U.S. 23 Country Music Highway Museum
The U.S. 23 Country Music Highway Museum is a museum in Paintsville, Kentucky dedicated to the country music entertainers who were born or lived near U.S. Route 23 in eastern Kentucky.[1] Entertainers exhibited within the museum include Billy Ray Cyrus, The Judds, Tom T. Hall, Ricky Skaggs, Hylo Brown, Loretta Lynn, Rebecca Lynn Howard, Keith Whitley, Dwight Yoakam, Patty Loveless, Tyler Childers, Sundy Best, and Gary Stewart.[2] It also has a gift shop and a large conference room that can be reserved for events such as concerts.[3]
Paintsville, KentuckyCoordinatesLocal museumU.S. Route 23Billy Ray CyrusThe JuddsTom T. HallRicky SkaggsHylo BrownLoretta LynnRebecca Lynn HowardKeith WhitleyDwight YoakamPatty LovelessTyler ChildersSundy BestGary StewartList of music museumsCity of PaintsvilleBig Sandy Community and Technical CollegeCitizens National BankJohnson Central High SchoolJohnson County Middle SchoolJohnson County SchoolsJohnson County Public LibraryKentucky Apple FestivalPaintsville ARH HospitalThe Paintsville HeraldPaintsville High SchoolPaintsville Independent SchoolsFirst Baptist ChurchFirst United Methodist ChurchFirst National Bank BuildingFoster HardwareMayo Memorial United Methodist ChurchMayo Mansion Old City HallPaintsville Country ClubPaintsville Public Library BuildingH.B. Rice Insurance BuildingFrancis M. Stafford HouseMuseumsKentuckyKentucky Folk Art CenterKMAC MuseumMuseum of the American Quilter's SocietySpeed Art MuseumUniversity of Kentucky Art MuseumAviation Museum of KentuckyBill Monroe MuseumGeneral George Patton Museum of LeadershipMuhammad Ali CenterRosemary Clooney MuseumWhitney Young Birthplace and MuseumAdsmoreAshlandBardstown Historical MuseumBarthell Coal Mining CampBig Sandy Heritage CenterBlue Heron Coal Mining CampBluegrass Heritage MuseumCivil War MuseumCoal Miners' MuseumDavid A. Zegeer Coal-Railroad MuseumDon F. Pratt Memorial MuseumFederal HillThe Filson Historical SocietyF.M. Stafford HouseFrazier History MuseumHarland Sanders Café and MuseumHighlands Museum and Discovery CenterHistoric Locust GroveHunt–Morgan HouseJeffersontown Historical MuseumKentucky Coal MuseumLexington History CenterMagoffin County Pioneer Village and MuseumMary Todd Lincoln HouseMcCreary County MuseumMountain HomeplaceOscar Getz Museum of Whiskey HistoryPortland MuseumRiverside, The Farnsley–Moremen LandingSamuel May HouseThomas D. Clark Center for Kentucky HistoryThomas Edison HouseBluegrass Railroad and MuseumElkhorn City Railroad MuseumHistoric Railpark and Train MuseumKentucky Railway MuseumRailway Museum of Greater CincinnatiCreation MuseumShaker Village at Pleasant HillShaker Museum at South UnionEast Kentucky Science CenterKentucky Science CenterKentucky River MuseumNational Corvette MuseumKentucky Derby MuseumLouisville Slugger Museum & FactoryCallahan Museum of the American Printing House for the BlindCumberland Inn & MuseumInternational Bluegrass Music MuseumGarrard County Jail MuseumVent Haven MuseumVisitor attractionsEastern Kentucky CoalfieldBuckhorn LakeCarr CreekCarter CavesCumberland FallsDawkins Line Rail TrailDr. Thomas WalkerFishtrap LakeGrayson LakeGreenbo LakeJenny WileyKingdom ComeLevi Jackson Wilderness RoadNatural BridgePaintsville LakePine MountainPine Mountain TrailYatesville LakeBig South ForkCumberland Gap