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Museums and Tours

A few of the museums and tours available in the area. If there are others you feel should be included, please let us know.

7 places

  • Ashland Area Art Gallery

    1516 Winchester Avenue, Ashland, KY

    (606) 329-1826 Map Ashland

    Home to the Artist’s Market and rotating exhibits.

  • Augusta Dils York Mansion

    209 Elm, Pikeville, KY

    (606) 432-3092 Map Pikeville

    Perched on a bluff overlooking the town. Begun in 1912 and completed two decades later, with a tile roof, terrazzo floors and many original furnishings.

  • Coal Camp Museum

    78 Miller’s Creek Road (US 23 south to KY-302 east), Van Lear, KY

    (606) 789-4759 Map Van Lear

    Housed in the original Consolidation Coal Company office building. Depicts coal camp life, including the original doctor’s office, with a 40-foot scale model of the camp as it stood in the 1920s.

  • Mountain Homeplace

    Off KY-40 at Paintsville Lake, Paintsville, KY

    (606) 297-1850 Map Paintsville

    A living history village depicting the life of those who lived on the Appalachian plateau in the mid 1800s.

  • The Elkhorn City Railroad Museum

    Pine Street, Elkhorn City, KY

    (606) 432-1391 Map Elkhorn City

    Memorabilia from the era when the town was a major railroad interchange — a caboose, meters, switch stands, lanterns and a velocipede.

  • The Kentucky Highlands Museum

    1620 Winchester Ave., Ashland, KY

    (606) 329-8888 Map Ashland

    Exhibits on The Judds, Jean Thomas, antique clothing, Native Americans and World War II.

  • The Paramount Performing Arts Center

    1300 Winchester Ave., Ashland, KY

    (606) 324-3175 Map Ashland

    Opened in 1931, this Art Deco theater was featured in the Billy Ray Cyrus “Achy Breaky Heart” video.