We all know which part of the business survived. Today one can visit the main factory in downtown Louisville, watch the process, and enjoy a museum tour, second only to the Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York. There's a wall of signature plaques for each player ever under contract with the company. But wherever you're from, some of your heroes are memorialized here. The third generation of Hillerichs still runs the business.
Visitors first watch a stirring twenty-minute film about the history of the game.
The factory tour is no mere show. The workers are actually making bats for big-leaguers. Every bat is made of white ash, mainly from Pennsylvania. Among myriad photos and memorabilia, there are interactive exhibits. A diorama and video show the process of growing and cutting the trees.