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Territorial Capital Museum

Territorial Capital Museum is a museum in Lecompton, KS, part of the Kansas City guide. Cost: free.

640 E. Woodson · Lecompton, KS

Why you should go…

The Territorial Capital Museum in Lecompton, Kansas is operated by the Lecompton Historical Society on the grounds of the former territorial capital square. It preserves exhibits on Lecompton's role as the pro-slavery territorial capital during the Bleeding Kansas crisis of the 1850s. The society also maintains ties to the nearby Constitution Hall State Historic Site, a National Historic Landmark where the Lecompton Constitution was drafted.

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