LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Extra! Extra! Read all about it: the Frazier Museum has opened its latest exhibition with a nod to local news.

“Flashback: Louisville Media Through the Years” explores the role of media in the history of Louisville, the museum shared in a news release.

“Flashback brings nostalgia for those people we loved and cherished, but also lets us reminisce about the events that have impacted our community,” Frazier Museum Senior Director of Engagement Casey Harden said.

The exhibit looks at how Louisville outlets and journalists covered major events in the history of the city, including Bloody Monday (1855), the Great Flood of 1937, the duPont Chemical plant explosion in Rubbertown in 1965, the winter snowstorm of 1974 and the 2020 Breonna Taylor protests.

It also includes major events in the history of Louisville media, such as the first WHAS Crusade for Children, WAVE’s first color broadcast, Barry Bingham’s sale of the Bingham family media empire and the first televised Thunder Over Louisville.

Significant artifacts from print, radio and TV media outlets are on display, including a Wellington No. 2 typewriter, anti-busing demonstration photographs from the Courier Journal, a WAVE Ikegami ITC-350 series video camera, WAMZ mic flags and bobbleheads, and livestream footage of protests.

“We’re also honored to showcase two of our colleagues in this exhibition,” Harden added. “As longtime WHAS anchor-reporters, both Rachel Platt and Andy Treinen were media celebrities in Louisville before coming to the Frazier. We couldn’t have made ‘Flashback’ without their knowledge and passion for Louisville media.”

The exhibition runs from July 15, 2024, to Jan. 6, 2025.