Housed in the former city post office building, it has over 20 rooms containing valuable antiques and unique artwork, with each room focusing on a particular theme or culture.

Houses a wide variety of exhibits that invite visitors to examine and experiment. Register on a computer, hear sounds on the echo tube, ride the Anti-gravity Simulator, or experience the hair-raising Van de Graaff generator. You may even want to visit with the life-like Albert Einstein.

The Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright, was born and raised in Independence. Each year Independence Community college hosts a three-day festival to honor him as well as other nationally known playwrights.The William Inge Collection, at the college, is the most extensive exhibit of his works in existence.

Located 13 miles southwest of Independence, just off of Highway 75, is an authentic, reconstructed log cabin located near the original site where famous author Laura Ingalls Wilder lived as a child. Also on the site is an 1872 schoolhouse, a turn of the century post office and a gift shop.

Museum Quilt Fair (March 20-31,1999)- Independence Museum.

FORPAZ Official Park Opening (April10,1999)- Riverside Park and Ralph Mitchell Zoo.

William Inge Festival (April14-17, 1999)- Independence Country Club.

Verdigris Valley Art Exhibition (May 1-9, 1999)- Independence Museum.

Little House on the Prairie Opening (May 15-Sept. 1, 1999)

City Band Concerts (May -Aug., Every Tuesday)- Riverside Park Band Shell

Experimental Aircraft Assn. Fly-In (June 12, 1999)- Independence Municipal Airport.

Red, White and Blue 4th of July

Kansas Ultra Runners Flat Rock, 50k Run (Sept. 25-27, 1999)- Elk City Lake.

Neewollah (Oct. 22-30, 1999)- {Halloween spelled backwards} Downtown Independence.

Area Arts and craft Shows (Dec.5, 1999)- Downtown Independence.