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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Maps.
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
Hours: April through August: 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Tuesday
through Saturday, 1:00 - 5:00 p.m. Sunday; September through March:
10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Tuesday - Saturday, 1:00 - 4:00 p.m. Sunday
Telephone: 316-442-6750
Admission: $2.50 adults, $2.25 seniors
Augusta
Augusta Historical Museum
Oil company artifacts are exhibited in Augusta's earliest surviving
building.
Location: 303 State Street
Hours: 11:00 a.m . - 3:00 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday
Telephone 316-775-5655
Admission: Free, donations appreciated
El Dorado
Regional history, plus many displays on Kansas' oil industry.
Location: 383 E. Central Avenue
Hours: 9:00 a.m. - noon, 1:00 - 5:00 p.m. Monday - Saturday;
1:00 - 5:00 p.m. Sunday
Telephone: 316-321-9333
Admission: Free, donations appreciated
Health-related displays depict the human body and the way it functions.
Location: 505 Main Street
Hours: March through November: 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Monday
through Friday, 1:00 - 5:00 p.m. Sunday; December through February:
10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Monday through Friday
Telephone: 316-835-2662
Admission: $2.00 adults, $1.50 children and seniors, $5.00
families
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
Hours: 9:00 a.m. - 9:00 p.m. Monday through Saturday, noon
- 9 p.m. Sunday
Telephone 316-662-2305, 1-800-397-0330
Admission: $5.00 adults, $4.50 seniors, $4.00 children (Hall
of Space Museum)
Reno County Historical Society
Changing displays on county history plus children's exhibits.
Location: 100 S. Walnut Street
Hours: 10:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, 1:00
- 4:00 Sunday
Telephone 316-662-1184
Admission: Free, donations appreciated
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
Hours: 8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday, 10:00
a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Saturday and Sunday
Telephone: 316-886-3417
Admission: $4.00 adults, $3.50 seniors, $3.00 children
Extensive exhibits on the Mennonites (a Protestant sect) and their
settlement of the Great Plains during the 1870s.
Location: 27th & North Main streets
Hours: 9:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Tuesday through Friday, 1:30
- 4:30 p.m. Saturday and Sunday
Telephone: 316-283-1612
Admission: $2.00
Pratt County Historical Museum
Galleries featuring pioneer life in Pratt County, including period
rooms in a "Main Street" setting.
Location: 208 S. Ninnescah Street
Hours: 2:00 - 4:00 p.m. daily
Telephone: 316-672-7874
Admission: Free, donations appreciated
Stafford County Historical Society Museum
Stafford County history is illustrated through period rooms.
Location: 100 S. Main Street
Hours: 1:30 - 3:30 p.m. Monday through Thursday, 2:00 - 4:00
p.m. Saturday through Sunday
Telephone: 316-234-5664
Admission: Free, donations appreciated
Interactive displays for children of all ages.
Location: 300 N. McLean Boulevard
Hours: Labor Day to Memorial Day: 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Tuesday through Sunday; Memorial Day to Labor Day: 12:00 to 5:00
p.m. Monday, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Tuesday through Sunday
Telephone: 316-263-3373
Admission: $7.00 adults, $5.00 youth, $2.00 children
Exhibits of Native American art and artifacts.
Location: 650 N. Seneca
Hours: May through December: 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Monday
through Saturday, 1:00 - 5:00 p.m. Sunday; January through April:
closed Mondays
Telephone: 316-262-5221
Admission: $2.00 adults, $1.00 children
Exhibits on Kansas' aviation history inside the city's old Art Deco
municipal airport.
Location: 3350 S. George Washington Boulevard
Hours: 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Tuesday through Friday, 1:00
- 5:00 p.m. Saturday
Telephone: 316-683-9242
Admission: $2.00
Historic village with the atmosphere of an 1870s cattletown on the
Chisholm Trail.
Location: 1871 Sim Park Drive
Hours: March through October: 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Monday
through Saturday, noon - 5:00 p.m. Sunday;; November through February:
closed
Telephone: 316-264-0671
Admission: $6.00 adults, $5.50 seniors, $3.00 children
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
Hours: 11:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Tuesday through Friday, 1:00
- 5:00 p.m. Saturday through Sunday
Telephone: 316-265-9314
Admission: $2.00
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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