Pawnee Indian Museum - Plan your visit
We invite you to visit Pawnee Indian Museum and discover more about this important place in Kansas history. Masks are recommended but not required.
- 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. Wednesday - Saturday
- Open: April 19 - October 14, 2023
- Closed: state holidays
| Kansas Historical Society members free | Adults | Special | Children (5-17) |
| Single | $6 | $5 | $3 |
- Special = Seniors 65+, active military, college students with ID
- Portions ADA accessible. Please notify us prior to visit for special needs or disabilities.
- Participating in Blue Star Museums, presented by National Endowment for the Arts and Blue Star Families, to offer free admission to active military, guard, and reserve personnel and up to five family members from May 18, 2019, to September 2, 2019
| Kansas Historical Society members free | Adults | Children (5-17) |
Bus drivers; school groups: One adult for every 10 students |
| Groups of 10 or more | $5 | $2 | Free |
- Two weeks prior notice
- Accompanying curriculum provided for teachers through Read Kansas! lesson plans: American Indian Homes in Kansas
| Kansas Historical Society members free | Children (5-17) | Bus driver; one adult for every 10 students (additional adults $5) |
| Groups of 10 or more | $6 | Free |
- Group tours can still schedule ahead during the winter season.
- Two weeks prior notice is required for groups of 10 or more.
- Offering specialized themes: American Indian Homes in the Central Plains, Nature, A Pawnee Means of Survival, and When Smoke Curled Upward from Earth Lodges, activities, or information not provided with single admission or self-guided group tour.
- 785-748-2205
- Site administrator
Nature trail
- View depressions of earth lodges of the Kitkahahki band who occupied this area in the late 1700s.
- The nature trail makes an excellent outdoor classroom and has picnic facilities.
Museum Store
- Find gifts and souvenirs related to the site at the Museum Store.
History of Pawnee Indian Museum
- Became a state site in 1899
- In Kansapedia
- In Kansas Memory
- National Register nomination, listed in 1971
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