Before your kids head back to school, take a trip back in time to explore one of the area’s old schoolhouses where children can experience firsthand the life of schoolkids more than a century ago.
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Missouri Town Living History Museum
Explore more than 25 buildings dating from 1820 to 1860 at Missouri Town Living History Museum, including a pioneer school. The small building is heated with a woodburning stove. Visitors sit in antique desks and practice writing on slates. During special events, interpreters in period attire present living history programs, including school lessons. The annual Fall Festival is a favorite time to explore the site.
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Deanna Rose Children's Farmstead
One attraction at the Deanna Rose Children’s Farmstead is the replica early 1900s one-room country school where children can imagine they are some of Kansas’ earliest learners. With a slate blackboard and antique desks, the building lets children learn what school was like a century ago. In addition to the schoolhouse, the site is home to farm animals, a Kanza encampment, nature trails, playground and more.
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Lanesfield School Historic Site
Learn about the history of education in Kansas and Johnson County with a visit to this limestone schoolhouse. Visitors learn about education for rural Kansans in the mid-20th century through a self-guided tour or special programs. The visitors center includes artifacts and memories from early Kansans who lived in the area and some of the school’s teachers.
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Oxford Schoolhouse
The Oxford School, located in Ironwoods Park, is open to the public free of charge on weekends March through November. One of the oldest schools in Kansas, Oxford School operated from 1877 to 1955, and until 1920, the school was the only one in Oxford Township, providing education for first to eighth graders. Visitors get a chance to see what school was like a century ago.
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Shawnee Town 1929
Shawnee Town 1929 depicts a typical day in and around the 1920s farm community, including a one-room schoolhouse. Built in 1893 and moved here from southern Johnson County, the schoolhouse includes cloak rooms on either side of the entrance. In this size schoolhouse, one teacher typically taught a wide range of ages and grade levels. Children have the chance to imagine they lived in the 1920s.
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Shoal Creek Living History Museum
The living history museum comprises 21 structures with 17 authentic 19th-century buildings dating from 1807 to 1885, including a schoolhouse. With school books, slates and old desks, children imagine what education was like for pioneers in Missouri. You may visit the museum during the week or enjoy living history during special events throughout the year.
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