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OZ Museum, Wamego, KS

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OZ Museum

OZ Museum is a museum in Wamego, KS, part of the Salina and Manhattan guide. Cost: under $25.

511 Lincoln Ave · Wamego, KS

Why you should go…

The OZ Museum in Wamego traces Oz from L. Frank Baum's 1900 book to the 1939 MGM film and beyond. You enter through the sepia-toned Auntie Em's Gift Shop, then follow a yellow brick road past W.W. Denslow's color illustrations from the first edition, early Parker Brothers board games and items from the Broadway musical Wicked. Look for hand-jeweled ruby slippers covered in over 3,500 Swarovski crystals, made for the film's 50th anniversary.

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