Victorian Cottage Mourning

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…

Windows on Collection: Electric Guitars

The first time an electric guitar was played for an audience was in Wichita, KS, when band leader and guitarist Gage Brewer debuted the instrument…

Windows on Collection – Riverfest Memorabilia

Annually during the city’s Wichita River Festival, the Wichita-Sedgwick County Historical Museum features all of the past Wichita Riverfest buttons on display in our lobby's…

Victorian Cottage Summer

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…

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…

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…

Portraits From the Museum Collection

The urge to create or possess a visual representation of a specific person – a portrait - is present throughout history. Portraits are created for…