Museum of the American Printing House for the Blind

Museum of the American Printing House for the Blind is a museum in Jefferson, Kentucky, which is located on Frankfort Avenue. Museum of the American Printing House for the Blind is situated near the museum 1883 Gallery, as well as near the historic site Stevie Wonder.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Kentucky School for the Blind and Crescent Hill.

Kentucky School for the Blind

School

The Kentucky School for the Blind is an educational facility for blind and visually impaired students from Kentucky who are aged up to 21. The school provides a dormitory setting for its students. Kentucky School for the Blind is situated 620 feet northeast of Museum of the American Printing House for the Blind.

Crescent Hill

Peak

Photo: Angry Aspie, CC BY 3.0.

Crescent Hill is a neighborhood four miles east of downtown Louisville, Kentucky USA. This area was originally called "Beargrass" because it sits on a ridge between two forks of Beargrass Creek.

Beargrass Creek

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 2.5.

Beargrass Creek is the name given to several forks of a creek in Jefferson County, Kentucky. Its watershed is one of the largest in the county, though it is fairly small.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Clifton and Port Fulton.

Clifton

Hamlet

Photo: Angry Aspie, CC BY 3.0.

Clifton is a neighborhood east of downtown Louisville, Kentucky, US. Clifton was named because of its hilly location on the Ohio River valley escarpment. Clifton is bounded by I-64, N Ewing Ave, Brownsboro Road, and Mellwood Ave.

Port Fulton

Hamlet

Photo: Bedford, Public domain.

Port Fulton was a town located two miles up the river from Louisville, within present-day Jeffersonville, Indiana. At its height it stretched from the Ohio River to modern-day 10th Street, and from Crestview to Jefferson/Main Streets. Port Fulton is situated 2 miles north of Museum of the American Printing House for the Blind.

Arctic Springs

Hamlet

Arctic Springs is a neighborhood of Jeffersonville, Indiana, one mile east of downtown Jeffersonville, and directly across from Louisville's famed Water Tower. Arctic Springs is situated 2 miles north of Museum of the American Printing House for the Blind.

Museum of the American Printing House for the Blind

Type: Museum
Address: 1839 Frankfort Avenue, Louisville, KY 40206
Categories: tourism and tourist attraction
Location: Jefferson, Kentucky, South, United States, North America
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Latitude

38.25688° or 38° 15′ 25″ north

Longitude

-85.71457° or 85° 42′ 52″ west

Elevation

502 feet (153 metres)

Wheelchair access

yes

Operator

The American Printing House for the Blind

Open location code

86CP774P+Q5

OpenStreetMap ID

node 367811872

OpenStreetMap feature

tourism=museum

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: 1883 Gallery and Stevie Wonder.

Nearby Places

Places to explore: American Printing House Gift Shop and Reception Desk.

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Worth a closer look: Frankfort and Louisville.

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