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Old Cowtown Museum, Wichita, KS

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Old Cowtown Museum

Old Cowtown Museum is a museum in Wichita, KS, part of the Wichita guide. Cost: under $25.

1865 W Museum Blvd · Wichita, KS

Why you should go…

Old Cowtown Museum is an outdoor living-history museum in Wichita featuring dozens of restored and reconstructed 19th-century buildings. Costumed interpreters demonstrate frontier trades and daily life from the city's cattle-town era. The museum is open Wednesday through Sunday, with free admission on Sundays from April through October.

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