Visitor Information

The Christine M. Kleinert Institute is located in the city of Louisville, Kentucky. Situated in north-central Kentucky at the Falls of the Ohio River, the city is best known as the site of the annual Kentucky Derby of horse racing, held on the first Saturday in May. You will often hear the greater Louisville area referred to as "Kentuckiana," a word created to combine "Kentucky" and "Indiana."

Louisville area facts

• Four distinct seasons
• Average summer temperature is 88 degrees
• Average winter temperature is 37 degrees
• 43 inches of annual rainfall and 16.4 inches of snow
• Eastern Time Zone (GMT - 5.00 hours)
• Louisville Metro Area Population (2006 est.): 1,222,216

What to see:

• 1,300 animals at the Louisville Zoo's 134-acre site
• 200 acres of exposed Devonian-age fossil beds at the Falls of the Ohio State Park
• The largest collection of Victorian homes in the US
• The world's largest baseball bat at the Louisville Slugger Museum and Factory
• Award-winning plays at Actors Theater of Louisville
• Louisville's numerous Olmsted-designed parks and parkways
• Mammoth Cave National Park in Kentucky and Marengo Cave National Landmark in Indiana