North Central Kansas Heritage Tour
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North Central Kansas, comprising a major part of the Smoky Hills region, features
Dakota sandstone outcroppings, large sandstone concretions, and Greenhorn limestone used
for post rock. Among the varied highlights of the region, visitors will find frontier
forts, Native American history, Volga-German settlements, and Scandinavian communities.
Towns are listed in alphabetical order, followed by information on historical
attractions. Use our button bar below to go to the town.
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Features exhibits on the railroad and agriculture from 1860 through 1940.
Location: 2726 West U.S. 36
Telephone: 785-527-5971
Mitchell County Museum
Features exhibits on eight towns in Mitchell County, including Native American artifacts, items from a flour mill, glassware, 1900s dental equipment, and mortuary display.
Location: 402 W. Eighth Street
Telephone: 785-738-5355
Cloud County Historical Museum
Exhibits include World War II and the German POW camp, 1928 Lincoln Page biplane, 1898 Holsman automobile, and 1930s McCormick-Deering tractors.
Location: 635 Broadway at Seventh Street
Telephone: 785-243-2866
Kraft Educational Museum
Features Japanese enameled urns, carnival glass, and a 1955 Packard.
Location: 100 N. Main Street
Telephone: 785-252-3400
Fort Harker Museum
Exhibits on the fort's history from 1864 to 1873 when it served as an army outpost.
Location: West Ohio Street
Telephone: 785-472-5733
Permanent exhibits feature the impressionist artist who taught on the faculty at Bethany College. Regional artists, sculpture, guest exhibitions, and courtyard bronze by Carl Milles also are included.
Location: 401 N. First Street, Bethany College Campus
Telephone: 785-227-2220
A twelve-building complex featuring a restored flour mill, schoolhouse, log cabin, train depot, blacksmith shop, and Swedish Pavilion from 1904 World's Fair.
Location: 120 Mill Street
Telephone: 785-227-3595
REO Antique Auto Museum
Features twenty-six classic cars and trucks from the 1907 Cadillac runabout to the 1916 REO touring car.
Location: On K-4
Telephone: 785-227-3706
Unique limestone log cabin and sculpture garden depicting Biblical and political scenes, and the viewable crypt of inventor Samuel P. Dinsmoor.
Location: Kansas and Second Streets
Telephone: 785-525-6395
Whimsical and eccentric art to complement the Garden of Eden, featuring the work of self-taught Kansas artists.
Location: 213 South Main Street
Telephone: 785-525-6118
 McPherson
McPherson Museum
Diverse exhibits include local history, Oriental artifacts, pioneer items, dinosaurs, and fossils displayed in a 1920s mansion.
Location: 1130 E. Euclid Sreet
Telephone: 316-245-2574
Early county history featuring exhibits on George Washington Carver, who spent his boyhood years in the area, and displays of dinosaur bones and other fossils as well as Native American and military artifacts.
Location: 110 S. Concord
Telephone: 785-392-3621
Featuring the archeological remains of an 1820s Pawnee Indian village. Visitors can view the location of the walls, holes where support and cooking poles once stood, and early tools. Enclosed within a circular museum, the site features exhibits about the people who lived in the village, children's games, and family structures. A nature trail also is located on the site.
Location: End of K-266 north of U.S. 36
Telephone: 785-361-2255
Deines Cultural Center
Wood engravings and lithographs feature Hubert Deines (1894-1967) among other artists' work.
Location: 820 Main Street
Telephone: 785-483-3742
Artifacts and exhibits depicting the early history of Russell County. Museum houses the office of the Russell County Historical Society.
Location: 331 Kansas Street
Telephone: 785-483-3637
History of the oil fields including equipment, cable-tool and rotary-drill rigs, and a Dart Diesel truck.
Location: U.S. 281
Telephone: 785-483-6460
Central Kansas Flywheels Museum
Exhibits feature farm implements and rural life from the beginning of the twentieth century.
Location: 1100 W. Diamond Road
Telephone: 785-825-8473
Featuring history of the region, exhibits cover settlement, agriculture, dwellings from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
Location: 211 W. Iron Avenue
Telephone: 785-826-7460
Scandia
Scandia Museum
Featuring woodcarvings and artifacts from the early days of the community.
Location: Main Street
Telephone: 785-335-2670
Visitors are encouraged to call ahead to confirm hours, admission,
and holiday schedules. To request that your museum be added to this
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