• Art Deco on the Plains

    This special exhibit explores Art Deco design locally. The term Art Deco, popularized in the 1960s, applies to the predominant decorative art and design style…

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  • 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…

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  • 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…

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  • The Parking Meter

      History museum exhibits often encourage exploring the familiar by viewing it through the lens of the past.The parking meter struck us as an obvious…

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At Home with History

The Museum has been housed in Wichita’s original City Hall for the last four decades. This landmark building was constructed in 1890 and is considered an exhibit in itself. A wide variety of the Museum’s exhibits showcase life in Wichita over the centuries, from the Wichita Indian tribe—whose name the town adopted— to the cowboys who drove their cattle here, to the dawn of aviation and the City’s role as the Air Capital of the World.

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