Welcome to the 21c Museum Hotel

21c Museum Hotel is more than just a place to spend the night – it's a 90-room boutique hotel, contemporary art museum, award-winning restaurant and cultural civic center nestled in the heart of Museum Row in historic downtown Louisville. With over 5000 square feet of art-filled meeting and event space, 21c guests enjoy authentic Southern hospitality and accessible luxury while exploring the work of contemporary artists in America's only museum dedicated solely to art of the 21st Century. Whether you are visiting Bourbon Country, spending a day at Churchill Downs, or hosting a lavish Southern wedding, 21c is a modern epicenter for culture, activity, and artistic expression. Applauded by Travel & Leisure Magazine as "one of the most ambitious unions of art and hospitality ever undertaken," and hailed by The New York Times as "an innovative concept with strong execution and prompt and enthusiastic service," come meet the infamous Red Penguins and discover how 21c Museum Hotel is redefining the art of hospitality.

Currently Showing


Creating Identity: Portraits Today
An examination of portraiture in the 21st Century
Opened August 2009
street level & atrium galleries

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Accolades



Thank you to Condé Nast Traveler Readers for voting 21c Museum Hotel the 2009 #1 Hotel in the U.S. and #6 Hotel in the World!

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The 2010 Derby Countdown has begun!



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Weekend room packages available.

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Valentine's Day


Treat your Lover to the
#1 U.S. Hotel & #6 in the World
Condé Nast Traveler Readers' Choice Awards 2009.
Romantic Valentine's weekend packages available.

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21c Museum Hotel is proud member of the Virtuoso network.

Currently Showing


Creating Identity: Portraits Today
An examination of portraiture in the 21st Century
Opened August 2009
street level & atrium galleries

more current exhibitions