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Great Bend, Kansas

The Barton County Historical Society Museum & Village lets you take a fascinating walk into the past. The Village is located on a five-acre tract of land that is south of Great Bend.

Nine buildings are part of the Village including an 1871 Pioneer Rock Home, an 1898 Church, a 1910 Depot, a 1915 School House, a small Post Office, two Museum Buildings and an Agriculture Building. The Village has a Wood-vane Windmill which pumps fresh water.LASR - Barton Co. Historical Society Village - Great Bend, Kansas

Also of interest in the Museum area are a variety of displays including:

  • Santa Fe Trail Display and video presentation
  • Indian Artifacts. Kansas anthropology panoramas from the 100 B.C. Palezoic Period to the 1872 Santa Fe Crossing
  • A collection of 300 dolls dating from 1850
  • Wedding dress collection - along with infant and adult clothing
  • Lace Display, quilt and sewing room
  • Blacksmith Shop

Attractions and Upcoming Events

Quivira National Wildlife Refuge

Great Bend, KS Wildlife Refuges

The Great Bend Expo Complex

The Expo Complex is the ideal location for a variety of events. The Expo complex consists of nearly 100,000 square feet of indoor space in three buildings and over 900,000 square feet of outside paved exhibit space. There are also electrical services available to all outside spaces.

Great Bend, KS Civic Centers

Barton County Courthouse

Santa Fe Trail travelers and traders passed through, traded, camped and hunted where the Barton County Courthouse now stands in the center of town. Historically, Great Bend's downtown has served as a focus for the city's business, civic, and social activities.

Great Bend, KS Historic Courthouses

Great Bend Mural Project

Great Bend is home to an expanding collection of outdoor murals created by local artists and groups. Several of the brightly colored murals are located in the Main Street business area. Following are murals visitors can enjoy now:

Migration is located at the corner of Main & 16

Great Bend, KS Arts

Cheyenne Bottoms Wildlife Refuge

There are 650 bird species in the United States, 417 in Kansas, and 320 in Cheyenne Bottoms! Besides birds, there are 23 species of mammals 19 species of reptiles and nine species of amphibians.

Great Bend, KS Wildlife Refuges

Things to do near Great Bend, KS

Great Bend Mural Project

Quivira National Wildlife Refuge Visitors Center

Cheyenne Bottoms Camping

Camping is permitted only in the primitive campground located 1 mile west of the area office....

Bushton Museum

Kingman County Courthouse