Victorian Cottage Christmas

A featured exhibit of the Wichita-Sedgwick County Historical Museum includes “A Wichita Cottage.” This exhibit authentically recreates a typical middle-class Wichita home of the late 19th century complete with Victorian adornment and the emerging technology which would soon change domestic life and society in general. Seven individual rooms compose this environmental exhibit. Visit and pay a social call on the residents of a Wichita cottage, this 1890 Victorian house is authentically decorated throughout, from the wooden icebox on the back porch to the combination gas–and–electric ceiling light fixture hanging in the parlor.

Located on the third floor, starting during our annual Wreath Festival and going through to the New Year, the immersive Victorian Cottage exhibit has been decked out for Christmas jubilation. Visitors will get a glimpse of how people celebrated the season over 100 years ago. All that’s missing is a roaring fire and a cup of hot cocoa!

November 2024 – December 2024

Tues-Fri 11am-4pm, Sat & Sun 1-5pm

Wichita-Sedgwick County Historical Museum – 204 S Main

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November 21, 2024 - January 5, 2025
Floor 3

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 to tell our local story, beginning in the 1860s with a prairie wilderness developed into the fastest growing city in the United States. Also on this floor is the Victorian House immersive exhibit depicting home typical of the emerging middle class in Wichita, the Lois Kay Walls Art Gallery featuring local art, and the Civics and Government Exhibit featuring the 1890s office of the Mayor. The Museum’s restrooms are also located on this floor.

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