Looking for something fun to do this summer? Maybe even learn something the way? Check out some of the museums in Kansas and the KC MO area that are participating in the Blue Star Museum program. It is free for Active Duty and up to 5 of their Family members. For even more information, check out the flyer and the BSM FAQs webpage: http://arts.gov/national/bluestarmuseums/faq.html

1. Ashland
Pioneer-Krier Museum
http://www.pioneer-krier.com/
Dodge City
Boot Hill Museum, Inc.
http://www.boothill.org/
Emporia
Lyon County Historical Society Museum:
http://lyoncountyhistoricalsociety.org/
Richard Howe House Welsh Farmstead
http://www.emporiakschamber.org/custom2.asp?pageid=1030
Franklin
Miners Hall Museum:
http://www.minershallmuseum.com/
Great Bend
Barton County Historical Society:
http://bartoncountymuseum.org/
Hutchinson
Kansas Cosmosphere and Space Center:
http://www.cosmo.org/
Kansas Underground Salt Museum:
http://underkansas.org/
Reno County Museum:
http://www.renocomuseum.org/index.html
Independence
Independence Historical Museum & Art Center:
http://www.independencehistoricalmuseum.org/
Iola
Allen County Historical Society:
http://www.allencountyhistory.org/
Lansing
Lansing Historical Museum:
http://www.lansing.ks.us/
Leavenworth
The Carroll Mansion Museum Home of The Leavenworth
County Historical Society:
http://www.firstcitymuseums.org/
Lenexa
Legler Barn Museum / Lenexa Historical Society:
http://www.lenexahistoricalsociety.org/
Lyons
Coronado Quivira Museum:
http://www.cqmuseum.org/
Manhattan
Marianna Kistler Beach Museum of Art, Kansas State Univ.:
http://beach.k-state.edu/
Newton
Harvey County Historical Museum & Archives:
http://hchm.org/
Olathe
Mahaffie Stagecoach Stop and Farm Historic Site:
http://www.olatheks.org/parksrec/mahaffie
Ottawa
Old Depot Museum:
http://www.olddepotmuseum.org/
Overland Park
Overland Park Historical Society:
http://overlandparkhistoricalsociety.org/
Salina
Smoky Hill Museum:
http://www.smokyhillmuseum.org/
Shawnee
Wonderscope Children's Museum of Kansas City:
http://www.wonderscope.org/
Syracuse
Hamilton County Historical Society/Hamilton Co. Museum:
http://www.hamiltoncountymuseum.org/
Topeka
Alice C. Sabatini Gallery, Topeka & Shawnee Co. Public Library:
http://tscpl.org/
Museum of the Kansas National Guard, Home of the Museum of
the 35th Division:
http://www.kansasguardmuseum.org/
Westmoreland
Rock Creek Valley Historical Society Museum:
http://www.westmorelandkshistory.org/
Wichita
Botanica:
http://www.botanica.org/
Old Cowtown Museum:
http://www.oldcowtown.org/
Ulrich Museum of Art at Wichita State University:
http://webs.wichita.edu/?u=ulrichmuseum&p=/index
Wichita Art Museum:
http://wichitaartmuseum.org/
Wichita-Sedgwick County Historical Museum:
http://wichitahistory.org/
Kansas City, Missouri AREA
American Jazz Museum:
http://www.americanjazzmuseum.org/
Battle of Westport Visitor Center and Museum:
http://www.battleofwestport.org/VisitorCenter.htm
Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art:
http://www.kemperart.org/
Negro Leagues Baseball Museum:
http://www.nlbm.com/
Toy and Miniature Museum of Kansas City:
http://www.toyandminiaturemuseum.org/
Westport Historical Society and the 1855 Harris-Kearney House
Museum:
http://www.westporthistorical.com/
Lee's Summit
Lee's Summit Historical Society Museum:
http://leessummithistory.net/