AN American museum dedicated to the Louisville Slugger baseball bat is taking a swing at pop culture with an exhibit that features TV and movie memorabilia from decades past.

    Batman, Superman and Luke Skywalker are sharing space with baseball heroes in the summer-long exhibit.

    “We really wanted it to feel like you were walking in to an amazing comic book, or someone’s dream bedroom from when they were a child,” said Anne Jewell, executive director of the Louisville Slugger Museum & Factory.

    The Louisville Slugger bat and equipment business was sold to Wilson Sporting Goods earlier this year, but the museum remains in the hands of the family who founded the company more than 130 years ago.

    The museum, with its iconic 120-foot (36.6-meter) Louisville Slugger bat welcoming guests, hit 4 million visitors last year. Jewell said the new exhibit offers something beyond baseball history.

    “We have really learned over the years that when we can do special exhibits that can sort of broaden the interpretation of baseball or that have appeal beyond just the ball field, it does draw in people who might not typically come to visit us.” (SD-Agencies)