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4435 Old Frankfort Pike Lexington KY 40510
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(859) 255-6654
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Status: Open

Sunday
12:00pm-5:00pm
Monday
Closed
Tuesday
10:00am-5:00pm
Wednesday
10:00am-5:00pm
Thursday
10:00am-5:00pm
Friday
10:00am-5:00pm
Saturday
12:00pm-5:00pm

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The Museum's permanent collection houses jewelry and bibelots designed by George W. Headley, in addition to his decorative arts library and curios and Marylou Whitney's amazing dollhouses. Additionally, the Museum has gallery space for rotating exhibits. Currently, the Museum is exhibiting "Realized in Wood: Contemporary Prints from China," "Tibetan Fashion: Photographs by Zhang FuQuan," and...

George W. Headley III (1908-1985) studied art at the Art Student's League in New York and l'Ecole des beaux-arts in Paris and later apprenticed as a designer with the New York Jeweler Paul Flato in the 1930s. In the 1940s, Headley opened his own jewelry boutique in California at the Hotel Bel-Air and cultivated a clientele including such Hollywood celebrities as Fanny Brice, Mae West and Joan...

The Headley-Whitney Museum is a decorative arts museum in the Bluegrass Region of Kentucky. Founded by George Headley, a noted jewelry designer from the twentieth century, the Museum houses pieces from Headley's impressive collection of jewelry and bibelots (small, decorative objects of beauty) in addition to an array of rotating exhibits and workshops. The property is also used for special...

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George W. Headley was a prominent designer of jewelry and small decorative art objects known as bibelots. Dozens of his pieces are on display here in a museum on his former estate.

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Amazing, eclectic displays

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100

Liked: Beautiful displays of bibelots - Google it :), minerals, doll houses and paintings. A tour of the small library of the founder is included. The staff were very friendly and knowledgeable.
Disliked: You can go through it in about an hour, they charge $10 for adults, but you get two for one with a AAA membership

waste of time

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20

I went to this museum about 10 years ago and was impressed with the "shell room", "gem room", and "library/office". I recently returned when I had family in town, and paid $65 for 7 of us to get in. You can no longer go in any of the 3 rooms that I mentioned. The museum is limited to the main...

Fun Museum

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100

This place has beautiful grounds to walk around, fun workshops for the kids and several different building with wonderful things to see. I have been several times and will go again. It is a great place to take out of town/state visitors.

Truly Eclectic private museum

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80

This unique private boutique museum was started by an eccentric, rather jolly, millionaire (I think he would have been pleased with the lable) who designed and made amazing pieces of jewelry. He built the museum on his farm to display the dazzling works, After his death a foundation has maintained the collections and added works by other artists. If you...

Big disappointment

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40

I had read this museum was a hidden gem so we were expecting something great. The museum is easy to find and is fairly small. While we were there, there was an exhibit of Chinese porcelean and some Tibetan photographs. Niether of these were interpreted with descriptions, or ages or much of anything that allowed us to learn why these...

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Headley-whitney Museum Inc was founded in 1968. The company is located in Lexington and incorporated in Kentucky. Headley-whitney Museum Inc specializes in Museum.

Dedicated to the decorative arts, the Headley-Whitney Museum holds a variety of exhibits. Open Tuesday to Sunday with varying admission prices.

The Headley-Whitney Museum is a decorative arts museum in the Bluegrass Region of Kentucky. Founded by George Headley, a noted jewelry designer from the twentieth century, the Museum houses pieces from Headley's impressive collection of jewelry and bibelots (small, decorative objects of beauty) in addition to an array of rotating exhibits and workshops. The property is also used for special...

The Headley-Whitney Museum is a decorative arts museum founded by prominent jewelry designer, George W. Headley III.

On what was once the family estate, George W. Headley III, an accomplished jewelry designer, instituted (with his wife, Barbara Whitney) this museum dedicated to decorative arts. Encompassing such well-designed but functional objects as ceramics, textiles, and furniture, decorative arts are intended to be utilitarian but have exceptional beauty. Culled from collections around the world,...

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