How to Use this “Visions of Louisville” Photography Database

Each folder contains several hi-res photos of Louisville attractions, which you may use in your advertising, promotional materials, souvenir programs, and other materials promoting your convention/meeting/event in Louisville. When possible, please credit photos as “Courtesy of Greater Louisville Convention & Visitors Bureau,” or “courtesy of www.gotolouisville.com” unless otherwise noted in the file name.

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Credit photos as "Courtesy of" Greater Louisville Convention & Visitors Bureau or www.gotolouisville.com, unless otherwise noted in the file name.

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The 4th Street Live! entertainment district is within just a few blocks of the Kentucky International Convention Center and many downtown hotels. The $70 million entertainment complex offers bars, restaurants and clubs, including Hard Rock Café, TGI Friday’s, Rascal’s Comedy Club, Saddle Ridge, Red Cheetah, Lucky Strikes Bowling Lanes, and Maker’s Mark Bourbon House and Lounge.

The 1837 building at 316 W Main is home to Tony award-winning Actors Theatre of Louisville and the internationally recognized Humana Festival of New American Plays. Actors’ season runs September to May. Perennial favorites include Dracula, A Tuna Christmas and A Christmas Carol.

Take an Ohio River cruise on a National Historic Landmark; the Belle of Louisville is one of the last authentic sternwheelers in the country.

Churchill Downs is the most famous racetrack in America and the home of the pinnacle of horse racing success, The Kentucky Derby.

Skateboard enthusiasts need to oil their ball bearings and head for the Louisville Extreme Park, just south of Witherspoon St. at Clay. The 40,000-square-foot concrete, outdoor course features pipes, bowls, ramps and rails that test even professional boarders. (Helmets are required.)

History comes alive at the internationally-acclaimed Frazier Historical Arms Museum as it portrays the history, artistry and technological significance of weaponry and armor in the context of events that have shaped our country.

Explore Glassworks, featuring hot glass, flame-working and cold glass studios, where artists create their delicate crafts.

The Kentucky Center is the performing home for the Louisville Orchestra, Louisville Ballet, Kentucky Opera and Stage One: The Louisville Children’s Theatre as well as the city's largest venue for traveling Broadway shows. The building houses an impressive collection of modern sculpture, too.

The Kentucky Derby Museum, next to Churchill Downs, captures the thrill and traditions of the Kentucky Derby every day in an exciting 360-degree high-definition multimedia show. The museum has exhibits, memorabilia and art to delight all ages. There's a fine gift shop and a café overlooking a paddock with a resident horse.

Light Up Louisville is an annual tradition in downtown Louisville on the Friday after Thanksgiving.

The Louisville Science Center features a four-story IMAX® Theatre. Experience nearly 40,000 square feet of hands-on science exhibits about space exploration, river habitats and the human body.

In the “e-Main” Street district you’ll find Louisville Slugger Field, home of the Louisville Bats baseball team. The Bats are the 2001 International League Champions and AAA affiliate of the Cincinnati Reds.

You’ll know when you’ve found the Louisville Slugger Museum when you see the world’s largest baseball bat, standing 120 feet tall and weighing 68,000 pounds, just outside the entrance. Exhibits at the interactive museum honoring baseball's greatest hitters include a walk through an underground locker room into a full-size dugout and a virtual home plate where you can try your skill against a fastball. There's a large collection of custom-made Sluggers signed by the stars who used them, including Ruth, Mantle, Mays and DiMaggio. After a walk through a replica Northern White Ash forest, take a guided tour of the plant to see how wood bats are turned for today's major league players.

The Louisville Zoo is situated on 73 rolling acres and home to 1,300 exotic animals living in botanical settings, which replicate their native habitats. Other outstanding adventures include the Gorilla Forest Exhibit, African Panorama, the Islands exhibits and daily animal training demonstrations. Human comforts include a playground, African petting zoo, indoor and outdoor cafés, plus the antique Conservation Carousel, tram and miniature train rides.
Louisville is the birthplace of Muhammad Ali, one of the many reasons he chose to locate the $41 million

Muhammad Ali Center, honoring his life, here. The 24,000 square-foot facility, which opened November 19, 2005, houses exhibit space, classrooms, theatres, a library and function space. It is a place that redeems and esteems the core values behind Ali himself - peace, social responsibility, respect and personal growth. The Center not only explores Ali’s life and what makes him such an enduring hero, it also touchs visitor’s lives and inspires them to emulate his discipline, perseverance and willingness to stand up for one’s beliefs.

Shopping possibilities in Greater Louisville are as limitless as your imagination. For the shopping enthusiast there are several major shopping malls featuring nationally recognized retailers such as Dillard’s, Chico’s, Williams-Sonoma, Old Navy and Gap. For antique lovers there are shops with amazing finds, ranging from jewelry to furniture to collectibles, scattered throughout the community. The Bardstown Road and Frankfort Avenue areas are loaded with antique shops, art galleries and unique boutiques.

Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom is adjacent to the Kentucky Exposition Center located at the intersection of I-264 and I-65. This exciting park features eight thrilling roller coasters, including its newest, Greezed Lighnin’. Included in your admission is Hurricane Bay, a tropically themed seven-acre water park that showcases a 750,000-gallon wave pool, children's activity area, water slide complex, an action river tubing adventure and its newest thrill ride, Tornado. In all, there are more than 110 thrilling rides and attractions for all ages.

(Skyline caption) – Located on the bank of the Ohio River, Louisville is Kentucky’s largest city, the United State’s 16th largest city and "The Gateway to the South."

In Louisville, convenience is the name of the game. That’s what we’ve built, an extensive downtown skywalk system connecting our world-class convention center to thousands of luxury hotel rooms.

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For fast, easy transportation in and around the Greater Louisville area, nothing beats the Transit Authority of River City (TARC), offering bus service throughout the day and evening. TARC also operates Louisville’s historic Toonerville II, Main Street and Bardstown Road Trolleys, which provide transportation in the downtown and Bardstown Road areas for only 25¢.

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Located in an old trolley barn in West Louisville, the Kentucky Center for African-American Heritage, the first of its kind, will celebrate the history, heritage and culture of the African-American community and serve as a "bridge between the past and future." The center's main building houses permanent exhibits tracing African-American life in Kentucky and Louisville from the 1700s through the civil-rights movement. A pavilion will include an auditorium, ticketing space and offices. Three smaller buildings will house an education center, studios for demonstrations, space for children's activities, a cafe' and an exhibit gallery. The center is expected to open February 2006.

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City Hall was placed on the national Register of Historic Places in 1976. This Louisville landmark at 601 West Jefferson Street is an impressive piece of civic architecture and a metaphor for Louisville’s post-civil war optimism.

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This park and fountain at the corner of West Main and Seventh Streets commemorates Fort Nelson, which was built in late 1780 and named after Gov. Thomas Nelson of Virginia.

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Louisville has a number of clubs, featuring jazz, blues, and rock and roll for your listening pleasure.

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Only New York City's SoHo district has more 19th-century cast-iron storefronts than Louisville’s historic West Main Street, a block south of the Ohio River. Its architecture and wrought iron décor reveals Louisville’s roots as a river port and distribution center.

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Located on Jefferson Street between 5th and 6th Streets, the Jefferson County Courthouse is listed on the national Register of Historic Places.

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The Speed Art Museum displays 5,000 works ranging from ancient to contemporary and spanning 6,000 years of history. Masters such as Rubens, Monet, Rembrandt and Picasso are featured. While at the Speed, be sure to see the Art Sparks Interactive Gallery, the region's only hands-on art display designed to capture the interest of a budding young art lover.

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The Old Louisville neighborhood makes a perfect backdrop for the 3-day St. James Court Art Show featuring fine arts and crafts from 700 artists, the first full weekend in October. It’s Louisville’s oldest and largest art show and one of the largest and most respected outdoor art shows in the country.

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A life-size statue of President Thomas Jefferson stands in front of the Jefferson Count Courthouse on Jefferson Street.

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Zachary Taylor National Cemetery is one of 112 national cemeteries in the United States and one of seven located in Kentucky. Located in eastern Jefferson County, the cemetery contains the grave of the nation’s 12th president, Zachary Taylor (1784-1850). Veterans representing six wars – the Spanish-American War, World Wars I and II, Korean War, Vietnam War and the Persian Gulf War – are buried in Zachary Taylor National Cemetery.

Start your trip at our Visitor Information Center, in the Kentucky International Convention Center, where you can get advice, maps, brochures and purchase Louisville apparel.

Waterfront Park stretches along the Ohio River downtown. It is a family recreation area with a playground, water feature and great lawn, as well as seasonal special events and concerts. The entire first and second phases of Waterfront Park (72 acres) is wireless. The project is anticipated to be the nation’s largest public park with free Internet access.