News and Events from the Greater Garden City Area
19th.tif EEOC.tif The Finney County Historical Museum will host a traveling exhibit before, during and after Election Day that’s designed to bring life to the history of the women’s suffrage movement in Kansas. The exhibit, sponsored by the League of Women Voters of Kansas, is scheduled for display Oct. 28-Nov. […]
The Finney County Historical Society will offer a second free history program about the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution at 7 p.m. Oct. 20, as part of the fall season History at High Noon and Evening at the Museum series. The session is taking place with socially-distanced seating […]
The newest short-term exhibit in the Finney County Historical Museum’s Front Door Gallery has just opened, offering visitors a picture of how local women have founded and developed a wide range of associations, organizations, clubs and societies devoted to improving the quality of life in the community. The display, entitled […]
Volunteer Shelia Hendershot portrays Reba Hutchison, wife of Kansas Supreme Court Justice William E. Hutchison, during the 2016 Historic Walking Tours of Valley View Cemetery. Tickets are available now at the Finney County Historical Museum. Courtesy photo. Tickets will go on sale at 9 a.m. Sept. 28 for the Finney […]
The Finney County Historical Society’s annual pre-Labor Day spare rib sale is under way as a fund-raising endeavor to support exhibits, educational programs, research efforts and artifact preservation at the Finney County Museum. While a number of FCHS activities have been called off or curtailed due to COVID-19 precautions, organizers […]
The Finney County Historical Museum’s 11th Annual Flea Market Festival in Garden City is still going to take place for 2020, but it will be extensively reduced in size as a pandemic precaution, with social distancing practices in place for the benefit of the public. The gathering has drawn crowds […]
The Historic William Fulton House, located southwest of the Finney County Museum inside Garden City’s Lee Richardson Zoo, will open for weekend visits June 27. The folk Victorian style home, built in 1884, is owned and operated by the Finney County Historical Society. Plans call for the structure to be […]
Three new members have joined the Finney County Historical Society Board of Directors after an election for the 22 person governing body of the 72-year old organization, and nine returning members have been re-elected for additional two-year terms. The new members include Nikki Geier, who will fill out the […]
The Finney County Historical Museum is closed as of March 30 in compliance with the statewide stay-at-home executive order issued by Governor Laura Kelly. The museum closed exhibits on March 24, but continued office and research operations. Offices have now closed as well. In addition, all planned museum events have […]
Advance registration is under way in the Eighth Annual Southwest Kansas Antiques Appraisal Fair, set for 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. March 14 in the Finney County 4-H Building on the fairgrounds in Garden City. Though not affiliated with the popular PBS program, the event operates much like “Antiques Road […]
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