The Louisville Slugger Museum is distinguished from surrounding buildings by the 120 ft. tall baseball bat leaning against it. Erected in 1995, the bat is 34 tons and made of hollow carbon steel, simulating the wooden bat used by Babe Ruth in the early 1920s -- which was all of 34 inches long.
The handle of the World's Largest Bat pokes above the five-story brick edifice of the Slugger Museum.Other businesses advertising on Main Street have attempted to cash in on the Slugger's brisk photo op traffic, with varied degrees of cleverness. A three-dimensional baseball appears to smash a giant window in a sign for Kentucky Mirror and Plate Glass. A few blocks further on, another huge bat -- the leathery flying kind -- hangs upside down and clings to the brick wall of Caufield's, a costume and decoration store.
The Louisville Slugger, America's most famous baseball bat, has been manufactured since 1884. In 1974, bat production was moved to a factory in Jeffersonville, Indiana, then returned to Louisville when owner Hillerich & Bradsby Co. opened the factory and museum complex in 1996.
The museum, dedicated to the story of baseball and the art of hitting, includes a short film, a replica dugout, interactive displays and baseball memorabilia. The tour allows visitors to see Hillerich & Bradsby bats and golf clubs in production (golf clubs were first made in a Louisville factory in 1916).The Louisville Slugger Museum is distinguished from surrounding buildings by the 120 ft. tall baseball bat leaning against it. Erected in 1995, the bat is 34 tons and made of hollow carbon steel, simulating the wooden bat used by Babe Ruth in the early 1920s -- which was all of 34 inches long.
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