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Frazier's Believe It or Not!


  • Frazier History Museum 829 West Main Street Louisville, KY, 40202 United States (map)

Did you know there is a word for the act of throwing someone out a window? (Defenestration.) Or that the mayor of NYC banned artichokes to fight the mob? Or that Abraham Lincoln was recognized by the National Wrestling Hall of Fame in 1992? We can’t make this stuff up! Join us as we spend the week uncovering some of the past’s most unbelievable stories… as well as some of its biggest fakes and phonies! Mummy powder, mermaid hoaxes, petrified giants? Believe it or not, history still gets stranger.

When: April 2 – 4th
Time: 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. (drop off opens at 8:45 a.m.)
Who: Grades K – 6th
How: Register at the link below
Cost per day: Members $60 per day ($65 non-members)

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