There are few pieces of sports equipment as iconic as the Louisville Slugger. That piece of fine American hardwood has been the official bat of Major League Baseball for over a century. These accoutrements of your hitting heroes are still made here in Louisville, Kentucky. And the Louisville Slugger Museum allows you to take a totally unique trip through baseball history. Entering the museum, he first thing you’ll notice is the enormous six-story bat leaning against the museum’s façade. At 68,000 pounds, it would take a Paul Bunyan to swing it! Inside you’ll find smaller, but no less historically important bats, including the very Slugger that Babe Ruth used to hit his last homer for the Yankees. A number of rotating exhibitions explore other key periods in baseball history. The tour also takes you through the factory the bats themselves are made. And when you finish up you even get a souvenir bat to take home with you!
Slugger Museum
800 West Main Street
Louisville, KY 40202
(502) 588-7228
www.sluggermuseum.org
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