FFNHA will hold its next partner meeting on Sep 21, 2026, at Atkins-Johnson Museum and Farm in Kansas City, Missouri, from 1-4 p.m.
The meeting will focus on engaging more visitors, both in person and digitally, and will feature presentations from Sarah Bader-King, executive director of Wornall Majors House Museums, and Mika Schrader, museum manager at Atkins-Johnson Farm & Museum. Sarah will discuss the creation of the Slavery on the Western Border database and how digital research can bring together scattered historical records to recover the lives and stories of slavery in Jackson County, Missouri. Mika will explore practical, budget-friendly ways historic sites and small museums can improve accessibility and create more welcoming experiences for a broader range of visitors.
Partner Meetings are among FFNHA’s primary means of fulfilling its mission. The events, which include speakers, breakout sessions, and best-practices seminars, encourage communication between the organization, FFNHA partners, and the communities they serve.
Register using the form below.
Freedom’s Frontier National Heritage Area (FFNHA) builds awareness of struggles for freedom in western Missouri and eastern Kansas. Established by Congress in 2006, FFNHA covers a unique physical and cultural landscape across 41 counties and 31,000 square miles. It promotes three diverse, interwoven, and nationally significant stories: frontier settlement, the Missouri-Kansas Border War and Civil War, and enduring civil rights disputes. FFNHA inspires respect for multiple perspectives and empowers area residents to preserve and share these stories, achieving its goals through interpretation, preservation, conservation, and education for all residents and visitors. It is one of 62 federally recognized national heritage areas across the United States.