21c Museum Hotel Lexington is among the best new hotels in the country, according to the 2016 USA Today 10 Best Readers’ Choice travel awards. We are thrilled to have claimed the fifth spot in the Best New Hotel category.

“21c is so much more than just a place to spend the night,” said Andrew Carter, general manager of 21c Museum Hotel Lexington. “Guests of 21c will find unprecedented opportunities to engage with contemporary art, enjoy a locally-sourced meal highlighting Kentucky’s finest purveyors and experience genuine, modern southern hospitality. We’re honored that our guests feel as passionately about these attributes as we do.”

21c Lexington is an adaptive reuse of the Fayette National Bank Building mixing contemporary design with historic Beaux Arts International-inspired details. Bringing new life to the 100-year-old building, 21c Lexington offers 7,000 square feet of contemporary art exhibition space open free of charge to the public, an 88-room boutique hotel including five suites, and Lockbox restaurant and bar, led by Executive Chef Jonathan Searle.

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