial discrimination....
27/02/2024

The SEEK Museum recommends Dr. Stone’s book that documents southern Kentucky’s history related to racial discrimination. Knowledge of the past is essential to a better future.

Thanks for sharing the interesting history of Walker Blackburn.   To learn more about African American history, visit th...
23/02/2024

Thanks for sharing the interesting history of Walker Blackburn. To learn more about African American history, visit the SEEK Museum.

Adairville Baptist Church hosted the annual Night to Shine, a special needs prom event Friday evening at the Logan County Extension Office.

Thanks to Ky Road Trips for your recommendation of the SEEK Museum.  You can schedule a tour from our website at seekmus...
20/02/2024

Thanks to Ky Road Trips for your recommendation of the SEEK Museum. You can schedule a tour from our website at seekmuseum.org.

09/02/2024

Thanks to South Union Shaker Village for posting this video about the enslavement and emancipation of Hannah Freehart. The emancipations that occurred in Logan County are part of the exhibits at the Bibb House, and they include Hannah and her family who were freed by the Shakers before Richard Bibb freed any of the people he enslaved.

Alice Dunnigan deserves to be in the “spotlight”.   An American hero who opened the door for generations of women and fo...
02/02/2024

Alice Dunnigan deserves to be in the “spotlight”. An American hero who opened the door for generations of women and for people of African American heritage. Learn more about her at the SEEK Museum in Russellville. Educational programming materials are available for school tours.

Kentuckian and journalism trailblazer, Alice Dunnigan made contributions to the newsroom and civil rights movement.

This is a great educational resource for all teachers…. And everyone else.
26/01/2024

This is a great educational resource for all teachers…. And everyone else.

Joined by African American journalist and historian Le Datta Grimes, they set off on a journey to share the stories of descendants and cousins linked by enslavement and the inheritance of Bibb’s resources.


INVENTED BEFORE YOU WERE BORN
https://hubs.ly/Q01ZYYRf0

The New York Times published a wonderful article about Alice Dunnigan yesterday.
22/01/2024

The New York Times published a wonderful article about Alice Dunnigan yesterday.

We are thankful to be a recipient of this grant, and we look forward to digitizing important records related to African ...
18/01/2024

We are thankful to be a recipient of this grant, and we look forward to digitizing important records related to African American history in southern Kentucky.

The Louisville Bar Association and The Filson Historical Society hosted a  panel discussion featuring Michael Morrow abo...
13/01/2024

The Louisville Bar Association and The Filson Historical Society hosted a panel discussion featuring Michael Morrow about the legal system and racial justice. We appreciate their support of sharing this difficult but important history.

LMICK President & CEO, Angela Edwards, who serves on the Louisville Bar Association Diversity & Inclusion Committee as well as the Board of Directors of The Filson Historical Society was honored to moderate a panel discussion following the film screening of "By Parties Unknown".

The documentary narrates the 1908 lynching of Rufus Browder, John Jones, Virgil Jones, and John Boyer in Logan County, Kentucky, aiming to spark open discussions on historical and contemporary mob violence and racism, as shared by Michael Morrow, Executive Director of the SEEK Museum in Russellville, Kentucky.

For more information about and to view "By Parties Unknown" visit: https://www.wkyupbs.org/bypartiesunknown/

Michael Morrow - Person of the Year Award for Logan County!
28/12/2023

Michael Morrow - Person of the Year Award for Logan County!

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