List of museums in Kentucky

This list of museums in Kentucky is a list of museums, defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing. Museums that exist only in cyberspace (i.e., virtual museums) are not included.

Defunct museums

 * Charles Jackson Circus Museum, Hopkinsville, collections now at the Pennyroyal Area Museum
 * Alben W. Barkley Museum, Paducah
 * Barren River Imaginative Museum of Science, Bowling Green, closed in 2012
 * Floyd Collins Museum, Cave City, closed in 2013
 * Morris Toy Museum, Carrsville
 * Schmidt Museum of Coca-Cola Memorabilia, Elizabethtown, closed in 2012