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Scandia, Kansas

  • Scandia Museum

    Scandia MuseumThe Scandia Museum houses many relics from the early settlers who were mostly Swedish, Danish, and Norwegian. The Colony House was the first house built in New Scandinavia. It was built for the ear...
    Scandia Museum
  • Wohlfort Mansion

    The 3-story mansion was built in the early 1890s by Thure Wohlfort, one of the original colonists of New Scandinavia (Scandia). Prior to building this, the family had lived in a dugout followed by a s...
    Wohlfort Mansion

Attractions and Upcoming Events

Historical Marker

Long before white men settled Kansas this region was the home of Pawnee Indians. French traders in the late 1700'

Scandia, KS Historical Markers

Amana Lutheran Church

The Amana Lutheran Church was founded in 1873

Scandia, KS Historic Churches

Scandia United Methodist Church

The 1915 church building and the original church of 1877, were under the Swedish Methodist Episcopal Conference. In 1925, the combined charge of Providence Chapel (a country church)

Scandia, KS Historic Churches

Scandia Museum

The Scandia Museum houses many relics from the early settlers who were mostly Swedish, Danish, and Norwegian.

Scandia, KS Museums

Wohlfort Mansion

The 3-story mansion was built in the early 1890s by Thure Wohlfort, one of the original colonists of New Scandinavia (Scandia). Prior to building this, the family had lived in a dugout followed by a smaller stone house.

Scandia, KS Museums

Things to do near Scandia, KS

Steel Truss Bridge

This one-lane three-span steel truss bridge crosses the Republican River just east of the Pawnee Indian Village Museum. Few o...