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Coronado-Quivira Museum, Lyons, KS
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Coronado-Quivira Museum

Rice County museum in Lyons, Kansas, covering Coronado's expedition, the Quivira people, and Santa Fe Trail history.

105 West Lyon Street, Lyons, Kansas 67554 · Lyons, KS

About Coronado-Quivira Museum

Run by the Rice County Historical Society, this Lyons museum presents three main stories: Francisco Vázquez de Coronado's 1541 visit to the county, the Quivira people who lived there from 1425 to 1700, and wagon traffic on the Santa Fe Trail from 1821 to 1871. Farmers long turned up artifacts from earlier peoples, and researchers later tied them to proto-Wichita groups in central Kansas. The museum also hosts traveling exhibits, special displays drawn from its collection, and community events, and it holds local artifacts near its research library.

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