- Mountain Homeplace
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Coordinates: 37°50′17″N 82°52′27″W / 37.837971°N 82.874165°W
Mountain Homeplace 
Established July 1995 Location 445 Kentucky Route 172, Staffordsville, Kentucky Type Living history Director Cassy Preston Website Official website The Mountain Homeplace (also known as the Mountain HomePlace) is a living history museum located within Paintsville Lake State Park, in Staffordsville, Kentucky. The museum is a recreation of a mid-nineteenth century farming community and includes a blacksmith shop, one room schoolhouse, church, cabin, and a barn with farm grounds. These structures were all moved from nearby locations in the early 1980s to prevent them from being submerged underneath the planned Paintsville Lake.[1] The museum officially opened in July 1995.[2]
While touring the farmstead, you will see old skills and crafts being demonstrated. Tour guides and park workers wear the traditional attire of the period and take part in activities such as forging horseshoes, quilting, and tending to farm animals.[3] There is also a Welcome Center, consisting of the Museum of Appalachian History and a gift shop featuring regional arts and crafts.
The newest addition to the Mountain Homeplace is the In the Pines Amphitheater. It was built in the early 2000s and was modeled after the amphitheaters of Ancient Greece. The 700-seat facility is open year round and annually hosts the Red Bud Gospel Sing.[4]
The museum is open from April 1 through December 20, and it's hours are Tuesday-Saturday (9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.) eastern time. Admission is $6.00 for adults, $5.00 for seniors, and $4.00 for children.[1]
See also
Welcome Center
References
- ^ a b Reigler, Susan (June 6, 2008). "Staffordsville: Get back on the farm at Kentucky's HomePlace". Louisville Courier-Journal. http://www.courier-journal.com/article/20080606/FEATURES05/106060021/Staffordsville--Get-back-on-the-farm-at-Kentucky%5C-s-HomePlace. Retrieved 2010-06-04.
- ^ Mountain Homeplace Paintsville Tourism. Retrieved on 2010-06-04
- ^ Mountain Homeplace Retrieved on 2009-11-01
- ^ In the Pines Amphitheater Paintsville Tourism. Retrieved on 2010-06-04
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Visitor Attractions of the Eastern Mountain Coal Fields Parks StateBuckhorn Lake • Carr Creek • Carter Caves • Cumberland Falls • Dr. Thomas Walker • Fishtrap Lake • Grayson Lake • Greenbo Lake • Jenny Wiley • Kingdom Come • Levi Jackson Wilderness Road • Natural Bridge • Paintsville Lake • Pine Mountain • Pine Mountain Trail • Yatesville Lake
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Museums Barthell Coal Mining Camp • Bell County Coal House & Museum • Bell County Historical Society Museum • Big Sandy Heritage Center • Blue Heron Coal Mining Camp • Bobby Davis Museum and Park • Breathitt County Museum • C.B. Caudill Store & History Center • Cloverfork Museum • Coal Miners' Museum • Cumberland Inn Museum • David A. Zegeer Coal-Railroad Museum • East Kentucky Science Center • Elkhorn City Railroad Museum • Harland Sanders Café & Museum • Highlands Museum and Discovery Center • Kentucky Coal Mining Museum • Kentucky Folk Art Center • Knox Historical Museum • Magoffin County Pioneer Village and Museum • Marie Stewart Museum & Craft Shop • McCreary County Museum • Morgan County History Museum • Mountain Homeplace • Mountain Life Museum • Northeastern Kentucky Museum • Swamp Valley Museum • U.S. 23 Country Music Highway Museum • Wolfe County History Museum
Forests Daniel Boone • Dewey Lake • Jefferson • Kentenia • Kentucky Ridge • Robinson • Tygarts
Reservoirs Buckhorn Lake • Carr Creek Lake • Cave Run Lake • Cranks Creek Lake • Lake Cumberland • Dewey Lake • Fishtrap Lake • Grayson Lake • Greenbo Lake • Laurel River Lake • Martins Fork Lake • Paintsville Lake • Yatesville Lake
Natural features Black Mountain • Cumberland Falls • Cumberland Gap • Eagle Falls • Middlesboro crater • Pine Mountain • Pound Gap • Raven Rock • Red River Gorge • Tri-State Peak • Yahoo Arch • Yahoo Falls
Miscellaneous Bad Branch Falls State Nature Preserve • Bat Cave and Cascade Caverns State Nature Preserves • Big South Fork Scenic Railway • Black Mountain Off-Road Adventure Area • Cumberland Gap Tunnel • Mayo Mansion • Middle Creek Battlefield • Pikeville Cut-Through • Samuel May House • Sheltowee Trace Trail
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