Oscar Getz Museum of Whiskey History/Bardstown Historical Museum
Oscar Getz Museum of Whiskey History/Bardstown Historical Museum is a museum in Kentucky, at a modelled elevation of 195 m. Rohan Knob stands 334 m to the south, 8.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Basilica of Saint Joseph Proto-Cathedral, a historic site 0.1 miles away. Lincoln Heritage Scenic Highway runs past it.
The story
The Oscar Getz Museum of Bourbon History is a museum in Bardstown, Kentucky, that chronicles the history of American whiskey from Colonial days through the 1960s. Located in Spalding Hall, built in 1826 and registered with the National Historic Registry, the museum harbors one of the finest collections of Bourbon, Whiskey and Whiskey Artifacts in the world. They include Abraham Lincoln's liquor license, advertising posters, prescriptions for the medicinal use of alcohol during National Prohibition, whiskey bottles, and other artifacts, including several moonshine stills and a still that quite possibly belonged to George Washington.The museum has a collection of over 3600 bottles and includes extremely rare one-of-a-kind bourbons and whiskeys. The museum also features the Bardstown Historical Museum, a collection of artifacts and personalities from 1785 Colonial Kentucky through the Civil War to the present day The museum is part of the American Whiskey Trail.
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Wikidata Q7105998, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What to expect
How to reach it
- On the Lincoln Heritage Scenic Highway, National
- On the Old Kentucky Turnpike
- 20.3 mi off the US 68 Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Overlook Trail · 17 mi
- Overlook Landing - Pathway of a President · 24 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Federal Hill: 0.8 mi
- Ritchie Knob: 4.3 mi
- Germantown Hill: 4.8 mi
- Rhodes Knob: 5.3 mi
- Nall Hill: 5.9 mi
- Bardstown Community Park: 1.0 mi
- My Old Kentucky Home State Park: 1.1 mi
- Dean Watts Park: 3.1 mi
- Statues: 10.7 mi
- New Haven Municipal Park: 12.7 mi
- Basilica of Saint Joseph Proto-Cathedral: 0.1 mi
- Confederate Monument of Bardstown: 1.0 mi
- Sympson Lake: 2.1 mi
- Iwo Jima memorial: 17.9 mi
- Vietnam War memorial: 18.0 mi
- Women's Civil War Museum: 0.4 mi
- Bardstown Civil War Museum: 0.5 mi
- Heritage Center: 10.9 mi
- Kentucky Railway Museum: 12.6 mi
- James B. Beam Distilling Co.: 12.9 mi
- My Old Kentucky Home: 0.8 mi
- Bourbon Heritage Center: 1.3 mi
- Willett Distillery: 1.9 mi
- Jim Beam Distillery: 12.9 mi
- Jim Beam Distillery: 13.0 mi
- Bernheim Forest and Arboretum: 12.9 mi
- Vernon Douglas State Nature Preserve: 14.3 mi
- Jefferson Memorial Forest: 24.1 mi
- Horine Reservation: 24.4 mi
- Evan Williams Distillerie: 1.3 mi
- Distillerie Four Roses: 9.9 mi
- Sinking Spring: 24.3 mi
- Saint Joseph Statue: 10.8 mi
- Ten Deere: 11.8 mi
- The Boy Lincoln: 22.0 mi
- Potlick Point: 15.8 mi
- Snyder Bluff: 17.3 mi
- Cedar Point: 21.2 mi
- Redbud Shelter: 20.3 mi
- The Woodland Pavillion: 20.4 mi
- Bullitt County Welcome Center: 15.2 mi
- Fairmont Falls: 20.3 mi
- Fairmont Falls Arch: 20.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 21.2 miles of Oscar Getz Museum of Whiskey History/Bardstown Historical Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rohan Knob | S 173° | 334 m | 8.7 mi |
| Bald Knob | S 172° | 299 m | 13.3 mi |
| Watson Knob | SSW 202° | 295 m | 8.8 mi |
| Flag Knob | S 172° | 295 m | 13.1 mi |
| Dawson Knob | WNW 294° | 295 m | 18.8 mi |
| Cambron Knob | SSW 202° | 294 m | 9.3 mi |
| Forty-Acre Knob | SSW 203° | 294 m | 9.9 mi |
| Vineyard Knob | SSW 204° | 291 m | 10.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:46 | 19:19 | 19:54 |
| June solstice | 06:21 | 20:29 | 21:08 |
| September equinox | 07:30 | 19:06 | 19:41 |
| December solstice | 07:55 | 16:46 | 17:27 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 35 | 39 | 47 | 57 | 66 | 73 | 77 | 75 | 69 | 58 | 47 | 38 |
| Precip in | 3.7 | 3.9 | 4.9 | 4.7 | 5.5 | 4.9 | 4.5 | 3.6 | 3.9 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 4.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bardstown 5E, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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Day trips start here
- Bardstown · 1 mi
- Mount Washington · 17 mi
- Shepherdsville · 18 mi
- Jeffersontown · 28 mi
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