The Wichita-Sedgwick County Historical Museum is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to preserving and presenting the local history of Wichita and Sedgwick County,

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, United States. It is located at 204 South Main (southeast of the corner of Main and William streets), and east of the former Wichita Public Library.

History

The

museum A museum ( ; plural museums or, rarely, musea) is a building or institution that cares for and displays a collection of artifacts and other objects of artistic, cultural, historical, or scientific importance. Many public museums make these ...

was established in 1939 as the Wichita Public Museum. Today the museum resides in the original City Hall building designed by William T. Proudfoot and George W. Bird in 1890. Exhibits are housed on four floors and are open to the public six days a week for a nominal admission fee. The museum is supported in part through city and county funding and through the support of its sizable membership base. The museum has been accredited by the

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since 1972. It has been listed on the

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since 1971.KANSAS (KS), Sedgwick County
nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com. Accessed 2008-12-24.

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* Museums established in 1939 Museums in Wichita, Kansas Courthouses on the National Register of Historic Places in Kansas History museums in Kansas Institutions accredited by the American Alliance of Museums 1939 establishments in Kansas National Register of Historic Places in Wichita, Kansas {{Kansas-museum-stub

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