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Begin Your Adventure!!! 1.Visit any of the museums featured in the passport. Some museum admission fees apply. Some of the mu- Prizes!!! seums are only open during the warm months or spe- cific times. 2.Find the correct answer to the Adventure Question and have your answer sheet stamped at those sites. Prize A--$250.00 gift basket 3.Turn in your passport answer sheet to the last museum visited by December 31, 2019. Your answer sheet will go into a drawing for one of the three prizes. Prize B--$150.00 gift basket Drawing will be held in January 2020. Prize A – must visit 12 Museums Prize B -must visit 10 Museums Prize C--$100.00 gift basket Prize C-must visit 8 Museums GOOD LUCK AND HAVE FUN!!!! Share your adventures with us on our facebook page Wild West County

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Haun Museum, Jetmore______5.4.7 Arts Center Heart of America Science Resource Center, Haviland ______The 5.4.7 Arts Center is a community arts center dedicated Historic Adobe Museum, Ulysses______to provide opportunities in the arts through classes, exhibits and performances. We have 6-8 gallery exhibits each year, visiting art- Historic Lake Scott State Park Museums, Scott City______ist workshops, and arts classes for all ages. Our building is also a Home of Stone, Dodge City ______work of art and features many sustainable building practices in action. Horace Greeley Museum, Tribune______Kansas Teachers’ Hall of Fame, Dodge City______Keystone Gallery, Scott City______204 W. Wisconsin Ave. Kiowa County Museum, Greensburg______Greensburg, KS 67054 620-723-2600 Mid- America Air Museum______Morton County Historical Society Museum, Elkhart______Museum of the Great Plains, Leoti______Stanton County Muesum, Johnson City______Stauth Memorial Museum, Montezuma______

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Baker Arts Center Answer Sheet Baker Arts Center has been open since 1986. The center pro- vides space for artists. We have hosted exhibits featuring quilts, 5.4.7. Arts Center, Greensburg______glass, photography, and much more. We offer free admission to our exhibits. Workshops for children and adults are year round. Baker Art Center, Liberal ______We have a collection of books in our Library which is adjacent to the Sales Gallery that features work from area artists. The orga- The Big Well Museum & Visitor Center, Greensburg______nization strives “to enhance the cultural lives of all people in the Boot Hill Museum, Dodge City______area”. The revenue of the Center is possible thanks to donations, fundraisers and membership. Boy Scouts of America, Garden City______Carnegie Center for the Arts, Dodge City ______204 W. Wisconsin Ave. Greensburg, KS 67054 624 N. Pershing Ave. Coronado Museum, Liberal______620-723-2600 Liberal, KS 67901 Dodge City Public Library, Dodge City______620-624-2810 Dorothy’s House, Liberal______El Quartelejo Museum, Scott City______Finney County Historical Museum, Garden City______Garden City Arts, Garden City______

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620-723-1125 (620) 225-0248 (620)

Greensburg, KS 67054 KS Greensburg,

1001 Second Avenue Second 1001

www.visitliberal.com

320 S. Main S. 320

Dodge City Public Library Public City Dodge

620-624-7624

Liberal, KS 67901 KS Liberal,

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567 E. Cedar St. Cedar E. 567

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adults and families in English and Spanish. The programming programming The Spanish. and English in families and adults

Our exhibits range from American Indian pottery, the Great Great the pottery, Indian American from range exhibits Our

The library offers a variety of programming for children, teens, teens, children, for programming of variety a offers library The

has been able to restore its collection. collection. its restore to able been has

tional, recreational and informational needs of the community. community. the of needs informational and recreational tional,

2007. However, through generous public donations, the museum museum the donations, public generous through However, 2007.

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on our website at www.dcpl.info. Our mission is to provide provide to is mission Our www.dcpl.info. at website our on materials. The Kiowa County Historical Museum lost 80% of its its of 80% lost Museum Historical County Kiowa The materials.

We educate visitors through storytelling, artifacts, and hands on on hands and artifacts, storytelling, through visitors educate We 225-0248. Hours vary from summer to winter but are viewable viewable are but winter to summer from vary Hours 225-0248.

mote and preserve the rich historical heritage of Kiowa County. County. Kiowa of heritage historical rich the preserve and mote Check out our website for a complete list, or contact us at 620- at us contact or list, complete a for website our out Check

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The Dodge City Public Library offers a variety of resources. resources. of variety a offers Library Public City Dodge The

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Museum of the Boy Scouts of America Great Plains West Scout Center The Museum of the Great Plains is located at 201 North 4th St. in Leoti, KS. The large limestone building was a WPA project. There are 2 floors of displays consisting of over 11,000 sq. feet. Santa Fe Trail Council, Included is a Civil War 36 Star flag, a large military display, west- A native of Mexico, Jesus Manuel “Jessie” Montes accepted a job ern, pioneer and Indian artifacts, including a Clovis Spear point. in Dodge City, Kansas in 1956. He became a US citizen in 1972. Wedding gowns, railroad artifacts, fossils, large violin collection, With little education, and no formal art training, Montes perfected quilts, and Leoti City- 1887 consisting of blacksmith shop, har- his use of mainly discarded materials and was known as the “Cor- ness repair, hotel, sheriff office, undertaker, hardware, one-room rugated Cardboard Man”! school. There’s also a genealogical society and the beautiful Vic- Jessie Montes began producing 3 dimensional sculptures, land- torian Washington Ames House Museum to see. scapes, portraits, and abstract design pieces, using ¼ inch strips of cardboard glued edgewise on a cardboard base in 1990. Cutting the strips at 45, 90 & 180 degree angles, he produced three differ- ent textures for his art creations. Acrylic paint is used on most of 201 North 4th St. his pieces, providing vibrant, exciting art. Leoti ,KS 67861 Open to the Public During Business Hours 9 AM to 5 PM Mon- 620-375-2316 day - Friday

402 Fulton Street Garden City, KS 67846 620-275-5162 Did You Know: Do You Know? Who is in the buggy? Do you know: What is the breed of the chicken?

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Elkhart, KS 67950 KS Elkhart,

Dodge City, KS 67801 KS City, Dodge 370 U.S. 56 U.S. 370

701 N. 2nd Ave. 2nd N. 701

day-Friday or call 620-697-2833 for an appointment. an for 620-697-2833 call or day-Friday Lives Through the Arts.” the Through Lives

- Tues PM 5:00 to PM 1:00 are Hours visitor. every with shared the Carnegie Center for the Arts, whose mission is to “Enhance “Enhance to is mission whose Arts, the for Center Carnegie the

Memorabilia, artifacts and history fill every room and are are and room every fill history and artifacts Memorabilia, gie, purchased by a non-profit organization, is now well-known as as well-known now is organization, non-profit a by purchased gie,

pict events from around the county. the around from events pict - Carne the 1980, In nightclubs. and restaurants various as times

- de and walls the line artist’s local by painted murals Nineteen 1980, after the library closed, the building was repurposed five five repurposed was building the closed, library the after 1980,

brooms is detailed in one display. display. one in detailed is brooms 1907 stained glass windows and woodwork. Between 1970 and and 1970 Between woodwork. and windows glass stained 1907

The entire process of harvesting broom corn and making making and corn broom harvesting of process entire The the National Register of Historic Places and features the original original the features and Places Historic of Register National the

the building of the towns City Hall. City towns the of building the stained glass, designed the building. The Carnegie building is on on is building Carnegie The building. the designed glass, stained

A cut away wall features the handmade adobe bricks used in in used bricks adobe handmade the features wall away cut A of Emporia, Kansas, an architect known for his use of domes and and domes of use his for known architect an Kansas, Emporia, of

artifacts unique to the county. the to unique artifacts nation from steel magnate Andrew Carnegie. Charles W. Squires Squires W. Charles Carnegie. Andrew magnate steel from nation

1987 showcases the history of Morton County with displays and and displays with County Morton of history the showcases 1987 library, built in 1907. The building was the result of an $8,500 do $8,500 an of result the was building The 1907. in built library, -

The Morton County Historical Society Museum established in in established Museum Society Historical County Morton The The Carnegie Center for the Arts is located in Dodge City’s first first City’s Dodge in located is Arts the for Center Carnegie The

Historical Society Museum Society Historical for the Arts the for

Morton County County Morton Carnegie Center Center Carnegie

Mid-America Coronado Museum Coronado Museum offers a collection of items dating back to Air Museum 1541 when Don Francisco Vasquez de Coronado and 36 soldiers The Mid-America Air Museum in Liberal, KS is one of the entered what is now Southwest Kansas on their quest to find the country’s largest air museums. Our collection includes a very rare fabled “Seven Cities of Gold.” A Spanish horse bit, left behind by night fighter version of the F4U Corsair from WWII, a B-25 Mitch- the group, is on permanent display at the museum. Exhibits used ell Bomber from WWII, a Grumman Avenger torpedo bomber in the settlement of the Kansas Territory during its Wild West days from WWII, two jet fighters from the Korean War, and six jet are on display as well as those paying tribute to the culture of the fighters from the Vietnam War including an F-14 Tomcat. We also Native Americans. have numerous civil aviation aircraft both vintage and modern. We are open Tuesday through Saturday 9 am to 6 pm and Sundays 1 pm to 5 pm. Coronado Museum 567 E. Cedar St. Liberal, KS 67901 2000 W. 2nd 620-624-7624 Liberal, KS 67901 www.visitliberal.com 629-624-5263

Test Your Knowledge Question: Question: How many aircraft do we actually What is the name of the Stan have on display? Herd “mural” near the library’s front desk?

been in the Home of Stone Museum? Stone of Home the in been

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Dodge City, KS 67801 KS City, Dodge

112 E. Vine St. Vine E. 112

a.m.- 5 p.m., Sunday 2 - 4 p.m. Or by appointment 800-653-9378 appointment by Or p.m. 4 - 2 Sunday p.m., 5 a.m.-

Open Daily from June 1st through Labor Day. Monday thru Saturday 9 9 Saturday thru Monday Day. Labor through 1st June from Daily Open

National Register of Historic Places. Historic of Register National

Curated by the Ford County Historical Society since 1968. It is listed on the the on listed is It 1968. since Society Historical County Ford the by Curated

620-260-9700

tinues for many more generations. more many for tinues

Garden City, KS 67846 67846 KS City, Garden - Renovations are underway to assure this wonderful asset to our history con history our to asset wonderful this assure to underway are Renovations

in 1968 in Main N. 318

in the home until 1960. It sold to Ford County and became a showplace again again showplace a became and County Ford to sold It 1960. until home the in

family who ever occupied this beautiful home. Two of their three children lived lived children three their of Two home. beautiful this occupied ever who family

an Blacksmith Adam Schmidt, where he and wife Elizabeth were the only other other only the were Elizabeth wife and he where Schmidt, Adam Blacksmith an

- forced him to return to St. Louis, Missouri. In 1890 he sold his home to Bavari to home his sold he 1890 In Missouri. Louis, St. to return to him forced

return to his bootmaking. Further disasters in the form of fires on Front Street Street Front on fires of form the in disasters Further bootmaking. his to return

information, visit www.gardencityarts.org or call (620) 260-9700. (620) call or www.gardencityarts.org visit information, In the great blizzard of January 1886, Mueller lost all of his cattle and had to to had and cattle his of all lost Mueller 1886, January of blizzard great the In

12 pm to 6 pm and Saturdays from 10 am to 5 pm. For more more For pm. 5 to am 10 from Saturdays and pm 6 to pm 12 to help create this unique home for his family. family. his for home unique this create help to

of-a -kind art and jewelry. The art gallery is open Tuesday-Friday Tuesday-Friday open is gallery art The jewelry. and art -kind of-a John Mueller. He hired fellow Bavarians William Hessman and William Strubel Strubel William and Hessman William Bavarians fellow hired He Mueller. John

classes for all ages and has a delightful gift gallery, featuring one- featuring gallery, gift delightful a has and ages all for classes old world pride. Built by Bavarian immigrant, Bootmaker-turned-Cattleman, Bootmaker-turned-Cattleman, immigrant, Bavarian by Built pride. world old

ing art exhibits for all tastes. In addition, the center conducts art art conducts center the addition, In tastes. all for exhibits art ing limestone, its elegant simplicity is filled with many original furnishings and and furnishings original many with filled is simplicity elegant its limestone,

- revolv other and textile photography, art, fine of array intriguing still is among the most distinguished homes in Dodge City. Built of native native of Built City. Dodge in homes distinguished most the among is still

Located in the heart of downtown, Garden City Arts offers an an offers Arts City Garden downtown, of heart the in Located Once isolated atop a hill out of town, this architectural splendor was and and was splendor architectural this town, of out hill a atop isolated Once

“The Home of Stone” of Home “The Garden City Arts City Garden

Keystone Gallery Dorothy’s House A vast inland sea once covered a large part of our continent. Named one of the 8 Wonders of Kansas Customs, Dorothy’s Visit Keystone Gallery where inside our museum one can see an official hometown of Liberal celebrates clicking your heels three extensive, scientific collection of local Kansas fossils including a times and saying “There’s No Place Like Home” at Dorothy’s 20-foot Mosasaur and a 14-foot Xiphactinus, plus fish, turtle, and House, a 1907 farmhouse, and the Land of Oz. Guides, some- bird fossil specimens. We are a fun fossil museum, art gallery, and times dressed as Dorothy, escort visitors through the house and rock/mineral shop all rolled into one building. You’ll also get to the 5,000 square feet of entertainment in the Land of Oz. At the meet Chuck and Barbara who found all these fossils and were fea- end of the tour OZ movie memorabilia, including the original tured on NOVA “Making North America” and other TV shows! model of Dorothy’s house used in the 1939 filming of the “The We are located between the towns of Oakley and Scott City, Wizard of Oz,” is on display. Kansas on US 83 overlooking the Smoky Hill valley and the Bad- lands of Kansas region. 18 miles north of Scott City on US Hwy 83. Dorothy’s House 401 US Hwy 83 567 Cedar St. Scott City, KS 67871 620 872-2762 Please Liberal, KS 67901 call for hours! 620-624-7624 Winter-Sometimes www.visitliberal.com Summer-Most of the time www.keystonegallery.com Admission: Donation

Test Your Knowledge Question: Do sharks lose their teeth while Can you walk through alive? Yes or No the actual house used in the movie.

tify the item, who left it, and the battle? the and it, left who item, the tify

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Scott City, KS 67871 KS City, Scott

Dodge City, KS 6780 KS City, Dodge

902 W. 6th W. 902

603 5th Ave. 5th 603

days) Ask us about our Free Historic Bus Tour! or Find us on FaceBook. on us Find or Tour! Bus Historic Free our about us Ask days)

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Website: teachershallfamedodgecityks.org Website:

Little Big Horn, Civil War Era, and the Battle of Punished Woman’s Fork. Woman’s Punished of Battle the and Era, War Civil Horn, Big Little

of age are free. A family discount is also offered. also is discount family A free. are age of

alongside Artifacts & Memorabilia from Native American, the Battle of of Battle the American, Native from Memorabilia & Artifacts alongside

$8.00 for adults, $4.00 for youth and children younger than 5 years years 5 than younger children and youth for $4.00 adults, for $8.00

clusive Wildlife, Western Heritage, Native American & U.S. Cavalry Art Art Cavalry U.S. & American Native Heritage, Western Wildlife, clusive

From 10:00a.m. until 5:00 p.m. and by appointment. Admission is is Admission appointment. by and p.m. 5:00 until 10:00a.m. From

- ex features Collection and Gallery The artifacts. and art of blend this at

Hall of Fame is open from Memorial Day through Labor Day, Day, Labor through Day Memorial from open is Fame of Hall

From Nationally Acclaimed Art to National Treasures, you will be amazed amazed be will you Treasures, National to Art Acclaimed Nationally From

have dedicated their lives to helping others. The Kansas Teachers’ Teachers’ Kansas The others. helping to lives their dedicated have

Art and History come alive in the Jerry Thomas Gallery and Collection! Collection! and Gallery Thomas Jerry the in alive come History and Art

is to bring credit to the teaching profession and to the many who who many the to and profession teaching the to credit bring to is

intriguing displays, there is something for all ages to enjoy. to ages all for something is there displays, intriguing

chased and remodeled in 1982. The purpose of the Hall of Fame Fame of Hall the of purpose The 1982. in remodeled and chased

ulate your imagination. With interactive exhibitions, fun activities, and and activities, fun exhibitions, interactive With imagination. your ulate

building is located at 603 Fifth Avenue in Dodge City and was pur was and City Dodge in Avenue Fifth 603 at located is building

- stim and intellect your stir will exhibits the County, Scott day present to

school building on the Boot Hill Museum grounds. Its current current Its grounds. Museum Hill Boot the on building school

a timeline tracing the history of Western Kansas! From fossils to frontier frontier to fossils From Kansas! Western of history the tracing timeline a

15, 1977. The Hall of Fame was originally housed in a one-room one-room a in housed originally was Fame of Hall The 1977. 15,

Come explore with us at El Quartelejo Museum as we lead you through through you lead we as Museum Quartelejo El at us with explore Come

Charter by the Kansas Secretary of State in Topeka on February February on Topeka in State of Secretary Kansas the by Charter

5th St. in Scott City, Kansas! www.elquartelejomuseum.org Kansas! City, Scott in St. 5th

The Kansas Teachers’ Hall of Fame was granted a Corporation Corporation a granted was Fame of Hall Teachers’ Kansas The

El Quartelejo Museum & Jerry Thomas Gallery and Collection at 902 W. W. 902 at Collection and Gallery Thomas Jerry & Museum Quartelejo El

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Horace Greeley Museum Finney County Preservation is one of our main goals along with genealogy re- search. We strive to show our museum to those who are wishing to visit and view the many displays, photos, and our complete set Historical Museum of Greeley County newspapers, including ghost town papers. The The Finney County Historical Museum is home to “True Crime,” stone used in the basement was quarried and hauled from north- a 525-square foot exhibit featuring key evidence in the convictions west Greeley County. The stone used for the rest of the court and executions of the Fleagle Gang, notorious 1920s bank robbers house was quarried and hauled from Coolidge. (Pay for the men and murderers, as well as the convictions and executions of both and team was $3.00; a load took three days – one to the quarry, one killers in the 1959 Clutter family murders, prompting author Tru- day to load the stone, and one day to return. Pay for those working man Capote to write the acclaimed novel, “In Cold Blood.” on the court house was $2.00 a day. The brick used in the basement Located at 403 S. Fourth near Garden City’s Lee Richardson Zoo was fired on the building site.) All meetings, movies, graduations, entrance, the museum’s summer exhibit hours are 10 a.m.-5 p.m. dances, as well as court were held in the top floor of the court Monday-Saturday and 1-5 p.m. Sundays. Spring, fall and winter house, which was all one room until the 1930s. exhibit hours are 1-5 p.m. seven days weekly. Horace Greeley Museum, Tribune, KS 67879 Finney County Museum: (620) 376-4996 Greeley County Community Development: (620) 376-2548 Historical Museum Hours: Thursdays, 9 a.m. – 3 p.m. MT. Tours can be scheduled on 403 S. Fourth other days. Website: http://horacegreeley- Garden City, KS 67846 museum.org/ 620-272-3664 Email: contact@horacegreeley- museum.org Facebook: Greeley County Museum Question: What natural items surround the Question: key Fleagle Gang evidence dis- Who drew the carpenter pencil played in the Finney County Muse- drawing of the museum? um’s “True Crime” Exhibit? Historic Lake Scott Haun Museum Founded in 1965, the Haun Museum is located in the first State Park Museums stone house built in Jetmore in the l800s, and is on the Nation- Historic Lake Scott State Park is full of history. The Steele al Historic Register. The historical complex is part of a block of Home Museum was the home of Herbert and Eliza Steele, They buildings constructed of native limestone, with additional build- were among the first settlers to Scott County in 1892. They first ings added over the years to house the growing displays. Visitors lived in a dugout, building their House of Stone in 1894. You can are given a glimpse of the daily lives of early day settler’s; the contact the park office for a tour of the home. Treasures of HorseThief (with items dating back to 1100 AD); an Just to the north of the Steele Home is El Cuartelejo Ruins. This amazing Military Collection, and more. It is ever-changing with was a Plains Apache village where the Taos and Picuris Pueblo new displays being created to represent various time periods, as Indians lived after leaving New Mexico in 1664 to escape Spanish well as special events and displays. A genealogy library is on-site. rule. There are plans to build a museum near the ruins as funds are The Haun Museum is located in the heart of Jetmore, Kan- raised. sas at 417 Main Street. Open weekends between Memorial Day There is also a small museum in the park office that shows the and Labor Day: Saturdays 9-Noon and 1-4 p.m.; Sundays 1-5 history of Historic Lake Scott State Park. p.m. Open other times by appointment or special request. Call 620.357.8831. Historic Lake Scott State Park 101 W. Scott Lake Dr. Haun Museum Scott City, Kansas 67871 The park office is open from Jetmore, KS 67854 8:00 am to 12:00 pm 1:00 pm 620-357-8831 to 4:00 pm Monday through Friday year round. Do You Know: Do You Know: “The Haun House, the original What else is located in Historic part of the Haun Museum, has Lake Scott that also has historic been used for many activities, value to the Park? how many can you discover?” Heart of America Science Historic Adobe Resource Center Museum Heart of America Science Resource Center is a hands- The Historic Adobe Museum, constructed of adobe blocks in on science center and museum where you are invit- the 1930s is listed on the State Historic Register. A building steeped ed to explore a wide variety of science topics from a in history and a two and a half year renovation of the museum biblical worldview. The museum houses an awesome gallery make this premier museum a must see for all visitors. rock, mineral, and fossil collection, as well as displays The exhibits tell the story of life on the High Plains. The visual story is set into scenes with dimensional murals and backdrops in other fields of science. In addition to experiencing highlighting the exhibits. An Indian Encampment on the banks of the museum with its hands-on activities, or partici- the Cimarron gives the visitor a glimpse into the life of the nomad- pating in our special events, you can schedule a field ic Indians. excursion to find your own rocks and fossils, begin Open weekdays 10 a.m.- 5p.m. building your own collection, or polish a rock of your and Saturday 1-5 p.m. own choosing. We would love to provide you an un- forgettable science experience! 300 E. Oklahoma Ave. Ulysses, KS 67880 312 E. US HWY 54 620-356-3009 Haviland, KS 6705 620-862-5654 Test Your Knowledge: Question: Who was the artist who What crystal in nature is showcased designed the murals at the as a marvel of engineering Historic Adobe Museum?