Explore Our Stories: Free Museum Days with Your Library Card

Explore unique stories of American life in a 1920s Kansas town with our special History Highlights Tour Series. This month’s theme is Feeding America – 1920s Truck Farming!

What is Truck Farming? Is it a farm that grows trucks? On this tour, you’ll find out! Explore the farming industry that fed Kansas City’s industrial revolution and sent food across America! Tour includes a deep-dive into the working farm garden and the ground–breaking (pun intended!) innovations that farmers used across eastern Kansas!

Tours are designed for adults and kids 5th grade and higher. Tour is included with General Admission. Admission is free from 10AM-12PM with a Johnson County Library card. Space is first come, first serve. Friends of Shawnee Town Members are entitled to free general admission (based on their Membership Level).