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Visitor's Guide
SupportOur memberships provide wonderful benefits and supports for preserving and promoting our local history.
Ways to support-
Floor 1
On the Museum’s first floor you’ll find: Special exhibits at the Main Street entrance, the Museum Gift Shop, staffed by volunteers, the Davis Orientation Gallery…
Floor 2
On the second floor you’ll find: The DeVore Auditorium containing the Victorian Silver Plate exhibit, the Vintage Drugstore, A Child’s World exhibit, and numerous special…
Floor 3
On the third floor you’ll find: The core exhibit “Wichita the Magic City” which chronicles Wichita’s first fifty years. This is where the Museum begins…
Floor 4
On the fourth floor you’ll find: special exhibits in the Slawson Gallery and the core exhibit “Spirit of Wichita” exhibit which continues the time line…
Special Exhibitions
Why We Collect What We Collect
The Museum’s mission involves collecting, preserving and interpreting artifacts of significance to our local history. Beginning with a donation from the Pioneer Society of Sedgwick…
Art Exhibition: Genevieve Frickel
THE ARTISTIC LIFE and WORK of GENEVIEVE FRICKEL Genevieve Ingram Frickel (1900-1985) was an independent visual artist and remarkable figure in the local art and…
Being Modern
This exhibition follows (and is directly patterned after) the Museum’s previous exhibit Art Deco on the Plains. It takes the timeline forward to explore modern…
