{"id":6060,"date":"2016-09-01T21:35:16","date_gmt":"2016-09-01T19:35:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/?page_id=6060"},"modified":"2025-01-21T21:58:08","modified_gmt":"2025-01-21T19:58:08","slug":"kansas-museum-history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/kansas-museum-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Kansas Museum of History"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <strong>Kansas Museum of History<\/strong>, located in <strong>Topeka<\/strong>, <strong>Kansas<\/strong>, is the state&#8217;s official historical museum. It presents Kansas history from prehistoric times to the modern era within its 30,000 square feet of exhibits. <span class=\"txt\">Longren No. 5 Biplane<\/span> is the fifth plane built by Leonardville native Albin K. Longren, flown by him for one year and then sold to Philip Billard, a Topeka native who was killed in France while testing planes for the Allies in World War I.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span class=\"txt\"><strong>Kansas Museum of History<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span class=\"widget-pane-section-info-text\">6425 SW 6th Avenue<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span class=\"widget-pane-section-info-text\">Topeka<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span class=\"widget-pane-section-info-text\">Kansas 66615<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/north-america-2\/\">USA<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kshs.org\/museum\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.kshs.org\/museum<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"mailto:kansasmuseum@kshs.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">kansasmuseum@kshs.org<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">+1 <span class=\"widget-pane-section-info-text\">(785) 272-8681<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span class=\"txt\">Wednesday &#8211; Saturday 10:00 &#8211; 16:00<\/span><span class=\"txt\"><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Admission fee<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gift shop<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Kansas-Museum-of-History-121079387906521\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"attachment noopener wp-att-922\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"25\" height=\"25\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/facebook.jpg\" alt=\"facebook\" class=\"wp-image-922\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span class=\"txt\">Exit 356 on I-70 in west Topeka. Turn north; enter the roundabout and follow the signs directing you west<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: 0;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/embed?pb=!1m14!1m8!1m3!1d396572.3188529114!2d-96.0510099831812!3d39.055872!3m2!1i1024!2i768!4f13.1!3m3!1m2!1s0x0%3A0xe33c7eaf76fdd4ba!2sKansas+Museum+of+History!5e0!3m2!1sen!2sus!4v1472758248604\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Aircraft in collection<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/kansas-museum-history\/longren-no-5-biplane\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6062\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"240\" height=\"163\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Longren-No.-5-Biplane.jpg\" alt=\"Longren No. 5 Biplane, Kansas Museum of History, Topeka\" class=\"wp-image-6062\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td><\/td><td><span class=\"txt\">Longren No. 5 Biplane<\/span><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Kansas Museum of History, located in Topeka, Kansas, is the state&#8217;s official historical museum. 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