20 FREE Things to do in Louisville With Your Family This Summer

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May 202017
 

School is out or nearly out for the summer and many families are looking for fun things to do together.  If you’re currently writing our your summer calendar, then this list of free things to do in Louisville for the whole family is for you!

20 Fun and FREE Things to do in Louisville this summer that the whole family can enjoy

If you’re not a local resident, this list of free things to do in Louisville can be a great reference guide for planning your summer travel.  Free local events and activities are a great way to stretch your travel dollar.  They’re also a fun way to see lesser-explored parts of the city you’re visiting and meet locals.
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A Visit to the Louisville Slugger Museum & Factory in Louisville, Kentucky

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Feb 182015
 

While my parents and brother were visiting over Thanksgiving and the week after, I planned a trip for us to the Louisville Slugger Museum here in town.  My entire family are huge baseball fans (I love baseball, myself) but my brother Jeff, especially, lives and breathes the game.  As this was his first time in Louisville, I knew it would be a fun surprise for him if we could go.

The bat in front of the Louisville Slugger Museum is an exact-scale replica of the model R43, 34" wood bat, designed to specifications requested by Babe Ruth in the early 1920s. It stands 120' tall, making it the World’s Biggest Bat.

The bat in front of the Louisville Slugger Museum is an exact-scale replica of the model R43, 34″ wood bat, designed to specifications requested by Babe Ruth in the early 1920s. It stands 120′ tall, making it the World’s Biggest Bat.

I had never been to the Slugger Museum either and, oddly enough, even though my husband has lived here pretty much his entire life, he also had never been.  I knew Bubbles might be a little young to appreciate it all, but she’s always happy to go anywhere, especially with her Uncle Jeff. Continue reading »