LOUISVILLE, Ky. >> The Louisville Slugger Museum & Factory is honoring a 19th-century championship baseball team from Louisville.

The museum says it is celebrating the 125th anniversary of the 1890 American Association Champion Louisville Colonels with a special exhibit running now through Nov. 1.

The special exhibit will be on display in the museum’s lobby area. Museum officials say it will include more than a dozen rare photographs of Louisville Colonels players, as well as team photographs.

Inside the museum, guests can view a bat and ball used by Hall of Famer Honus Wagner, as well as scorebooks from the Colonels teams of the 19th century. Officials say those pieces have not been on display before in Louisville.

Center to focus on women’s history

NEW YORK >> The New-York Historical Society is establishing a center devoted to women’s history exhibitions and scholarship.

The Center for the Study of Women’s History will be housed on a redesigned fourth floor of the museum facing Central Park.

It will also house a dramatic new glass gallery by architect Eva Jiricna for the display of its extraordinary Tiffany Studio lamp collection.

The redesign also will allow for a more engaging and larger display of its permanent collection. The renovation of the space is underway, and it is slated to open in early 2017.

It was inspired in part by the overlooked contributions of Clara Driscoll and the “Tiffany Girls.” They designed some of the most iconic stained-glass Tiffany shades that until recently had been attributed to Louis Comfort Tiffany and his male designers.

Baltimore hosts Paul Simon exhibit

BALTIMORE >> The Jewish Museum of Maryland in Baltimore is preparing to host a traveling exhibit dedicated to the music and lyrics of a great American songwriter.

The exhibit, “Paul Simon: Words and Music,” will feature original lyric sheets, guitars and clothing belonging to Simon, as well as autobiographical films and videos of performances.

The exhibit was to open today in Baltimore, after 11 months at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland. The exhibit will be on display in Baltimore through Jan. 18.

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