State Archives & Library

Guided Tours

Middle school and older

These tours offer introduction to research at the State Archvies & Library. This orientation to the research room includes an overview of the Society's holdings and may also include a behind-the-scenes tour. Tours are designed for middle school and older and must be scheduled in advance.

Tours of the Library must be scheduled separately from tours of the museum galleries. To schedule a Library tour or a group visit, please contact the Library reference desk at 785-272-8681, ext. 117.

You may want to include a short tour of the main reading room, or an additional tour of about 30 minutes. A"behind-the-scenes" tour to some of our storage areas and work spaces also may be available. These tours are designed for middle school and older researchers and must be scheduled in advance.

If you would like to bring a school group or an adult organization as a group to do research, please contact us ahead of time to let us know the size of the group, when you will be arriving and the topic of your research. We try to avoid scheduling visits from two groups at the same time so that we can provide the best service possible. If this is your first trip to do research here, you might also want to request that our staff do a brief introduction to our procedures and to the resources we have available when the group arrives.