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Hart House at Shawnee TownShawnee Town Museum

Map & Directions | Tour Hours | Admission | School Programs

Shawnee Town is an outdoor museum interpreting small town rural life from the 1920s. Stroll through the museum and visit our buildings and grounds featuring a home, barn, school, post office, chapel, fire station, various businesses, and gardens.

Enter through the Visitor’s Center and begin your self-guided tour with the exhibit, “Shawnee: Old Town – New City.”

Historical Photo
Photo: KS State Historical Society

Garden Party - June 22nd - Get Dolled Up For Our Garden Party
Young ladies and their favorite dolls can enjoy an old-fashioned Garden Party at Shawnee Town.

Map & Directions

Shawnee Town, 11501 W. 57th Street, Shawnee, KS 66203, Telephone (913) 248-2360 * FAX: (913) 248-2363 E-Mail

Shawnee Town Map

Shawnee Town is located 3 blocks west of Nieman Road on 57th Street and is accessible from all major thoroughfares.

From I-35 to Visitor's Center, 11501 W. 57th Street:

Take the Johnson Drive exit and go west onto Johnson Drive to Flint (about 1 mile). Right on Flint, one block, left on 57th Street (1/2 block).

Town Hall, 11600 Johnson Drive

Johnson Drive past Flint Street and turn right into the parking lot next to the First Baptist Church.

From I-435

Take the Johnson Drive exit and go East (left) on Johnson Drive to Flint Street (about 3 miles). Left on Cody. Right on 57th to Visitor's Center, 11501 W. 57th Street.

Tour Hours

  • Days Open: Tuesday - Saturday 10:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
  • Open: March through October
  • Closed: all City Holidays
Admission
  • Adults - $1.00
  • Child Age 6-12 - $0.50
  • Child under 6 - Free

School Programs (mid-March through May; mid-September through October)

Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday programs

  • Students - $2.50
  • Accompanying Adults - $2.50
  • Teachers & Paraprofessionals - Free

City of Shawnee | Parks & Recreation Department

This page last revised January 16, 2008.