From the time when herds of roaming buffalo carved out the route of Dixie Highway to the bourbon-fueled heyday of the 1920s, Covington has had a dynamic and colorful history.
A collaboration between Behringer-Crawford Museum and the Masters of Art in Public History program at Northern Kentucky University, “Buffalos and Bourbon: 200 Years of Covington History” will chronicle the trials, innovations and accomplishments that have shaped the City of Covington. The exhibit, which celebrates Covington’s bicentennial, opens with a reception at the museum at 6 p.m. on Friday, April 24 and will run through August 30.
NKU graduate students will create and install the exhibit, which is sponsored by NKU’s Scripps Howard Center for Civic Engagement.
“Many of these amazing people, places and events left behind legacies that continue to influence today’s residents, community and progress,” according to BCM Curator Tiffany Hoppenjans. “As Covington looks towards the next two hundred years, this exhibit discovers and discusses the connections between where the city has been and where it is going.”
Admission to the Buffalos and Bourbon exhibit is included in the museum ticket price, which is $7 for adults, $6 for seniors 60+, $4 for children and free for BCM members.The museum is located at 1600 Montague Road-Devou Park, Covington, KY 41011. For more information about Behringer-Crawford Museum, call (859) 491-4003, email info@bcmuseum.org or click here.
For more information about NKU’s Masters of Arts in Public History Program, contact Brian Hackett at (859) 572-6072 or publichistory@nku.edu.
From the Behringer-Crawford Museum