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The Kentucky Historical Society collects, preserves, conserves, interprets, and shares information, memories, and materials from Kentucky’s past to assist those interested in exploring and preserving that heritage. The museum collection houses 120,000 artifacts. | The Kentucky Historical Society collects, preserves, conserves, interprets, and shares information, memories, and materials from Kentucky’s past to assist those interested in exploring and preserving that heritage. The museum collection houses 120,000 artifacts. | ||
=== Martin F. Schmidt Research Library === | === Martin F. Schmidt Research Library === | ||
Located on the second floor of the Thomas D. Clark Center for Kentucky History, the Martin F. Schmidt Research Library is a beautiful facility featuring more than 16,000 rolls of microfilm, 90,000 books and periodicals, and 30,000 vertical files focused primarily on [https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/Kentucky Kentucky ]history and genealogy. The library is a [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/default.asp FamilySearch] Affiliate, and as such, library patrons may order microforms from the vast collection held by the Salt Lake City-based [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/Library/FHLC/frameset_fhlc.asp Family History Library] for temporary use at the Kentucky Historical Society. The library is open Tuesday through Saturday, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. and is free and open to the public.[[|]]<br> | |||
The [http://128.163.2.244:10901/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&PAGE=First card catalog] for the Martin F. Schmidt library is available on-line, as is the Society's [http://205.204.134.47:2005/ digital collections database], which includes images of manuscripts, maps, photographs and finding aids for the collections at Kentucky Historical Society. The Society also hosts an on-line database of [http://205.204.134.47/cemetery.asp cemetery records] that contains over 150,000 names transcribed by volunteers from gravestones across Kentucky. | The [http://128.163.2.244:10901/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&PAGE=First card catalog] for the Martin F. Schmidt library is available on-line, as is the Society's [http://205.204.134.47:2005/ digital collections database], which includes images of manuscripts, maps, photographs and finding aids for the collections at Kentucky Historical Society. The Society also hosts an on-line database of [http://205.204.134.47/cemetery.asp cemetery records] that contains over 150,000 names transcribed by volunteers from gravestones across Kentucky. | ||