150 Things I Love About Kansas Highlights from the Kansas Museum of History These are our 150 favorite things in the museum. But there are many more things to love about Kansas. Visit the special exhibit and tell us what you love about our state. * Items marked with an asterisk are included in the special exhibit, 150 Things I Love About Kansas. All other items are displayed in our main gallery. Underlined items are links to our website with images and stories. Landscape We love the Kansas landscape because it’s beautiful, subtle, and varied. Examples in the museum: *Birger Sandzen print, “Castlerock” *Herschel Logan print, “Valley Home” *C.A. Seward print, “Smoky Hills” *Kim Casebeer painting, “Thunder Over the Flint Hills” *Banner from the Symphony in the Flint Hills *Quote by Satanta, “I love to roam over the prairies. There I feel free and happy, but when we settle down, we grow pale and die.” *Photo of a rowboat on the Kansas River, 1867 *Video of modern wind turbines Windmill from the 1890s Buffalo (in our prairie diorama) Prairie chickens (in our prairie diorama) Wichita Indian grass lodge Sod house Limestone fenceposts Stach one-room school, 1877 (on our grounds) Stan Herd’s railroad mural (behind our locomotive) Kansas Museum of History REAL PEOPLE. REAL STORIES. 6425 SW 6th Avenue Topeka KS 66615-1099 785-272-8681 • kshs.org Stach one-room school Historical Society
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150 Things I Love About KansasHighlights from the Kansas Museum of History
These are our 150 favorite things in the museum. But there are many more things to love about Kansas. Visit the special exhibit and tell us what you love about our state.
*Items marked with an asterisk are included in the special exhibit, 150 Things I Love About Kansas. All other items are displayed in our main gallery. Underlined items are links to our website with images and stories.
Landscape We love the Kansas landscape because it’s beautiful, subtle, and varied.
Examples in the museum:
*Birger Sandzen print, “Castlerock”
*Herschel Logan print, “Valley Home”
*C.A. Seward print, “Smoky Hills”
*Kim Casebeer painting, “Thunder Over the Flint Hills”
*Banner from the Symphony in the Flint Hills
* Quote by Satanta, “I love to roam over the prairies.
There I feel free and happy, but when we settle down,
we grow pale and die.”
*Photo of a rowboat on the Kansas River, 1867
*Video of modern wind turbines
Windmill from the 1890s
Buffalo (in our prairie diorama)
Prairie chickens (in our prairie diorama)
Wichita Indian grass lodge
Sod house
Limestone fenceposts
Stach one-room school, 1877 (on our grounds)
Stan Herd’s railroad mural (behind our locomotive)
Kansas Museum of History
I LOVE ABOUT KANSAS
K A N S A S1861 2011150 things
R E A L P E O P L E . R E A L S T O R I E S .
6425 SW 6th Avenue Topeka KS 66615-1099
785-272-8681 • kshs.org
Stach one-room school
Historical Society
The Wizard of Oz We love The Wizard of Oz because Dorothy spends the entire story trying
to get back to Kansas!
Examples in the museum:
*Drawing of Elphaba from Gregory Maguire, author of Wicked
*First edition of L. Frank Baum’s book, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
*French poster for The Wizard of Oz
*Scarecrow doll made by L. Frank Baum’s son
* Pins created for Kansas Lions Club to trade at national meetings
*Quote by Dorothy Gale: “There’s no place like home!”
People
We love Kansans! Everyone has a story.
Examples in the museum:
*Quote by Dwight Eisenhower: “The proudest thing I can say is that I am from Abilene.”
*Christmas card sent by aviator Amelia Earhart
*Hatchet pin, dress, and other items from temperance activist Carry A. Nation
*Saber carried by African American officer during the Spanish-American War
*Platinum record from the rock band Kansas
*Track shoe worn by Wes Santee at the Helsinki Olympics, 1952
*Medal given to African American educator Mamie Williams by Washburn University
*Kansas Navy uniform worn by Dr. John Brinkley (the goat gland doctor)
*Lobby card for movie version of William Inge’s play, Splendor in the Grass
*Wolf Creek power plant logo drawn by artist Blackbear Bosin
*Quilt, “Iris Garland,” designed by Topeka artist
*Study drawn by John Steuart Curry for the Kansas Capitol murals
*Art Deco lectern used by Alf Landon during his 1936 presidential campaign
*Future Farmers of America jacket worn by Land Institute founder Wes Jackson
*Bean pot from Wichita restaurateur Concepción Lopez of Connie’s Mexico Café
*Drawing by Wild Hog, Northern Cheyenne Indian
*Story cloth made by Hmong immigrants in Kansas City, 1980s
*Humorous postcard depicting giant ear of corn
*Poem by Langston Hughes, “I Dream a World”
*Quote by William Allen White: “When anything is going to happen
in this country, it happens first in Kansas.”
*Photo of early suffragist Clarina Nichols
*Photo of Medal of Honor recipient and African American soldier John Denny
*Clock from actor Ed Asner’s office on the set of The Mary Tyler Moore Show
*Boxing gloves worn by world heavyweight champion Jess Willard