Louisville Slugger Museum and Kentucky Science Center

Last year I won a basket full of goodies in a silent auction. It included passes for the Louisville Slugger Museum as well as tickets for the Kentucky Science Center. They are actually just a block or two apart in downtown Louisville. After the kids were out of school for Christmas break we decided to make a little day trip over to Louisville. Our first stop was the Slugger Museum. 

Family picture out front with a huge baseball bat.

We got there right on time and were quickly told to head over to the factory tour. Unfortunately, there are no pictures allowed during the tour so I can't show you how they actually make the bats. It is really neat and quite a process to make a bats. They started with showing us how the bats were originally made before modern machines and it would have been a really long and tedious task. However, with modern inventions they are able to crank out any where from 3-5 thousand bats a day. It was pretty neat to see how they have the whole process down to an exact science. The kids actually enjoyed seeing all the things going on in the factory tour.

They had some original game used bats by some of the famous major league players. A few that I picked up, with gloves on (since it was mandatory), were Albert Pujols, Ken Griffey Jr., and a replica of a Babe Ruth.

 After the factory tour you could go around and tour the museum. This was not as interesting for the kids. They kept running around and weren't interested in letting me read all the little details and facts that they had everywhere. However, I was able to talk them into posing with these replicas statues.

Landon doing his best Babe Ruth impersonation. Too bad Landon had his hands on the bat as a righty and not a lefty. Pretty funny picture.

Jennifer ready for the pitch just like Mr. November himself, Derek Jeter.

Doing my best Ken Griffey Jr. impersonation in my shorts and flip flops. Griffey was always so much fun to watch play ball.

By far my favorite impersonation is Brinley kissing the bat like Ted Williams. It is just so funny to me. Part of the factory tour also included these little mini bats. The kids were really excited about them but they quickly got them taken away when they started hitting each other with them.

Sitting in the dugout. We are ready coach. Put us in!

They even had an area where they built some scale models of a few ball parks out of Legos. They were pretty amazing! Here was Wrigley Field complete with ivy on the outfield walls.

This was a neat little sculpture/art/bench in the lobby area. 

After a quick lunch we headed down the street to the Kentucky Science Center. This place was really neat. It had all kinds of things to play with and without the kids knowing they were actually learning about science.

Here the girls were building a little wooden structure. 

The kids trying to climb sideways on the wall. Both kids eventually finished it after multiple attempts. Jennifer was also able to finish as well, but I couldn't get a good foot hold with my sandals on.

Landon climbing around the little play area.

One last picture before hitting the road back to Lexington. We will definitely have to come back and explore some more at the Science Center. Behind us is a huge spherical mirror comprised of a lot of small mirrors put together.

I would recommend both of these museums for anybody that is going to be visiting in Louisville. Clearly the Slugger museum would be great for any that loves baseball while the Science Museum would be great for kids of all ages. There are plenty more places for us to explore in Louisville and I can't wait to go back for another little day trip adventure. Thanks for reading and God bless!