 | |
  Location within Kentucky Show map of Kentucky Mountain Homeplace (the United States) Show map of the United States | |
| Established | July 1995 |
|---|---|
| Location | 445 Kentucky Route 172,Staffordsville, Kentucky |
| Coordinates | 37°50′17″N82°52′27″W / 37.837971°N 82.874165°W /37.837971; -82.874165 |
| Type | Living history |
| Director | Cassy Preston |
| Website | Official website |
TheMountain Homeplace (also known as theMountain HomePlace) is a living history museum located withinPaintsville Lake State Park, inStaffordsville, Kentucky. The museum is a re-creation of a mid-nineteenth-century farming community and includes a blacksmith shop,one-room schoolhouse, church,cabin, and barn with farm grounds. These structures were all moved from nearby locations in the early 1980s to prevent them from being submerged underneath the plannedPaintsville Lake.[1] The museum officially opened in July 1995.[2]
Tour guides and park workers wearing traditional period attire demonstrate old skills and crafts 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 In the Pines Amphitheater was built in the early 2000s and was modeled after theamphitheaters ofAncient 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.[1]
 | This Kentucky museum-related article is astub. You can help Wikipedia byexpanding it. |
