ISRAEL LUDLOW HISTORICAL SOCIETY

LUDLOW, KY

The Israel Ludlow Historical Society is a non-profit organization located in Ludlow, Kentucky. The society is dedicated to preserving and sharing the history of the town and its surrounding areas. The society was founded in 1981 and named after Israel Ludlow, the founder of Ludlow.

The society owns and operates the Ludlow Historic Society Museum, which is housed in a former church building. The museum features exhibits on the town's history, including its founding, the railroad industry, and local businesses. The collection includes photographs, artifacts, and documents that give visitors a glimpse into the town's past.

The Israel Ludlow Historical Society also hosts events throughout the year, including lectures, historical tours, and community events. The society is run by a board of directors and is funded through donations and memberships.

Overall, the Israel Ludlow Historical Society plays an important role in preserving the history of Ludlow, Kentucky, and educating the community about its rich past.

ISRAEL LUDLOW HISTORICAL SOCIETY is a Historical Societies, Historic Preservation in LUDLOW KY. US MID #8402100164

The museum is classed as HSC (Historical Societies, Historic Preservation). It comes under American Alliance of Museums (AAM) region: Southeastern (Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia).

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Behold: something is rotten in Denmark Two art fans study Benjamin West's painting of Hamlet Act IV, Scene V, which I guess is now on me to explain so I looked it up. Here is the scene in a nutshell. In Shakespeare’s day, government was about monarchy and the stability it brought. Hamlet is about regicide and the chaos that follows, which was a recurring theme for The Bard. Hey, the Age of Enlightenment and its idea of checks and balances on power was still over a century away. Modern self-governing republicanism with no monarchy at all was further.

Seeing that his sister had gone crazy, Laertes (the man pointing up in the painting and holding his sickly sister), who has just returned to Denmark, goes into a rage. He wants to revenge the madness of his sister and the killing of his father. That’s fine with King Claudius, who did not kill Laertes’ father; however, he secretly poisoned his own brother, Hamlet Sr., the original and rightful king. Who knew the gentle and happy Danish could be so full of guile and lust for power?

Claudius answered Laertes's anger by telling him that it was best to first be certain who the actual murderer was before focusing his useful and righteous rage. Claudius would help answer all Laertes' questions.

End scene.

What is going on behind the scene of this painting is that the new King Claudius saw an opportunity to use Laertes to silence (kill) Prince Hamlet because the prince was on his corrupt trail. Hamlet is clued into who killed his father because (a) the ghost of his dad in the beginning of the play told him so and (b) Claudius acted mighty suspicious.

Claudius did kill King Hamlet and will use his poisoning modus operandi again, which will backfire.

It was Ophelia's fiancé, the moody and introspective Prince Hamlet (not in this painting scene), who unintentionally killed Laertes's and Ophelia's father, sparking Ophelia's descent into madness and Laertes's rage. By the end of the play, all these people are going to end up dead, including Hamlet, Claudius, and even Hamlet's mother, who quickly remarried Claudius after the death of her husband. (She is the crowned queen in the middle of the painting–the royal without the beard.)

Denmark is going to be leaderless.
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Painting title: Shakespeare’s Hamlet: Act IV, Scene V; Ophelia and Laertes (1792)
Artist: Benjamin West (American,1738-1820)
Venue: Cincinnati Art Museum

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ISRAEL LUDLOW HISTORICAL SOCIETY
PO BOX 16192
LUDLOW
KY
41016

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MID #	8402100164
Name	ISRAEL LUDLOW HISTORICAL SOCIETY
Alternate Name
Classification	Historical Societies, Historic Preservation, , Southeastern
Federal Employer Identification Number (EIN)	273212467
NTEECC	A80
Tax period of the latest return filed (YYYYMM)	201212
INCOME	0
REVENUE	0
LAT/LONG	39.092571, -84.54972
CODES	FIPS State Code: 21 FIPS County Code: 117 US Census Tract: 066900 US Census Block: 1018