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Historic Places Open for Tours Again in Frankfort

By Rick Howlett

Frankfort, KY – The Kentucky Historical Society will resume regular operating hours this week at its Frankfort campus. Due in part to budget and staff cuts, three KHS facilities were closed to walk-in visitors over the winter months. Spokesperson Lisa Cleveland says that gave the remaining staff a chance to do some archival work.

"Our staff, over the winter, made a great deal of progress in getting more than 500 new artifact records online. We transferred almost 20-thousand records to a new, more user friendly database."

The sites will resume regular hours starting Saturday. Cleveland says interim workers have been hired to augment the permanent staff during the spring and summer.