Kentucky Derby Museum

Celebrating the Kentucky Derby experience! Where it's #DerbyEveryDay! #DiscoverYourDerby

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Golden Tempo takes the gold. 🏆 Congratulations to the entire team for making Derby history! #KentuckyDerby152

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✨ Experience the excitement of a tour to the Backside of the track. You'll see the barns, horses, and get to ask expert museum tour guides about 152 years of incredible Derby history.

Plan your day: https://t.co/EPYqTNHcrS

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@DeckTheStalls @reredevaux @jose93_ortiz @realcoreynelson @CanonUSApro @HorsephotosCom @TwinSpires @DeVauxRacingDC @kimpossibleky14 Amazing photo, Rickelle! 🐴✨

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@Wflores7 @reredevaux Always photo ready! 📸🐴

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🏇 He's photo ready! 📸

It's Golden Tempo's time in the spotlight.✨ Our Winner's Circle exhibit is now updated to honor the latest Kentucky Derby champ!

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Best of luck at the Belmont Stakes! 🏇 It's race day for Kentucky Derby 152 champion, Golden Tempo!🌹

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🏇 An iconic #PhotoFindFriday featuring Hall of Famers, Pat Day & the late D. Wayne Lukas.

Two legends of the sport both honored with the Kentucky Derby Museum’s Lifetime Achievement Award. 🏆

(Image courtesy of Churchill Downs Racetrack, 1991)

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@PhippsStableFan 👏🏇🌹

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@DerbyDoug51 Photo 1: Winning Colors - 1988
Photo 2: Giacomo - 2005
Photo 3: Silver Charm - 1997
Photo 4: Determine 1954

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There are two types of Derby fans: those who study the odds… and those who pick the gray. 👀🐎

This #PhotoFindFriday, we’re spotlighting a few gray Derby champions who stood out from the rest and raced their way into history!

(Images courtesy of Churchill Downs Racetrack)

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Muhammad Ali at the 1999 Kentucky Derby.

Today, we remember "The Greatest" 10 years after his passing and reflect on the lasting legacy he left on Louisville and around the world.

@AliCenter

(Image courtesy of Churchill Downs Racetrack)

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@Inspiring4u2 🐴✨

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Derby Week moments ✨🏇

#Derby152

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Meet Warrior’s Club, our brand new Resident Thoroughbred!🐎 He's a graded stakes winner, Breeders’ Cup competitor, and all-around good boy.💙 Trained by Hall of Famer D. Wayne Lukas, he finished up his racing career in 2019 and he’s now serving as an ambassador for @SecondStride.

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Looking for a way to keep the kids busy this summer... and for FREE?! ☀️
@culturalpassinky has you covered!

✨ Register for your Cultural Pass and enjoy free Kentucky Derby Museum admission on Sundays & Tuesdays 🏇🏽

Check out our website for more information. 🔗Link in bio

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BREAKING: Sovereignty is clocking out of our Winner's Circle exhibit after an iconic reign. 👀🏆

Rumor has it Derby 152 champion, Golden Tempo will be arriving very soon... 🏇

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Some drinks are seasonal. The mint julep? Historical.
Happy National Mint Julep Day! 🥃🍃 #nationalmintjulepday

(Images courtesy of Churchill Downs Racetrack)

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If you needed a sign to visit the museum ... this is it. 🏇

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Kentucky Derby, 1926 🎞️ Kentucky Derby 2026

The times may change, but the excitement stays the same.

(Image 1 courtesy Churchill Downs Racetrack)

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@DerbyDoug51 Yes he is!! 😄 And we can't wait to hear what he has to say. 👀

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Still want to experience the magic of Derby? ✨ Our tour guides, like Barry, have you covered! 🏇

Book your experience: https://t.co/2O2tONdvKr

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Our favorite miniature horse is back and he has a new friend! ❤️

Ari enjoyed his Derby vacation, but we're happy to have him back. Thanks to @SecondStride, Warrior's Club is now joining him at our Museum Stable.

They'd love for you to stop by and say hi!👋😄