Museum News

Two new issues of The Knox Countian magazine, under the guidance of editor Charles Reed Mitchell, were published this summer. Both issues are availab

William M. Dishman, Jr., a member of one of Knox County’s most distinguished families and longtime friend of the Knox Historical Museum, passed

Barbourville businessman Curtis Deweese Congleton Sr. died on May 8, 2017 and was cremated in accordance with his wishes. A graveside service was to b

Submitted by Carol Golden Golden Family Reunion, April 28-30, 2017. Please come! Date: Friday, April 28, 2017, we will be at the Cumberland Inn, in

A memorial service was held Wed., April 26, 2017 for a Civil War soldier from Knox County, Kentucky who was buried in an unknown grave in the Nashvill

For the first time, many of Patsy Ann Hammons Koerner’s genealogy columns are available to the public via the Knox Historical Museum’s website.

The new issue of the Museum’s quarterly magazine, The Knox Countian, features a businessman, civic leader, and “magician at heart,” Archie West, who l

The Museum has located yet another photo of Knox County officials in the 1960’s.

The Knox Historical Museum will be closed on Wednesday, Dec. 24, and Wednesday, Dec. 31, for the Christmas and New Year’s Day holiday season. Regular

These photos, courtesy of the Corbin Times-Tribune, show the impact of the flooding of Lynn Camp Creek on Corbin in 1957. 1957 flooding of Lynn Camp