LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Another piece of Louisville history is now on display at the Frazier History Museum.
The legendary Phoenix Hill Tavern moose head was unveiled at the museum in downtown Louisville Friday morning.
The moose head was donated to the museum by Joe and Lee Kresovsky, who purchased the moose from a 2016 auction of items from the nightclub. Because they left Louisville earlier this year, officials said the Kresovskys felt the moose should stay in the community.
"The Frazier is preserving Louisville history," Lee Kresovsky said. "We wanted the moose to be available to the public for people to see and take selfies with and here he is. He'll be here hundreds of years."
It will be part of the "Entertaining Kentucky" gallery in the Frazier's "Cool Kentucky" exhibit. Other pieces of the city's history in the exhibit include artifacts from record store ear X-tacy, Club Madrid, Teddy Bear Lounge and Jack Harlow.
The 150-pound, solid plaster taxidermy moose head had been part of Phoenix Hill Tavern since the 1980s.
The nightclub, which opened in 1976 at the corner of Baxter Avenue and Broadway, closed suddenly in June 2015 after more than 40 years in business.
Artists such as Tori Amos, Meat Loaf and Blue Oyster Cult performed at the nightclub over the years.
Jim Porter's, the owner's other nightclub, was also closed and later demolished.
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- Green space, parking, new trails to replace old Jim Porter's site
- MSD eliminates need for basin project at former site of Jim Porter's
- Memorabilia from former Louisville nightclub up for sale
- Agreement calls for Jim Porter's to be sold to MSD for $5M
- Demolition starts at site of former Jim Porter's venue
- Jim Porter's Good Time Emporium torn down
- Developers reveal plans for former Phoenix Hill Tavern site
- Keeping the memories of "Jim Porter's Good Time Emporium" alive
- Phoenix Hill Tavern, Jim Porter's close abruptly
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