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Explore America: Kentucky

Explore America and discover people, places, art, and history that connect to Kentucky in the Smithsonian’s collections, held in trust for the American people. The Smithsonian’s collections document the country’s history, art from across the globe, scientific discovery, and the vast wonders of the natural and cultural world. Visit Smithsonian Open Access to download, share, and reuse millions of the Smithsonian’s 2D and 3D images.


37c Greetings from Kentucky single

Fan Quilt, Mt. Carmel

Seventy-Fourth Kentucky Derby, 1948

Kentucky, from the United States Series

University of Kentucky

"Genuine Henry Aaron Louisville Slugger" Baseball Bat

Roscoe Holcomb

S.T. Suit's Pure Kentucky Bourbon

Lewis, Vote, Kool. Valley View, Kentucky

Central University Of Kentucky

Future Cheerleaders, Clay County, Kentucky

Insignia, Kentucky Wing, Civil Air Patrol (CAP)

Bean Kentucky Pole Rice's Seeds

Kentucky Rain; My Little Friend

Meinel-Schlossmeinel Kentucky Home Harmonica

Colonel Harlan Sanders

Appalachian Dulcimer, used by Jean Ritchie

Former Company Houses, Jenkins, Letcher County, Kentucky

Mississippi Packets (mural study, Hickman, Kentucky Post Office)

Zachary Taylor

For Bourbon Fans, Kentucky Is the Holy Land

Sims Celebrated American Jockey' Willie Simms

The hazards of travel by car. Jackson, Kentucky

John Jordan Crittenden

Central Control Panel for the Kentucky Utilities Company Electric Power Grid, Mercer County, Kentucky

Hon. Abraham Lincoln, Born in Kentucky, February 12, 1809, from Harper's Weekly, November 10, 1860

Old Woman and Her Home, Knox County, Kentucky

KFC Family Bucket

Man o' War Statuette

Man o' War

Amburgey Appalachian Dulcimer

Louisville 1904

Kentucky Barnyard

Portrait of Lexington

Churchill Downs 60th Annual Spring Meeting 1934


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