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SUMMARY:History Highlight Tours: Segregated America- Life in 1920s Kansas
DESCRIPTION:Explore unique stories of American life in a 1920s Kansas town with our special History Highlights Tour Series! Each Saturday tour includes special featured stories and a custom guided route led by our professional museum staff\, who get to highlight their favorite facts and collections around our town and farm. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTours are designed for adults and kids 5th grade and higher. Tour is included with General Admission. Admission is free from 10AM-12PM with a Johnson County Library card. Space is first come\, first serve. Friends of Shawnee Town Members are entitled to free general admission (based on their Membership Level). \nInventing the American Road Trip\nJune 13\n10AM-11:30AM\nExplore the rise of America’s Favorite Vacation\, as new inventions like the automobile\, paved roads\, gas stations\, National Parks\, and more encouraged families hit the road! Each tour includes special featured stories and a custom guided route led by our professional museum staff\, who get to highlight their favorite facts and collections around our town and farm. \nThe Roaring 20s: Life in Small Town America\nJune 27\n10AM-11:30AM\nEverybody’s seen the glamorous Hollywood version of the 1920s – flappers\, champagne\, fast cars and shorter skirts – but what was daily life REALLY like in America? Explore real life in a Kansas City streetcar town\, from their jobs and families to their clothes and what they’d do for fun! Each tour includes special featured stories and a custom guided route led by our professional museum staff\, who get to highlight their favorite facts and collections around our town and farm. \nTechnology in 1920s America\nJuly 11\n10AM-11:30AM\nLife is moving fast in America – it seems like technology is changing by the minute! Explore all the new inventions around our 1920s town\, from telephones and electricity to automobiles\, gas stations\, and canned food\, and how people in America were adapting! Each tour includes special featured stories and a custom guided route led by our professional museum staff\, who get to highlight their favorite facts and collections around our town and farm. \nSegregated America: Life in 1920s Kansas\nJuly 25\n10AM-11:30AM\n150 years after America declared their independence and 60 years after the end of slavery\, the nation still had a great deal of work ahead to achieve real equality. On this tour\, we’ll explore life for different families in 1920s Shawnee – Black Americans\, new immigrants\, Catholics\, indigenous Shawnee – they all worked to overcome challenges and help their children thrive\, and our staff will help you explore the personal stories the Museum is researching! \nFeeding America: 1920s Truck Farming\nAugust 8\n10AM-11:30AM\nWhat is Truck Farming? Is it a farm that grows trucks? On this tour\, you’ll find out! Explore the farming industry that fed Kansas City’s industrial revolution and sent food across America! Tour includes a deep-dive into the working farm garden and the ground–breaking (pun intended!) innovations that farmers used across eastern Kansas! \nTour with the Director!\nAugust 22\n10AM-11:30AM\nAs our summer’s final History Highlight Tour\, you’ll get a private tour with our Museum Director Charlie Pautler who will share all his favorite artifacts and stories around Shawnee Town 1929! Enjoy behind–the–scenes content on the museum’s long evolution and a surprise route highlighting different areas of our town and farm!
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LOCATION:Shawnee Town 1929\, 11501 W 57th St\,\, Shawnee\, KS\, 66203
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