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In cooperation with the Shawnee Parks and Recreation event, Touch a Truck, families are invited to experience Shawnee Town’s Time Travelers program free of charge! The... details>>
Da Vinci was a dreamer and an inventor. Math, science and art are highlighted in this interactive, hands-on exhibit. Catapults, parachutes, and a hang glider are some of the... details>>
Experience a 1920s Summer! Welcome to Time Travelers living history program! Step back in time to the “Roaring Twenties” and experience what it was like to live on a... details>>
The spirit of legendary aviatrix Amelia Earhart is alive and well! Each summer the community honors its favorite daughter, complete with a downtown music, food and crafts... details>>
This yearlong exhibit chronicles the 100-year history of Kansas City’s Guadalupe Centers, Inc. – and by extension, the history of the city’s thriving Hispanic and Latino... details>>
7/15/2019
Visit Prairie State Park to experience the prairie at night on July 19
6/5/2019
Freedom's Frontier Board of Trustees to meet at Black Archives of Mid-America
Join us for the latest in our series of symposiums examining the history of Freedom's Frontier National Heritage Area! This August, a broad-based group of historians will travel to Lawrence, Kansas, to discuss the conflict and casualties of one of the most divisive periods of American history. Titled Disorder on the Border, this symposium at the Carnegie Building, 200 W 9th Street, in downtown Lawrence, examines topics such as women on the border, slavery in Missouri, Bleeding Kansas, the occupation in Civil War Missouri, guerrillas as combatants, and Orders No. 11, in a series of presentations from several noted historians from both sides of the Missouri-Kansas border.
“One of the Freedom’s Frontier guiding principles is to be tolerant and respectful of diverse stories from multiple perspectives,” said Jim Ogle, Executive Director of Freedom's Frontier National Heritage Area. “Both the Douglas County Historical Society and the William Clarke Quantrill Society join us in presenting this symposium in that spirit.”Information: More details or call (785) 856-3635 Symposium admission: $35Symposium RegistrationEldridge Hotel: Call (800) 527-0909. Deadline for Disorder on the Border room rate is July 17, 2019.
Changing exhibits highlight the library, archives & photographic collections, which are available for local & regional history researchers. details>>
Located on 10 acres of the original Frank Fairchild Dairy Farm, est. 1884. The museum is housed in the hay barn and milking parlor. The site also is home to the 1916 Honey Valley School house, the 1918 Reno Methodist Church, and a 1936 fire pumper truck. details>>
Explore eight acres of gardens, including a pond, walkways, and watchable wildlife. details>>
