This guide is presented as a master list of the art, artifacts and other items included in the museum collections of the Center of Excellence for the Study of Kentucky African Americans (CESKAA).   Exhibits created from items from the following list of CESKAA’s museum collections are displayed on a rotating basis throughout the year in the Jackson Hall Gallery, the Jackson Hall Lobby, or the University’s Visitor and Information Center located on the ground floor of the Academic Services Building.  These exhibits may be viewed at the above listed locations between 8:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday or during other scheduled special events.  For a schedule of upcoming exhibits please contact the CESKAA office at (502) 597-6315 or by  email:

African Artifacts - Kenya
African Artifacts - South Africa
African Mask - Cloth & Wood
African Mask - Sun Design
African Twin Mask
Johnson Collection of African Art and Artifacts
Henry C. Bothe African Art and Artifacts Collection, ca. 1900 - 1960s
Buffalo Soldier Statue
Joseph Fletcher Collection
Winona Fletcher Theatre Collection
Quilt - Frankfort Senior Citizens
Quilt - Joseph Broadus Jockey Quilt
Quilt - Mary E. Tracey Ellis
Lyda Waters Collection - Dress & Portraits
Sheley and Mary Lynem African Artifact Collection
Lorenzo Croft School Sweater and Photograph, 1952
James Goss and Scott Jameson School Sweaters, 1956
African American Figure
Royal African Slave Tag, 1725
Blue Lick Springs Slave Tag, 1842
Plantation Police Badge, 1858