First City Museum

The museum houses collections of early frontier memorabilia and artifacts including buggies and cutters manufactured in Leavenworth. It currently also houses a 1913 C.W. Parker Carousel, made in Leavenworth (in the process of restoration), possibly the oldest primitive carousel in the United States. There is also a mock-up of the United States Penitentiary, plus other prison memorabilia.

A guide will tell you all about old West legends that lived or played in Leavenworth such as Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses S. Grant, Robert E. Lee, Generals Sheridan and Sherman, Susan B. Anthony, Carrie Nation, Buffalo Bill Cody and Wild Bill Hickock.

743 Delaware

Currently the museum is open 10:00a.m. to 4:00p.m. on Saturdays only. For special visits or tours please call (913) 682-7071 and leave a message.

Free admission, donations accepted.