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Visitor's Guide
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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
Thrift Finds in the Museum Collection
Since 1939, the Historical Museum has been actively collecting and preserving artifacts central to telling our local history’s stories. These artifacts are acquired in a…
Windows on Collection – C.A. Seward
C.A. Seward was a talented illustrator, commercial designer, and an inspiring mentor. As a co-founder of the Prairie Printmakers, his work has earned both national…
Wichita’s Guitar Heroes: Electric Guitars from the Museum’s Collection
This exhibit features the electric guitars of notable local musicians that reside in the Museum’s permanent collection. On view are the electric guitars of Bill…
The Gage Brewer Guitar – First Electric Guitar
Wichita’s unique connection to the history of the electric guitar is explored in the Museum’s feature exhibit, The Spirit of Wichita, which features guitars from…
Moore Family Toy Santa Collection
In the lobby of the Wichita-Sedgwick County Historical Museum, from the Wreath Festival through the New Year, visitors will find the Moore Family Santa Dolls…
