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Free EntryBuffalo Bill Cultural Center & Visitor Center
FreeOakley's travel information center on US 83 beside a twice life-size bronze of Buffalo Bill Cody, with Wild West and Smoky Hill Trail exhibits and a Kansas gift shop.
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Fick Fossil and History Museum
Fick Fossil and History Museum is a museum in Oakley, KS. Cost: free.
700 W 3rd St · Oakley, KS
Why you should go…
The Fick Fossil and History Museum in Oakley, Kansas grew out of a fossil collection donated to the city by Ernest and Vi Fick in 1972. Its holdings include an early mosasaur skull, a 30-foot Tylosaurus and a 15-foot Xiphactinus recovered from western Kansas rock formations. The museum also displays an original sod house, replicas of the town's first depot and general store, and more than 1,000 historical photographs. Admission is free.
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