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McPherson Museum and Arts Foundation, McPherson, KS
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McPherson Museum and Arts Foundation

A local history, natural history, and fine art museum in McPherson, Kansas, run by a nonprofit foundation.

1111 E. Kansas Ave., McPherson, KS 67460 · McPherson, KS

About McPherson Museum and Arts Foundation

The McPherson Museum and Arts Foundation is a nonprofit museum in McPherson, Kansas, devoted to local history, art, and culture. Its natural history holdings include Kansas fossils, a Harlan's ground sloth skeleton, crystals, and meteorites. Visitors can also see sports memorabilia, including material on a basketball team that won Olympic gold, along with artifacts from the McPherson area, Native American tools and pottery, Chinese and African objects, a model train display, and works by artist Birger Sandzen. The museum also offers archival research services for its historical documents and photographs.

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