South Central Kansas Heritage Tour
 From
the Arkansas River lowlands to the Red Hills, south central Kansas
has a lot to offer visitors both geographically and culturally. Here
you'll find museums on space travel, Native Americans, frontier life,
and aviation.
Towns are listed in alphabetical order, followed by information on
historical attractions. Use our button bar below to go to the town on
your itinerary.
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Displays on the Cherokee Strip Land Run of 1893, as well as pioneer
and Native American life.
Location: On US 77 south of Arkansas City
Telephone: 316-442-6750
Augusta
Augusta Historical Museum
Oil company artifacts are exhibited in Augusta's earliest surviving
building.
Location: 303 State Street
Telephone 316-775-5655
El Dorado
Regional history, plus many displays on Kansas' oil industry.
Location: 383 E. Central Avenue
Telephone: 316-321-9333
Health-related displays depict the human body and the way it functions.
Location: 505 Main Street
Telephone: 316-835-2662
Hutchinson
Extensive displays of space artifacts, including the actual Apollo
13 capsule, "Odyssey," plus IMAX® Dome Theater and Planetarium
Theater.
Location: 1100 N. Plum Street
Telephone 316-662-2305, 1-800-397-0330
Reno County Historical Society
Changing displays on county history plus children's exhibits.
Location: 100 S. Walnut Street
Telephone 316-662-1184
Carry A. Nation Home Memorial and Stockade Museum
The Carry Nation home is the focus of this memorial, plus family artifacts.
The Stockade Museum includes a log cabin and a house made of gypsum.
Location: 211 W. Fowler Avenue
Telephone: 316-886-3417
Extensive exhibits on the Mennonites (a Protestant sect) and their
settlement of the Great Plains during the 1870s.
Location: 27th & North Main streets
Telephone: 316-283-1612
Pratt County Historical Museum
Galleries featuring pioneer life in Pratt County, including period
rooms in a "Main Street" setting.
Location: 208 S. Ninnescah Street
Telephone: 316-672-7874
Stafford County Historical Society Museum
Stafford County history is illustrated through period rooms.
Location: 100 S. Main Street
Telephone: 316-234-5664
Interactive displays for children of all ages.
Location: 300 N. McLean Boulevard
Telephone: 316-263-3373
Exhibits of Native American art and artifacts.
Location: 650 N. Seneca
Telephone: 316-262-5221
Exhibits on Kansas' aviation history inside the city's old Art Deco
municipal airport.
Location: 3350 S. George Washington Boulevard
Telephone: 316-683-9242
Historic village with the atmosphere of an 1870s cattletown on the
Chisholm Trail.
Location: 1871 Sim Park Drive
Telephone: 316-264-0671
Displays on local history, including Victorian period rooms, in the
original headquarters for the city--a four-story limestone building
built in 1892.
Location: 204 S. Main Street
Telephone: 316-265-9314
Visitors are encouraged to call ahead to confirm hours, admission,
and holiday schedules. To request that your museum be added to this
listing, contact our webmaster.
Check Blue Skyways' Kansas
Museums page for more sites around the state.
See also Link to Kansas
for virtual tours of heritage sites.
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