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powered by FreeFind	Kansas Abilene Dwight D Eisenhower Library-Museum 200 Southeast Fourth Street Abilene KS 67410 Phone 785 263-4751 Web Site http://www.eisenhower.utexas.edu/ Alt Web www.nara.gov/nara/president/address.html Description House, museum, and library focusing on Dwight Eisenhower's career Type of Resource Specialty Museum Primary Focus President Nature of Group or Site Government Field of Study/Science Facility Politics Research /Reading Library KS Abilene Greyhound Hall of Fame 407 South Buckeye Ave Abilene KS 67410 Phone 785-262-3000 Web Site http://www.greyhoundhalloffame.com/ Toll Free 800 932-7881 E-mail mailto:info@greyhoundhalloffame.com Description history of greyhound racing, the breed, and famous tracks and racers Type of Resource Specialty Museum Primary Focus Sports Nature of Group or Site Hall of Fame New or Updated: 10/09/2003 KS Abilene Vintage Fashion Museum 212 N Broadway St Abilene KS 67410 Phone 785 263-7997 Web Site http://www.thefashionmuseum.net/ E-mail mailto:info@fashionmuseum.com Description 1870-1970, A Century of style, rotating exhibits Type of Resource Specialty Museum Industry /Profession Textiles Collection A-F Costume New or Updated: 12/2/2004
	Kansas Andover Museum of the American Fan Collectors Association Vornado Air Circulation Systems 415 East 13th St Andover KS 67002 Phone Web Site http://www.vornado.com/museum.html Alt Web http://skyways.lib.ks.us/museums/ - aA Description 350 fans from mid-1800s Type of Resource Specialty Museum Primary Focus Industrial KS Atchison Atchison Rail Museum PO Box 19 Atchison KS 66002 Phone 913 367-6454 Web Site http://www.atchisonkansas.net/Tourism/RailMusm.asp Description outdoor collection of rolling stock, miniature train ride in summer Type of Resource Specialty Museum Primary Focus Railroad Collection N-Z Rolling Stock Owner/Operator: North East Kansas Railroaders, Inc New or Updated: 12/17/2003 Kansas Baldwin City Baker U, Wm A Quayle Bible Collection 606 Eighth Street Collins Library, Baker U Baldwin City KS Phone 785 594-2470 Web Site http://www.bakeru.edu/html/camptour/collins_lib_quayle.htm E-mail mailto:jforbes@bakeru.edu Description 250 Bibles and religious texts up to 4000 years old - mostly in storage until August 2003 Type of Resource Specialty Museum Primary Focus Religion Collection A-F Bibles Collection N-Z Sculpture New or Updated: 05/16/2003 KS Chapman Kansas Museum of Auto Racing 1205 Manor Dr Chapman KS 67431 Phone 785 922-6642 Web Site *** E-mail mailto:karm@ikansas.com Alt Web http://ktwu.wuacc.edu/journeys/scripts/1405a.html Description features Kansas racers and races with artifacts, interactive displays Type of Resource Specialty Museum Primary Focus Automotive New or Updated: 10/09/2003 KS Ellis Ellis Railroad Museum 911 Washington St PO Box 82 Ellis KS 67637 Phone 785 726-4493 Web Site http://www.ellis.ks.us/rrmuseum.html E-mail mailto:ellisrrm@envisioncs.net Description artifacts, 5000 sq foot model train layout, 2.5 mile miniature train ride, 1200 Type of Resource Specialty Museum Primary Focus Railroad Kind of Activity Train Ride Collection A-F Dolls Collection G-M Model Railroad New or Updated: 11/24/2004 Kansas Emporia National Teachers Hall of Fame Emporia College Emporia KS Phone 620 341-9131 Web Site http://www.nthf.org/ Toll Free 800 96 TEACH E-mail mailto:hallfame@emporia.edu Description honors teachers with at least 20 years classroom experience, school memorabilia Type of Resource Specialty Museum Nature of Group or Site Hall of Fame New or Updated: 05/29/2003 KS Fort Leavenworth Frontier Army Museum Reynolds Avenue Building 801 Fort Leavenworth KS Phone 913 684-3186 Web Site http://garrison.leavenworth.army.mil/sites/services/museum.asp E-mail mailto:web-dptm-museum@leavenworth.army.mil Alt Web http://www.leavenworth.army.mil/dca/acs/acslvn_guide/fam.htm Description originally based on material from wagon shop, collection has expanded to include uniforms, weapons, & other material from frontier Army Type of Resource Specialty Museum Primary Focus Military Collection A-F Carriages Era 1804-1917 New or Updated: 12/19/2005 Kansas Galena Galena Mining and Historical Museum 319 West Seventh Street Galena KS Phone 316 783-2192 Web Site Description lead mining, smelting, mining art Type of Resource Specialty Museum Primary Focus Industrial Industry /Profession Mining KS Geuda Springs Post Musical Homestead Highway 166 Geuda Springs KS Phone 620 442-4336 Web Site http://www.sckstourism.com/counties/places/postmusical.html Description 6 buildings, many more than 100 years old feature musical information about the Post family Type of Resource Specialty Museum Primary Focus Building Collection Industry /Profession Music New or Updated: 12/16/2003 KS Great Bend Kansas Oil Museum 5944 W 10th St Great Bend KS 67530 Phone 620 793-5742 Alt Phone 620 792-7033 Web Site http://www.visitgreatbend.com/aviaoil.htm Alt Web http://www.aoghs.org/MuseumLinks.asp Description products, models of production facilities, drilling equipment, geology Type of Resource Specialty Museum Nature of Group Hall of Fame Field of Study/Science Facility Geology Industry /Profession Energy Collection G-M Machinery New or Updated: 7/8/2005 KS Halstead Kansas Learning Center for Health 505 Main Halstead KS 67056 Phone 316 835-2662 Web Site http://www.learningcenter.org/ Toll Free 800 798-2124 Description transparent full sized talking woman, various educational programs Type of Resource Specialty Museum Primary Focus Children Industry /Profession Medical New or Updated: 11/10/2005 KS Hutchison Kansas Underground Salt Museum 100 S Walnut MAIL PO Box 664 Hutchison KS 67504 Phone 620 662-0236 Web Site http://www.undergroundmuseum.org Description under construction, to open mid- to- late- 2006, 650 underground in working salt mine Type of Resource Specialty Museum Primary Focus Industrial Industry /Profession Mining New or Updated: 3/19/2006 Kansas Kansas City U of Kansas Medical Center, Clendening History of Medicine Address Kansas City KS Phone Web Site www.45thdivisionmuseum.com/ Description Oklahoma National Guard Type of Resource Specialty Museum Industry /Profession Medical KS La Crosse Barbed Wire Museum 120 West 1st Street La Crosse KS Phone 785 222-9900 Web Site http://www.rushcounty.org/BarbedWireMuseum/index.html Description history and collection of 700 kinds of barbed wire Type of Resource Specialty Museum Primary Focus Agricultural New or Updated: 3/22/2006 KS Larned Central States Scout Museum 815 Broadway St Larned KS 67550 Phone 620 285-8938 Web Site http://larned.org/tourism/cssm.html Description Boy Scouting memorabilia Type of Resource Specialty Museum Primary Focus Children Collection M-Z Scouting New or Updated: 12/5/2005 KS Leavenworth Parker Carousel Museum 743 Delaware Street Leavenworth KS 66048 Phone 913 682-1866 Web Site http://www.firstcitymuseums.org/ Description 1913 Carousel undergoing restoration Type of Resource Specialty Museum Primary Focus Entertainment Building Type Carousel New or Updated: 09/15/2003 Kansas Liberal Mid-America Air Museum 2000 West 2nd PO Box 2585 Liberal KS 67905 Phone 316 624-5263 Web Site http://www.airnav.com/airport/LBL/MAAM Alt Web http://www.swaviator.com/html/issueON99/liberal.html Description 96 aircraft, hands-on aviation science exhibits, located in former Beechcraft assembly building at airport which housed flight training for B-24 pilots in WW II Type of Resource Specialty Museum Primary Focus Aviation KS McPherson Smokey's Car Museum 1909 Miller's Lane McPherson KS 67460 Phone 316 241-5160 Web Site * Description listed in most car museum directories, not in local tourism sites Type of Resource Specialty Museum Primary Focus Automotive New or Updated: 10/22/2004 Kansas Norton Also-Ran Gallery First State Bank 105 West Main Street Norton KS 67654 Phone 785 877-3341 Web Site http://www.firstatebank.com/also_ran_gallery.htm Description dedicated to the losers of the presidential elections - on bank mezzanine Type of Resource Specialty Museum Primary Focus Famous People Industry /Profession Politics New or Updated: 06/21/2003 Kansas Peabody Peabody Printing Museum 220 North Walnut Street Peabody KS Phone 316 983-2174 Web Site http://www.lasr.net/leisure/kansas/marion/peabody/att2.html Alt Web http://www.peabodyks.com/attractions.html Description working equipment including two linotypes Type of Resource Specialty Museum Primary Focus Industrial Industry /Profession Printing Owner/Operator: Peabody Historical Museum KS Russell Oil Patch Museum I-70 & Hwy 281 Russell KS Phone 785 483-3637 Alt Phone 785 483-6960 Web Site http://www.rchs.rwisp.com/Oil_Patch_Museum/oil_patch_museum.html Description oil discovery & production -- equipment & drilling rigs outdoors Type of Resource Specialty Museum Primary Focus Industrial Industry /Profession Oil Owner/Operator: Russell County Historical Society New or Updated:** 7/2/2006	Google
	Kansas Topeka Combat Air Museum, Inc J St Hanger #602 Topeka KS 66619 Phone 785 862-3303 Web Site http://www.combatairmuseum.org/ Description 30 military aircraft & missiles, military & aviation memorabilia, military vehicles, field kitchen, POW barracks, dioramas, military aviation art Type of Resource Specialty Museum Primary Focus Aviation Collection N-Z Vehicles New or Updated: 07/01/2003 KS Topeka Heartland Orthodox Christian Museum 523 SW Van Buren St Topeka KS 66603 Phone 785 234-5993 Web Site http://www.orthodoxmuseum.org/ Description CLOSED JULY 2004 Type of Resource Specialty Museum Primary Focus Religion New or Updated: 12/2/2004 Kansas Topeka Railroad Heritage Inc PO Box 8792 Topeka KS 66608 Phone 785 232-5533 Web Site http://www.greatoverlandstation.com/pages/mission.htm Alt Web http://cjonline.com/stories/061303/loc_rrher.shtml Description began as a festival, now developing rail museum in former depot Type of Resource Specialty Museum Primary Focus Railroad Building Type Depot New or Updated: 07/07/2003
Search this site	KS Wichita Kansas Aviation Museum 3350 George Washington Boulevard Wichita KS 67210 Phone 316 683-9242 Web Site http://www.kansasaviationmuseum.org/ Description housed in the original 3 story terminal of 1930s-50s' airport, 1940s tower, aircraft from B-52 to homebuilts, flying and aircraft building Type of Resource Specialty Museum Primary Focus Aviation Research Library New or Updated: 6/26/2006 Kansas Firefighters Museum 1300 South Broadway Wichita KS 67211 Phone Web Site http://home.kscable.com/hpa/engine2.html Description several fire trucks and other large apparatus, equipment, memorabilia Type of Resource Specialty Museum Building Type Fire House Field of Study/Science Facility Firefighting KS Wichita Lowell D Holmes Museum of Anthropology Wichita State U Neff Hall Wichita KS 67260 Phone 316 978-3195 Web Site http://webs.wichita.edu/anthropology/museum/index.html Description university collections and rotating exhibits Type of Resource Specialty Museum Field of Study/Science Facility Anthropology Collection N-Z Pottery New or Updated: 5/11/2004
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