Kentucky Museum opens First Farmers of the Barren River Valley Exhibit

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. (WBKO) – The Kentucky Museum held a grand opening for its First Farmers of the Barren River Valley Exhibit Thursday night.

The exhibit is a collaboration between the Kentucky Archaeological Survey and Western Kentucky Universities Anthropology program, showcasing features and instruments from pre-contact Native American farm life.

Patrons can sit up for depictions of foodways and socio-politics of the tribes, in addition to numerous artifacts discovered at excavation websites.

“Lots of people rising up are advised that Native Individuals by no means lived in Kentucky, they simply hunted right here,” stated Principal Investigator and Director of the Kentucky Archaeological Survey, David Pollack, “This exhibit clearly exhibits that these folks have been right here. They have been right here for a very long time. They have been constructing homes, they have been coping with flooding, identical to we’re at this time.”

Patrons can absolutely view the exhibit September 9, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

For extra data, go to the Kentucky Museum web site.

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