Behringer-Crawford Museum

Behringer-Crawford Museum in Covington, Kentucky, showcases Northern Kentucky’s history and culture through interactive exhibits on transportation, art, and natural history.

Planning your visit

The Behringer-Crawford Museum sits in Devou Park above Covington, with a view across the Ohio river to the Cincinnati skyline, and it covers northern Kentucky — a region with a distinct identity from both Kentucky proper and Ohio across the water.

The transportation galleries are the strength, and they follow the river: the steamboat era, the ferries, the Roebling suspension bridge of 1866 that was the prototype for Brooklyn, the railroads, and the streetcars. A restored streetcar and rail equipment are displayed.

Other sections cover natural history, regional art, the Civil War — Kentucky was a border state and Covington's loyalties were divided — and local industry including distilling and tobacco.

The building incorporates a nineteenth-century house, and the park around it is substantial.

It functions best as a regional museum for visitors staying in Cincinnati who want the other side of the river explained.

Bookable options are admission tickets. Current availability is listed below.