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Cumberland Inn Museum

• Location & Contact Information
  • Address: 649 South 10th Street Williamsburg KY USA 40769
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  • Official Website: [1]
• Overview

Cumberland Inn Museum is a museum in Williamsburg, Kentucky operated by University of the Cumberlands. Besides the Henkelmann Life Science Collection, it contains archives, several stamp, coin, arrowhead, and nutcracker collections. The Henkelmann Life Science Collection has "hundreds of specimens ranging from the petite short-tailed Shrew to the gigantic Polar Bear, procured by Henry and Mary Henkelmann on expeditions from Africa to the Artic. The animals are displayed in surroundings created to match their natural habitats. A visit to this great exhibit fosters an appreciation of the beauty of life."ref name="LifeScience" The Robert O. Williams museum now contains over 7,000 crosses and crucifixes. The collection started when as a chaplain in the Air Force Williams he became aware of the special symbolism the cross had for Christians and of the variety of forms that had been used to portray this symbol.ref name="WilliamsCollection"The museum's collections were featured on Kentucky Educational Television.