FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — The Kentucky Military History Museum is scheduled to temporarily reopen this month for public tours.
The museum has been closed the past two years for extensive renovations, including replacement of the heating and air conditioning system and repairs and restoration to the exterior.
The Kentucky Historical Society said in a statement Thursday that public tours would begin again on Nov. 14. The statement says restoration work will continue through next year and the building will likely be closed again when more extensive work is being done.
The building in downtown Frankfort was constructed in 1850 and is Kentucky's oldest National Guard facility. During the Civil War, it housed a cartridge factory and became a point of defense for the Capitol. It was used as a storage facility until it became the Kentucky Military History Museum in 1973.
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