It's Louisville Restaurant Week! Louisville is one of America's top cities for foodies, so get out there and support local restaurants! Here are a few restaurants from Louisville's past: Hicks Drive-In and Grubers Restaurant & Cocktail Lounge.
#LouisvilleEats #SupportLocal #LouisvilleRestaurantWeek
Geneva Howard Bell (1905–2013) studied across the Ohio Valley and began teaching at Kentucky State College as an associate professor. Her civic leadership included Delta Sigma Theta, co-founding The Links, and leading the Women’s Guild.
#KentuckyHistory #BlackExcellence #EducationAdvocate.
The Filson's collections on African American history highlight contributions from Black businesses, artists, educators, and churches. Our African American History Initiative launched in 2023 to expand outreach and preserve people's stories.
#AfricanAmericanHistory #PreservingStories #BlackHistory
Are you ready to dive into a transformative research experience? We invite you to apply for the 2026 Filson Institute! The theme of the 2026 Filson Institute reflects the Filson’s engagement with America250. Your projects belong here!
Learn more at: https://ow.ly/kcUZ50YflrL
#ResearchExperience
Love is in the air! 🥰
In 1981, Sam Dorr and Charles Raith met through friends at Christ Church Cathedral in Louisville and soon began dating. These Valentines represent the early decades of their loving relationship, before they were legally able to marry in 2009.
#ValentinesDay #Pride #DorrRaith
Happy 217th to #Kentucky's president, Honest Abe Lincoln.
#KentuckyHistory #Lincoln217 #AbrahamLincoln
Did you know? While stationed at Camp Zachary Taylor during WW1, Fitzgerald would often visit the Seelbach for a drink. The colorful characters he met there, including notable gangsters and the Louisville elite, inspired him to create the character Jay Gatsby.
#GreatGatsby
Born to enslaved parents in Orange, Virginia, Nannie Helen Burroughs (1879–1961) pioneered advocacy for Black women’s rights. Burroughs lived in Louisville from 1898 to 1909 before opening the National Training School for Women in Washington.
#BlackWomensHistory #CivilRightsActivist #WomenEducators
Super Bowl 60 is this weekend! This photo shows the Louisville Male High School football team in 1916, 110 years ago!
#SuperBowl60 #LouisvilleMaleHighSchool #FootballHistory #VintageSports #HistoricFootball
February is the month of love! 💌These vintage cards remind us that love never goes out of style. Which detail catches your eye?
#YourFilson #ValentinesHistory #KentuckyHeritage
Elmer Lucille Allen (born 1931) is a Louisville living legend whose historical, cultural, and social impact shapes the River City. Across two remarkable careers, she broke racial and gender barriers in science and the arts.
#ElmerLucilleAllen #LouisvilleLegend #BlackHistoryMonth #WomenInScience
In 1939, as fascism surged, Charles Lindbergh led a movement against democracy. Join us on March 31st as historian Paul Sparrow reveals how FDR used language to overcome pro-Nazi isolationists, and why that hard-won victory still matters today. Tickets on sale 2/1!
#BookDiscussion #Democracy
Due to the snow, Through Our Lens: Documenting Black Experience and Advocacy in Kentucky has been postponed to Monday, 2/9/26.
Tickets are still available: https://ow.ly/4ltF50Y3KkM
The Filson winter break is over! We are open to the public as normal.
#FilsonHistoricalSociety #LouisvilleHistory #WeAreOpen #ExploreLouisville
Tickets available at: https://ow.ly/YKoW50XYa60
In conjunction with the Black Homecoming Photography exhibition, Miguel Hampton, a photographer and filmmaker, explores his journey in documenting the Black experience through visual art on a local level.
#BlackHomecoming #BlackExperience
Dr. King made many visits to Louisville in his life, and in observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, we wanted to share his connections to the Derby City. Connections not everyone knows about.
#MartinLutherKingJr #LouisvilleHistory #MLKDay #CivilRights #LouisvilleKY
In conjunction with the Black Homecoming: Kentucky Kinship in Photography exhibition, Miguel Hampton explores his journey in documenting the Black experience through visual art on a local level in Louisville and Southern Indiana.
#BlackHomecoming #BlackExperience #ArtAndActivism #AmplifyVoices
In 1773, Virginian Arthur Campbell one of the first Euro-Americans to map out the land around the Falls of the Ohio. Though it had long been known and settled by Native American tribes such as the Shawnee, Miami, and Osage.
https://ow.ly/bT2A50XU1oJ.
Artists across the Ohio River Valley have used their ability to capture the landscapes that surround them. This painting by Louisville-born Norman Kohlhepp (1892-1986) suggests a deep love for the land that the artist calls home.
Access more paintings here:
https://ow.ly/Mc0F50XS6qm
2025 was a big year for the Filson. We look forward to carrying that momentum into 2026. Happy New Year!
#HappyNewYear2026 #HistoryMatters #PreserveHistory #LookingForward
The Filson extends our appreciation and gratitude to our out-going Board members for their dedicated service and tireless efforts to assist in fulfilling our organizational mission. The entire Filson team and the communities we serve are better thanks to these thoughtful and passionate individuals.
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Happy Holidays from your Filson Family!
#HappyHolidays #HolidayGreetings #WinterArt
The Filson congratulates board member Emily Bingham, on the latest national recognition of her book, “My Old Kentucky Home: The Astonishing Life and Reckoning of an Iconic American Song.” The Filson team is honored to work with Emily each day! Cheers!
https://ow.ly/cO7o50XL3Wc
It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas (what with the snow and all). What better way to enjoy the most wonderful time of the year than watching The Nutcracker? Seen here performed by the Louisville Ballet around the year 2000.
#HappyHolidays #LouisvilleBallet #TheNutcracker #LouisvilleArts
The Filson's Old Louisville Campus will be closed today due to inclement weather. Please stay safe.
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Thanks to everyone who came out last night to the Gertrude Polk Brown Lecture. Last night we examined the legacy of Cassius Marcellus Clay. His contradictory story helps us understand the complex, often uncomfortable realities of antislavery politics in 19th-century America.
#CassiusMarcellusClay
The Filson will be closed today due to inclement weather. The event hosted by GLI has also been postponed. Stay safe and warm!
For questions regarding Filson operations, please reach out to staff.
For questions regarding the GLI event, please contact: registration@greaterlouisville.com
Our Giving Tuesday promotion is now on!
Enjoy 10% off individual and family gift memberships for the history lover in your life. Promotion runs through 12/2.
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#GivingTuesday #HistoryLover #GiftMembership #GiftOfHistory #HolidayGifts
"Thanksgiving Dinner," used in the Courier Journal magazine on November 15, 1953. Photo by H. Harold Davis.
#Thanksgiving #ThanksgivingDinner #CourierJournal #VintageThanksgiving #HHaroldDavis
Enjoy 10% off individual and family level gift memberships for the history lover in your life this Giving Tuesday. Promotion starts 11/28 and runs through 12/2.
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#GivingTuesday #HolidayGifts
