James Graham Brown Foundation

The Kentucky Derby Museum is celebrating 40 years of telling stories Monday as they officially opened their doors to the public Apr. 28, 1985 and have served more than 7.2-million guests since then, the organization announced Monday morning. Established thanks in part to an endowment from the James Graham Brown Foundation and support of private donors, the museum credits its partnership with Churchill Downs as a key part of its ongoing success. The Derby Museum welcomes nearly 38,000 students annually through its outreach and in-house education efforts, and in the...

The Kentucky Derby Museum was awarded a $1 million James Graham Brown Foundation Grant, which will support an upgrade to the feature film, "The Greatest Race," the repository said in a release early Thursday. While the Museum updates the end of the 18-minute film every year to reflect the most recent Derby winner, the current exhibit has not been remastered in nearly a decade. Next year marks the Museum's 40th anniversary. "We are immensely grateful to the James Graham Brown Foundation for their generous support," said Patrick Armstrong, President and...