Old Cowtown Museum
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Old Cowtown Museum is a museum in Kansas, at a recorded elevation of 396 m. The nearest named place is The Wichita Botanica Gardens, a attraction 0.1 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 130 miles off.
The story
Old Cowtown Museum is an accredited history museum located in Wichita, Kansas, United States. It is located next to the Arkansas River in central Wichita. The Museum was established in 1952, and is one of the oldest open-air history museums in central United States with 54 historic and re-created buildings, including a period farm and out-buildings, situated on 23 acres of land off the original Chisholm Trail. Cowtown is a combination of attraction, museum, living history site, and historic preservation project. The City of Wichita works with the Historic Wichita Cowtown, Inc. Board, a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization, to further the Museum and its mission.
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Dates from 1952.
Wikidata Q7083791, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 396 m
What to expect
How to reach it
- 130.1 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Millwood Park: 0.2 mi
- West Side Athletic Park: 0.3 mi
- Arthur B. Sim Memorial Park: 0.4 mi
- South Riverside Park: 0.6 mi
- Central Riverside Park: 0.8 mi
- The Night Sky: 1.8 mi
- 99 Words and Phraises Coined by Shakespeare: 1.8 mi
- Strength Through the Spirit of Growth: 2.1 mi
- Plains of Creativity and Kindness is Magic: 2.1 mi
- Love Anyway: 2.2 mi
- Wichita Art Museum: 0.3 mi
- Indian Center Museum: 0.6 mi
- Exploration Place - Science and Discovery Center: 0.9 mi
- Kansas African American Museum: 1.2 mi
- Kansas African American Museum: 1.2 mi
- The Wichita Botanica Gardens: 0.1 mi
- Slawson Family Asian Big Cat Trek: 3.0 mi
- The Downing Gorilla Forest: 3.0 mi
- Reticulated Giraffe: 3.0 mi
- Cessna Penguin Cove: 3.1 mi
- Keeper of the Plains: 0.7 mi
- Vietnamese American Community Memorial: 0.9 mi
- Vietnam War Memorial: 1.0 mi
- Final Call: 2.2 mi
- Kansas Fallen Firefighters Memorial: 2.2 mi
- Hilltop Community Garden: 4.3 mi
- Mulvane Community Garden: 15.8 mi
- Bartlett Arboretum: 21.3 mi
- Swim Beach: 17.0 mi
- Swim Beach: 17.0 mi
- Swim Beach: 23.2 mi
- Textron TAPD Outdoor Break Area: 5.3 mi
- Meadowlark Farm Picnic Site: 18.7 mi
- Annelly: 21.2 mi
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:34 | 19:07 | 19:42 |
| June solstice | 06:09 | 20:16 | 20:55 |
| September equinox | 07:18 | 18:54 | 19:28 |
| December solstice | 07:42 | 16:34 | 17:15 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Jun, Aug–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 33 | 37 | 47 | 56 | 66 | 76 | 81 | 79 | 71 | 58 | 46 | 35 |
| Precip in | 0.8 | 1.2 | 2.2 | 3.0 | 5.2 | 5.2 | 3.9 | 4.3 | 3.1 | 2.8 | 1.6 | 1.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Wichita WX, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element node/366766028
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