Although Elizabethtown, Kentucky is not a large city many historic figures such as Thomas Lincoln, George Armstrong Custer, James Wilkes Booth, Carrie Nation, and the men responsible for the Great Diamond Hoax passed through. The museum has stories about all of them. Most interesting is the Great Diamond Hoax. Philip Arnold, who devised an elaborate mine salting scheme, was a resident of Elizabethtown and managed to con a half a million dollars from unsuspecting investors.
Other exhibits include Native American history, early settlers, the Civil War, and Lincoln family history. There's also a general store display with many old signs and items that would have been on the shelves in country stores.
The accessible entrance is in the rear of the building. The second floor is accessed by steps only. The basement which has the Lincoln exhibits is accessible but it has one slightly steep transition. I think it requires going outside and coming in through a different door. I'm so far behind on the posts that I've forgotten some details. :(
The parking lot behind the museum is too small for RVs. Drive northwest on US 31 to the State Theater parking lot. The sidewalk from that lot to the accessible entrance of the museum is in good condition.
Museum 37.69437, -85.85933
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