Events and programs
Join Hardin County Historical Museums for an exciting roster of educational and community-centered events!
Festival of Trees
🎄 Festival of Trees: Sign-Up 🎄
It's the most wonderful time of the year, and the Festival of Trees is the biggest celebration of the season at Hardin County Historical Museums! Every year, hundreds of visitors stroll through our twinkling forest of trees, and our festivities reach tens of thousands more online.
Your tree can help spread holiday cheer far beyond our walls. The festival is free to the public, with a canned food donation suggested for admission, and every item collected supports our food drive partnership with United Way of Hardin County. Every tree helps bring a little more warmth to neighbors in our community.
Organizations, businesses, and institutions of every kind are invited to deck the halls with us. Bringing a tree is completely free! Sign up below and join us in bringing Christmas to all.
Haunted Museum in partnership with Scare on the Square
Haunted Museum transforms our Victorian house museum into a scare house. This year, we're teaming up with Phi Alpha Theta and Theta Chi. All proceeds will support history programming and networking for the local chapter of Phi Alpha Theta, the national history honor society. We will also be partnering with Revitalize Kenton and Scary on Cherry, and we will be the second stop on Scare on the Square.
Tickets are $5 cash only at the door or also available for the full Scare on the Square on Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/scare-on-the-square-tickets-1998385905037?aff=oddtdtcreator
Back in Time at the Barn
🎉 BACK IN TIME AT THE BARN — July 18th | 10 AM–4 PM 🎉
Join us for our second annual Back in Time at the Barn event! History comes alive as reenactors take you on a journey from the Civil War to a special WWII focus.
🌱 Take home a FREE Liberty Garden kit and learn about historical living right here in the U.S.
⚔️ Don't miss weapons demonstrations at 11:00, 1:00, and 3:00 PM
🎟️ Completely FREE and open to the public!
This event is made possible by the generosity of the Hardin County Community Foundation.
Come celebrate America250 with us and experience history like never before!
📅 July 18th | 🕙 10 AM – 4 PM | 📍 Hardin County Heritage Center
Ray Brown Memorial Park Dedication and Celebration
Come celebrate with us as we dedicate the Ray Brown Memorial Park! Starting at 1:00, we’ll have food trucks and games all day with the dedication ceremony starting at 2:00
Live Music from 3:00-6:00
The inaugural baseball game on the new field will start at 6:00!
The event is free to the public, we look forward to seeing everybody there!
Coffee With The Curator
Join us for a meet and greet with the curator at your favorite coffee shop! Every Thursday from 11am-12pm, stop by for a great discussion with the curator to learn more about our local history. Every third Thursday the Museum picks up the tab for every one who enters during the hour!