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Gift to Speed Art Museum to provide free Sunday admission

Tom Hoepf
Tom Hoepf
Artist rendition of the expansion of the Speed Art Museum. Image courtesy Speed Art Museum
Artist rendition of the expansion of the Speed Art Museum. Image courtesy Speed Art Museum

 

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) – A gift from Brown-Forman Corp. will enable visitors to see the renovated Speed Art Museum at no charge on Sundays for the next five years.

The museum said in a news release Tuesday that the program will be called “Owsley Sundays” in honor of the late Owsley Brown II, who was CEO of spirit maker Brown-Forman from 1993 to 2005. The program starts March 20 and continues through March 2021.

Brown’s daughter, Brooke Barzun, is co-chair of the Speed’s capital campaign. She said she hoped the program will allow everyone a chance to visit the reopened museum.

The museum has been closed for three years for a $60 million renovation and expansion. The museum will be open for 30 straight hours following a March 12 ribbon-cutting ceremony.
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