First settled in 1780, Bardstown is Kentucky’s second-oldest city. Obviously, a lot has changed since then. But a lot has also stayed the same. Throughout Nelson County, there are more than 300 buildings on the National Register of Historic Places, with nearly 200 of them located in the historic downtown district. In fact, the stagecoach stop that was built in 1779 still stands today as famed Old Talbott Tavern, the oldest bourbon bar in the world.

Minutes from downtown Bardstown is famed Federal Hill at My Old Kentucky Home State Park. Also nearby is outdoor amphitheater and annual musical production The Stephen Foster Story. Historic Wickland, home to three Kentucky governors, is close by. These are just a few of the myriad historical attractions Bardstown has to offer. See more below young-aviators.

Oscar Getz Museum of Whiskey History
Sisters of Charity of Nazareth
WhiskMe Transportation
Abbey of Gethsemani
Historic Downtown Walking Tour
The General Hal Moore Military Museum
My Old Kentucky Home State Park
Women’s Museum of the 1800’s and Civil War Period
Old Talbott Tavern
Bishop Flaget Log House & St. Thomas Church
Kentucky Railway Museum
Old County Jail
Wickland, Home of Three Governors
Bardstown-Nelson County Historical Museum
Civil War Museum of the Western Theatre
African American Heritage Museum

This museum is established to let future generations know the legacy contributions that People of Color have made in Bardstown and Nelson County and to establish a physical location to […]

Old Bardstown Colonial Village and Park
Basilica of St. Joseph Proto-Cathedral
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