McCreary County Museum

McCreary County Museum

Established	1988
Location	1 Henderson Street, Stearns, Kentucky
Coordinates	36°41′57″N 84°28′37″W / 36.69912°N 84.47688°W / 36.69912; -84.47688
Website	McCreary County Museum

The McCreary County Museum is housed in the former Stearns Coal and Lumber Company corporate headquarters in Stearns, Kentucky. The town where the museum is located was called the Stearns Empire of the South, and the museum continues to preserve and display the area's history from the Indian and pioneer times towards its peak at the height of the coal and lumber industry boom.^[1] The exhibits include significant coverage of Appalachian life in McCreary County.^[2]

The first floor is filled with historic documents, objects, and photographs pertaining to McCreary County and the Stearns Coal & Lumber Company. The second floor has a replica bedroom and parlor from the early 1930s. Other exhibits display the culture and lifestyle of the people of McCreary County with social exhibits that include a replica church room, a sporting exhibit and musical exhibit.

The museum is adjacent to the depot of the Big South Fork Scenic Railway, a heritage railroad.

References

↑ "Getaway: Re-created Camp Mines History". Atlanta Journal-Constitution. 2003-04-16. Retrieved 2008-04-03.
↑ Eve Carr (2006-07-15). "Ten Treasures of Eastern Kentucky". The Free Lance-Star. Retrieved 2008-04-03.

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McCreary County Museum

Museums in Kentucky

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Aviation	Aviation Museum of Kentucky

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Parks

State	Buckhorn Lake Carr Creek Carter Caves Cumberland Falls Dawkins Line Rail Trail Dr. Thomas Walker Fishtrap Lake Grayson Lake Greenbo Lake Jenny Wiley Kingdom Come Levi Jackson Wilderness Road Natural Bridge Paintsville Lake Pine Mountain Pine Mountain Trail Yatesville Lake

Federal	Big South Fork Cumberland Gap

Interstate	Breaks Interstate

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Bell County Historical Society Museum
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Blue Heron Coal Mining Camp
Bobby Davis Museum and Park
Breathitt County Museum
C.B. Caudill Store & History Center
Cloverfork Museum
Coal Miners' Museum
Cumberland Inn Museum
David A. Zegeer Coal-Railroad Museum
East Kentucky Science Center
Elkhorn City Railroad Museum
F.M. Stafford House
Harland Sanders Café & Museum
Hensley Settlement
Highlands Museum and Discovery Center
Kentucky Coal Mining Museum
Kentucky Folk Art Center
Knox Historical Museum
Magoffin County Pioneer Village and Museum
Marie Stewart Museum & Craft Shop
McCreary County Museum
Morgan County History Museum
Mountain Homeplace
Mountain Life Museum
Northeastern Kentucky Museum
Samuel May House
Swamp Valley Museum
U.S. 23 Country Music Highway Museum
Wolfe County History Museum

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