Shelby County Historical Society

The Old Shelby County Courthouse was constructed in 1913.

The Shelby County Historical Society's Museum built in 1872

Shelby News Printing House

Bridge near Hall & Stewart Lumber Co.

1847 Shelby County Courthouse

Science Hill graduating class, 1937 – 1938

Page from The Shelby Sentinel, April 9, 1946

The Allen & Bell Coal Company poster

1904 view of downtown Shelbyville, KY

Hubert and Ollie Ford standing in front of their home in Christiansburg

Major General James Franklin Bell served in the United States Army from 1878–1919 and as Chief of Staff of the United States Army from 1906 – 1910

The Marquis de Lafayette attended a ball in Shelbyville during his 1825 Grand Tour

A postcard scene of Science Hill Female Academy, 1825- 1939

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Museum Information

Open to the public, free admission

627 Main St., Shelbyville, KY 40065

+1 (502) 513-5555

Museum Times

Wednesday – Friday 10AM to 4PM

Saturday – 10AM to 2PM

Or by appointment

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Shelbyville Fountain Notecards (pack of 10)

$10.00

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The Incredible Adventures of Daniel Boone’s Kid Brother – Squire Boone

$7.00

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The Shelby Record: Some Old Time History of Shelbyville & Shelby County

$11.00

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Down Memory’s Lane: An Autobiography by Sarah Posey Brown

$13.00

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Walter H. Kiser’s Neighborhood Sketches Revisited

$85.00

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Historical Architecture of Shelby County, Kentucky, 1791 – 1915

$69.00

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The Shelby: Stories of Shelby County’s Good Land, Good People, Good Living (2021)

$18.00

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Political Quickstep: The Life of Kentucky’s Colonel Charles S. Todd

$32.00

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John Floyd The Life & Letters of a Frontier Surveyor

$25.00

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Pathways to the Future

$8.00

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Shouts & Whispers From the Past

$8.00

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The Shelby Historian, 2022

$13.00

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A Living History: Shelby County, KY 2011

$59.00

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Portrait of the Past, A Pictorial History of Shelby County, Kentucky 1865 – 1980

$59.00

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Historic Kentucky Postcard Art 1900-2013

$31.00

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