# @kirstenalana on Instagram

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- **Posted:** 2023-06-02T16:30:18.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Kirsten Alana (@KirstenAlana) — https://gondola.cc/KirstenAlana

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If you saw my last post, you know I’ve recently returned from an arts & culture road trip. Please bookmark the Reel so you don’t miss my list of the amazing cultural institutions Kentucky has for you to enjoy, or take the time to share it with a friend.

Being hosted 21clouisville Museum Hotel was a highlight of my trip. Quite a few of you had raved about the 21c brand before but I hadn’t felt convinced I’d love it based on what I’d seen. And now I get it! ❤️ It’s a chain of 8 arts-focused hotels that began in Louisville. The building is historic and its distinctive features are preserved even though the inside has been molded and modified to become the welcoming and quirky space it is now that welcomes guests from around the world. Suite bathrooms have blacklights as nightlights. There’s an interactive portrait wall by the elevators. Art exhibits rotate through the lobby. And the night I checked in, there was a poetry reading event.

21C Louisville was intended to be a place where one collector shared his treasures with the world. And its distinctive red plastic penguins, created of recycled plastic by Italian environmentalists crackingart, were originally purchased at the 2005 Venice Biennale. The public that saw them at the hotel’s 2006 opening loved them [and loved moving them around the hotel or posing for photos with them] so much that they quickly were made a symbol of the brand. And now each property has their own penguins in a color that is unique to that location. ❤️💛💚💙🩷💜🩵

If you’re a guest in Louisville: 
* don’t miss Proof on Main. Head bartender Greg made me one of the best Penicillin cocktails I’ve ever had. And the food was divine.
* Shop at the lobby gift store to take home a bottle of bourbon you can only find at 21C or a penguin-shaped cocktail shaker. 
* Book the suite that allows you to wake up right behind the David sculpture 🌖😉

#TravelKY #kentuckytourism #artsandculture #visittheusa #fulltimetravel #visitkentucky #KYMoments #21chotel

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