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1950s All-Electric Model House, Shawnee, KS
The first 1950s suburban house museum in the country! Discover why a house in the suburbs was the American Dream after World War II. This all-electric house was the"house of the future"in 1953. Now it's a museum!.
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Amelia Earhart Birthplace Museum, Atchison, KS
Restored Victorian home built in 1880 and overlooks the Missouri River. Amelia Earhart was born in this home on July 24, 1897, which was the home of her maternal grandparents, Judge Alfred and Amelia Harres Otis. Rooms filled with numerous pictures, articles and letters of or about Amelia Earhart. Bathing suit and furniture of Amelia Earhart. Amelia's bedroom and the bedroom where she was born. Information on other female fliers. Giftshop!
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Baxter Springs Heritage Center and Museum, Baxter Spring, KS
In the spring of 1849 John J. Baxter, his wife and eight children moved from Missouri to 160 acres of land near Spring River. His land included a spring which flowed from the side of a hill near what is now Military Road, where he set up and operated an inn and general store which came to be known as "Baxter's place". "Baxter's place" was incorporated in 1868 and was renamed Baxter Springs in honor of it's early settler.
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Birger Sandzen Memorial Gallery, Lindsborg, KS
Swedish-American modernist painter and printmaker Birger Sandzen (1871-1954). European trained painter of landscapes of Kansas, Colorado and the Southwest.
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Children's Museum of Kansas City, Kansas City, KS
An interactive museum for youngsters ages 4-12 and their families. Exhibits cover art, science, and history.
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Emmett Kelly Museum, Sedan, KS
The Emmett Kelly Museum was organized in early 1967, operating under the auspices of the City of Sedan. An organizing committee consisting of local volunteers helped to organize and develop the plans for the museum.
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Fort Hays State Historic Site, Hays, KS
Blockhouse, guardhouse, officers quarters, and visitors center all bring to life the military frontier from the 1860s to the 1880s. Life was difficult fro the soldiers who protected the trails and the railroad from Native Americans who resented outsiders taking the land and destroying the buffalo.
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Fort Wallace Museum, Wallace, KS
Museum of artifacts and history of Fort Wallace a Western Fort in Kansas
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Goodnow House State Historic Site, Manhattan, KS
The Goodnow family came from New England to find a new home and to keep slavery out of kansas Territory. They stayed and led in the educational development of the new state. The Goodnows founded the college that became Kansas State University.
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Great Plains Nature Center, Wichita, KS
The GPNC is a new nature education facility in northeast Wichita, Kansas, emphasizing the flora, fauna and habitats of the Great Plains.
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Grinter Place State Historic Site, Kansas City, KS
Moses Grinter came to Kansas long before it was a territory. He earned his livelihood by trading with the Native Americans and by operating a ferry where the military road crossed the Kansas River. Here in the 1850s he and his wife, Annie, a Delaware Indian, built a fine new house that echoed those he had known in his native Kentucky.
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Holmes Museum of Anthropology, Wichita, KS
The Holmes Museum of Anthropology is located on the campus of Wichita State University in Wichita, Kansas. It is open to the public during regular school sessions from 1-5PM Monday through Friday. Tours and other visits can be made by appointment. Admi Principle collections are ethnographic. Specialty areas are the Asmat of New Guinea, Guatemalan textiles, Plains Native Americans, Southwestern Pottery, Navajo Jewelry and China
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Johnson County Museum of History, Shawnee, KS
Nationally recognized exhibit," Seeking the Good Life," looks at the growth of suburban communities, using Johnson County, Kansas and Kansas City, Missouri as case studies.
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Kansas Cosmosphere and Space Center Museum, Hutchinson, KS
A chronicle of the American space program with the world's largest collection of space suits & Mercury, Gemini & Apollo spacecraft and more.
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Kansas History Center and Kansas Museum of History, , KS
Also see their Native American Heritage Museum State Historic Site..
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Kansas Museum of History, Topeka, KS
Extensive site offering exhibits and collections tracing Kansas history from prehistoric times to the present day. An Atchison,Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad locomotive highlights the Main Gallery of the Kansas Museum of History. Built in 1984, the museum holds more than 22,000 square feet of exhibits about Kansas's colorful past. You'll see a full-sized Cheyenne tipi, covered wagon, log house, and a 1911 airplane manufactured and flown in the state. The Special Exhibits Gallery feature...
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Kansas museums, a listing, KS
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Kansas Underground Salt Museum, Hutchinson, KS
The simple elegance of a descent into a subterranean world of mystery is a powerful lure for potential visitors. Built above one of the world's largest deposits of rock salt, the Kansas Underground Salt Museum brings visitors 650 feet underground to Visitors delight in the exhibits, programs, and activities that take place 650 feet underground. The salt story serves as the gateway for exploring topics such as geology, history, the mining industry, science, and film preservation.
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Kaw Mission State Historical Site, Council Grove, KS
One of many state historical museums in the state of Kansas.
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Lanesfield School Historic Site, Edgerton, KS
1869 limestone school listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Fun learning experience for children. Visitors Center and Museum Store.
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Lowell D. Holmes Museum of Anthropology, Wichita, KS
The Holmes museum is associated with the Department of Anthropology at Wichita State University. The museum is dedicated to promoting the understanding of world cultures, North American archaeology and human origins and diversity. The museum offers a wide range of anthropological exhibitions. It houses one of the largest collections of Asmat art in the USA and important collections of art from the American Southwest, and Chinese nationality clothing.
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Lyon County Historical Society & Museum, Emoria, KS
Museum is now housed in the lovely old Carnegie Library built in 1904. Small display area of 7 rooms or spaces, 4 'permanent' exhibits/3 rotating. Home of founder of Veterans' Day, Wm. A. White, & Nat'l Teachers' Hall of Fame. Native American: pottery, beadwork, tools; Veterans: Civil War thru current-Emporia is founding home of Vet.Day; Brinkman Room: model railroad diorama, wonderfully detailed, Santa Fe & Harvey House; Victoriana: a ladies' parlor - settee, tea tabl
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Marais des Cygnes Massacre State Historic Site, Pleasanton, KS
Signage marks the location where in a shallow ravine eleven men were gunned down by border ruffians in 1858. Five died. This was one in a long line of bloody incidents that occurred along the border between Kansas and Missouri until well after the Civil War. The site also includes a museum store.
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Marianna Kistler Beach Museum of Art at Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS
The Beach Museum of Art houses K-States collection of 20th century American Art, with an emphasis on regionalism and printmaking. The web site includes information on exhibitions, programs and educational material.
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Martin and Osa Johnson Safari Museum, Chanute, KS
Martin and Osa Johnson were early 20th century explorers, film makers, naturalists, and authors. This museum, located in Osa's hometown, showcases the Johnson's remarkable achievements through their films, photographs, books, and an unmatched collection of ethnographic art and artifacts.
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Mine Creek Battlefield State Historic Site, Pleasanton, KS
historic walking trail with signage guides visitors through the site of Mine Creek Battlefield. During the Civil War a large body of Union calvalry swept down on the rear of Confederate General Sterling Price's supply train that was returning south after a long raid through Missouri and Kansas. In a short battle that was part of a day-long skirmish, the Confederate troops were thrown into disarray and a portion of the train was destroyed. A visitor's center will be opened in 1998 providi...
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Mueller-Schmidt House Museum (1881), Dodge City, KS
Cattlemans limestone mansion, built in 1881. Only two families have lived in the house, given to Ford County in 1965. All original furniture, possessions of two Dodge City pioneer families. QT virtual panorama tour.
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Museum Of World Treasures, 835 E. 1st. St., Wichita, KS
The Museum Of World Treasures is a wonderful trip through time spanning the Prestoric to Present Day and offers several floors of breathtaking and educational insights into history. Extensive collection of rare treasures from the ancient world including priceless art objects, ancient gold coins, marble statues and weapons. Also, An entire floor of militaria with extensive exhibits ranging from the Civil War to Viet Nam.
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Native American Heritage Museum State Historic Site, Highland, KS
Exhibits tell the story of the emigrant tribes that were settled by treaty in present eastern Kansas during the 1800s and of their interaction with the advancing white population. Folk arts exhibits show the work of contemporary Native American artists who carry on the cultural traditions of these tribes.
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Old Cowtown Museum, Wichita, KS
Old Cowtown Museum is a 17-acre living history museum which recreates the history of Wichita and Sedgwick County, Kansas from 1865 through 1880.
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Pawnee Indian Village State Historic Site, Republic, KS
The museum surrounds the floor of an excavated Pawnee earthlodge from the 1820s. The grounds contain a walking trail dotted with remains of the village and interpretive signage. a A division of the Kansas State Historical Society.
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Pawnee Rock State Historic Site, Pawnee Rock, KS
Pawnee Rock was a prominent landmark to travelers on the Santa Fe Trail. The view form the top is inspiring. Signage from different points of the outcropping details some of the history of the site.
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Red Barn Studio Museum, Lindsborg, KS
The Red Barn Studio Museum is the late Lester Raymer's artist studio. Lester created all forms of art from masks, sculpture, painting, toys,pottery, etc. all of which are on display.
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Shawnee Mission State Historic Site, Fairway, KS
Methodist missionaries operated a manual labor school to teach Native American children academic subjects and crafts. The government of Kansas Territory used the site as a capitol during the first two years of the territory's existence.
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Smoky Hill Museum, Salina, KS
Experience 1850's pioneer life in our full-sized sod dugout, check out the Mercantile Store, and explore the Children's Discovery Center! FREE admission, fully accessible, located in Salina's former US Post Office.
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Spencer Museum of Art, Lawrence, KS
The University of Kansas Art Museum and the only comprehensive art museum in the state of Kansas. Includes image maps, especially for various printmaking techniques.
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Stanton County Museum, Johnson, KS
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Sternberg Museum of Natural History, Hays, KS
The Sternberg Musuem, soon to open in its new home, houses some of the best Cretaceous fossils, and the largest paleoseed collection known. The new site of the museum will offer walk through dioramas, and a large discovery area.
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Sternberg Museum of Natural History, Hays, KS
The Sternberg Museum is open in a spectacular new building on I-70. The museum houses some of the best Cretaceous fossils plus walkthrough dioramas and a large discovery room. Additionally, it has an outstanding changing exhibits program.
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University of Kansas Museum of Anthropology, Lawrence, KS
Collections from around the world, both ethnographic and archaeological, highlight the diversity of human cultures. The Museum is about people--how they make their living, how they communicate and get along with each other, and what they believe. Permanent and temporary exhibits are housed in historic Spooner Hall on the University of Kansas campus. Educational programs for children and adults are offered. Collections include American Indian beadwork and baskets, African masks, Austra...
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University of Kansas Natural History Museum, Lawrence, KS
The museum discovers, documents, and disseminates knowledge about the earth's biological diversity, past and present, through exhibits, graduate and undergraduate education, research, and public service programs.
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Wichita Art Museum, Wichita, KS
Established in 1935, the Wichita Art Museum reopened in 2003 after $11.5 million renovation and expansion. The 115k sq. ft facility has a cafe, museum store and extensive galleries. An internationally recogized collection of American art, the Wichita Art Museum includes important work by Mary Cassatt, Marsden Hartley, Yasuo Kuniyoshi, Robert Henri, Winslow Homer, Louise Nevelson, and many others.
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Yesteryear Museum, Salina, KS
You won’t want to miss the restored one-room schoolhouse, one of the oldest sawmills still operating, the small-town country church (under restoration), one of the earliest steam traction engines (est. 1886) still operating, a wooden two-hole corn sheller and a wooden corn husker/shredder, both operating, and the 1930’s gas station (under restoration).
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