News and Events from the Greater Garden City Area
The Finney County Historical Museum’s fall series of free history programs will begin Sept. 8 with one of two programs about a lost story of the Santa Fe Trail and continue through November with a total of six presentations. The sessions will take place at noon Sept. 8, Oct. 13 […]
A new short-term exhibit has opened in the Front Door Gallery at the Finney County Historical Museum in Garden City, marking 20 years since the 911 terrorist attacks at the World Trade Center in New York and the Pentagon in Washington, DC. Entitled “Remembering 911,” the display recounts the day […]
The Finney County Historical Society is launching its annual Pre-Labor Day Rib Sale, offering hot and ready-to-eat pork spare ribs or beef tri-tip roasts to mark the end of summer and support Finney County Historical Museum exhibits and FCHS programs. Orders may be placed through Aug. 24, with pick-up from […]
The Flea Market Festival is back in Garden City. The Finney County Historical Museum is preparing to host the 12th Annual Flea Market Festival of Antiques, Collectibles, Art and Crafts, set for 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. July 10 just south of the museum inside Lee Richardson Zoo. The event […]
The Finney County Museum in Garden City has switched to summer display hours effective June 1 and opened a new exhibit entitled “Unmentionables” in the Front Door Gallery. In addition, the Historic William Fulton House will open for summer tours June 5. Museum exhibit hours during winter, spring and fall […]
The Finney County Historical Museum in Garden City is preparing for the 12th Annual Flea Market Festival of Antiques, Collectibles, Art and Crafts, and at this time registration for booth spaces is still open but no more donated goods are needed. The festival is set for 8 a.m. to […]
Guests attending one or both of the final two spring presentations in the Finney County Historical Society’s free history lecture series will learn about the 200th anniversary of the Santa Fe Trail. The programs are set for noon April 14 and 7 p.m. April 20 in the Mary Regan Conference […]
Lead appraiser Jody Bennett discusses an item as volunteer Ray Heinemann shows it to the crowd during last year’s Southwest Kansas Antiques Appraisal Fair. The Southwest Kansas Antiques Appraisal Fair, normally conducted each March in Garden City, will take a break until 2022. The ninth annual event, originally set for […]
With high temperatures expected to reach only the single-digit range this weekend, the Finney County Historical Museum will close Feb. 13 and 14. Regular winter exhibit hours of 1-5 p.m. will remain in effect before and after those dates, along with office hours of 9 a.m.-5 p.m. weekdays, but there […]
students seated in front of Sabine Hall when the historic Garden City structure was occupied by Garden City Community College, circa 1963-1970. The Finney County Historical Society will offer another pair of free evening and noon-hour history programs for the public in February as part of the History at High […]
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