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See the new exhibiting highlighting favorite artifacts and their fascinating stories. On view through the end of the year. details>>
This Syposium is a several day event exploring a variety of topics and tours of the Santa Fe Trail. details>>
9/22/2017
Local museums participate in Smithsonian's Museum Day Live: Free Admission Saturday
Experience Haskell Indian Nations University
Events that happened in the 29 eastern Kansas and 12 western Missouri counties of Freedom’s Frontier National Heritage Area, Inc. led to the Civil War and an enduring struggle for freedom. Conflict over slavery and other issues drew those on both sides into a violent Border War. Missouri heroes were Kansas villains. Kansas victories were Missouri tragedies. Now Freedom’s Frontier bridges the border. Explore Freedom’s Frontier National Heritage Area and experience from many viewpoints the strong freedom story that runs along the Missouri Kansas border.
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Exhibits focus on the Osage people, the Pony Express, and Battle of Lexington. details>>
Discover stories of the settlement of Lawrence and the development of Douglas County in an 1888 building that housed the headquarters of a successful land mortgage and banking business that helped finance settlement of the west. details>>
History comes alive in the many town buildings which have been recreated in the “Shawnee Town Square” of the 1920s. details>>
