Kansas State Historic Sites

Planning Your Visit

The Kansas Historical Society administers 16 state-owned properties as State Historic Sites. These sites span the High Plains, Flint Hills, Woodland, U.S. 36, and East I-70 areas and cover various themes in Kansas history—forts and trails, Bleeding Kansas and the Civil War, Kansas families, and American Indian history. Hours and admission fees vary at these sites, please see specific locations for more details.

Many of the Kansas State Historic Sites offer standards-based tours with prior notice. Some offer exterior interpretive signage or trails and special programs. Please call ahead to check admission fees, hours, or other specific information at the individual sites.

Planning your visit

Constitution Hall, Lecompton (14) Cottonwood Ranch, Studley (1) First Territorial Capitol, Fort Riley (7) Fort Hays, Hays (2) Goodnow House, Manhattan (8) Grinter Place, Kansas City (15) Hollenberg Pony Express Station, Hanover (5) Iowa and Sac & Fox, Highland (6)	John Brown Museum, Osawatomie (17) Kaw Mission, Council Grove (9) Marais des Cygnes Massacre, Pleasanton (19) Mine Creek Battlefield, Pleasanton (18) Pawnee Indian Museum, Republic (4) Pawnee Rock, Pawnee Rock (3) Shawnee Indian Mission, Fairway (16) William Allen White House, Emporia (10)
*Administered by the Kansas Historical Society but not as Kansas State Historic Sites— Kansas Museum of History (11), State Archives & Library (12), and Kansas State Capitol Tour Center (13).