Do you or your parents or grandparents remember the “olden days”fondly? Relive our shared heritage by viewing images of the people and places in Bowling Green and Warren County, including parades around Fountain Square Park, sports groups, horse-drawn sleighs, and individual portraits. Several photographs portray river scenes, such as a rare one showing people swimming in the Barren River at the foot of State Street. Images of Beech Bend Park and various historical properties are included. “Warren County Sights and Sounds” opens May 31 at the Kentucky Library & Museum.
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Last calendar year (2007), WKU Libraries had a record number of attendees at the research instruction sessions. We had 17,480 attendees. We also had 621 research instruction sessions (higher than average), and we had 771.5 hours of instruction (4th highest count since 1997).
The Access World News via Newsbank is available for WKU (including Bowling Green Daily News, the Louisville Courier-Journal, and the Lexington Herald-Leader ). You can access from the link from library database page or
On April 25, 2008, the Kentucky Library & Museum was one of five Kentucky organizations to receive the Award for Outstanding Community Partner for its work with the
It’s summertime and that means strawberries on ice cream, strawberry shortcake and other tasty treats. Did you know that Bowling Green once promoted itself as the strawberry capital of the world? Items related to the strawberry industry in Warren County are now on display at the Kentucky Library & Museum through June 30.