Alice Rogers, Director of Public Relations & Marketing

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Kentucky Historical Society Library Pauses to Take Stock

KHS Library Conducts Inventory January 24-31   

FRANKFORT, KY, (January 11, 2005) The Thomas D. Clark Library located at the Kentucky Historical Society’s History Center in downtown Frankfort is conducting an inventory of its extensive resources.

From January 24 to 31, the library staff will be working to evaluate and organize the library’s collections which include over 90,000 published works, dealing primarily with history and genealogy, as well as over 12,000 reels of microfilm and over 20,000 vertical files of collected and contributed research.

During the inventory period, the library and special collections will not be available to the public. The library will resume its normal operating schedule on Tuesday, February 1. The library’s regular hours are Tuesday - Saturday, 8 a.m.-4 p.m. and Sunday 1 p.m.-5 p.m. (Eastern Standard Time). The library is closed on Mondays.

The Kentucky Historical Society and its exhibits at the Kentucky History Center, the Kentucky Military History Museum and the Old State Capitol will maintain regular hours during the library-inventory period. These hours are:

Exhibit galleries & 1792 Store
10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Tuesday - Saturday
1:00 p.m. to 5 p.m., Sunday

Administrative Offices
8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday - Friday

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An agency of the Kentucky Commerce Cabinet, The Kentucky Historical Society, since 1836, has provided connections to the past, perspective on the present and inspiration for the future.  KHS operates the Old State Capitol, Kentucky Military History Museum and its five-year-old headquarters, the Kentucky History Center.   Since 1999, the thirty-million-dollar History Center has welcomed almost one million visitors.   For more information about the Kentucky Historical Society and its programs, visit the Web at http://history.ky.gov or call (502) 564-1792.