 
Journey Stories, a traveling Smithsonian Institution exhibition,
tours Kansas 2009-2010. Kansas was selected as one of only 5 states
to host this premier exhibition examining the history of American
transportation.
Journey stories - tales of how we got "here" - are as
American as apple pie. Why did our ancestors come to America? Why
did our families choose Kansas as home? The exhibition combines
America's transportation history (trails, trains, wagons, cars,
airplanes, and trucks) with the innovative ways people have used
transportation to find their place. The exhibit includes stories
of people coming in search of promise in a new country; stories
of individuals and families relocating in search of fortune, their
own homestead, or employment; the harrowing journey of Africans
and Native Americans forced to move; and, of course, fun on the
open road.
Journey Stories Kansas Tour Schedule
Lindsborg
McPherson
County Old Mill Museum
June 26-August 9, 2009
Program
Schedule
Photo Gallery
Glasco
Glasco Community
Foundation
August 14-September 27, 2009
Program Schedule
Photo Gallery
Junction City
Geary County Historical
Society and Museums
October 2-November 15, 2009
Program Schedule
Photo
Gallery
Parsons
Parsons
Public Library
November 20, 2009-January 3, 2010
Program
Schedule
Photo Gallery
Colby
Prairie Museum
of Art and History
January 8-February 21, 2010
Program Schedule
Photo Gallery
Atchison
Atchison
County Historical Society
February 26-April 11, 2010
Schedule of Events
Photo Gallery
A Special Thank You
The Kansas Humanities Council would like to thank the following
businesses and individuals for their generous support of the Journey
Stories tour through Kansas. Their gifts, at the patron
level or higher, are making a difference.
Jim and Margie Braden, Clay Center
Fairlawn Plaza, Topeka
Lon Frahm, Colby
Mike Kautsch, Lawrence, In Memory of Mickey Lynn
Julie Mulvihill, Perry
John and Ardith Pierce, Lawrence
Joe Pierron and Diana Carlin Pierron, Lawrence
Jim Rhine, Manhattan
Support for the Journey Stories Kansas Tour has
been provided by:
Images at top of page courtesy of (left to right):
Library of Congress • Southern Pacific Company Collection,
Sacremento Archives and Museum Collection Center • Library
of Congress
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