Douglas County Fair
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Event Details
Experience the excitement of the annual county fair. Events include: Barrel Racing, Concerts, Antique Tractor Pull, Demolition Derby, Carnival, Pony Rides, Petting Zoo and Turtle Race. Along with great food and information booths.
4-H Shows include: Horse, Poultry, Bucket Calves, Dairy and Dairy Goat, Swine, and Rabbit.
Time: 9am-11pm.
Douglas County Fair
Phone : 785-843-7058 (Always call and confirm events.)
Web: www.dgcountyfair.com
County Fairs
Attractions and Upcoming Events
Watkins Community Museum of History
The Watkins Museum anchors the south end of downtown on Massachusetts Street. The three-story red brick building houses exhibits and artifacts of the area's history, including a display on the history of basketball. Current exhibits include "Early Settlement," which details Lawrence as an 1850'
Lawrence, KS MuseumsWilcox Classical Museum at Kansas University
Life-size plaster casts of ancient Greek and Roman sculpture and antiquities, such as vases and coins, are a part of this collection established in 1888
Lawrence, KS MuseumsEldridge Hotel
Pro-slavery attacks burned the Eldridge Hotel to the ground twice during the years of "Bleeding Kansas." In the 1863 raid on Lawrence, Kansas, the first goal of Quantrill'
Lawrence, KS Historic HotelsCarnegie Building
The Carnegie Building was built in 1904 as one of Andrew Carnegie's philanthropic contributions to the growth of cultural opportunities for rural communities. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, the building had housed the Lawrence Arts Center until 2002
Lawrence, KS Carnegie LibrariesSpencer Museum of Art
Seven galleries display selections from the permanent collection of over 17,000 works of art. Special exhibitions drawn from the collection for touring from other museums are displayed in four additional galleries.
Lawrence, KS Museums