Visitors, visitors, and more visitors is the news from last week. After relatively mild traffic on Monday, the flow of people greatly increased. Tuesday’s lovely cloud cover must have encouraged people to get outdoors and created the perfect weather to capture fantastic photos of children playing on the covered wagon (the Museum’s new outdoor installation). Wednesday, Logan’s 5th and 6thgrade classes enjoyed a tour of our newly renovated Museum and the Bison exhibition. Office assistant, April Teves, helped these curious visitors explore both the traveling and permanent exhibits by creating an engaging scavenger hunt. Thursday brought a wonderful surprise visit from the Deep Roots homeschool group. This curious group started their exploration outdoors as they thoroughly enjoyed the wagon and the lawn before embarking on their indoor journey. Once inside these eager learners devoured the Bison exhibit with gusto and then moved into our permanent exhibit taking their time reading through the touch screen kiosk. Friday the foot traffic slowed but hold onto your hat Saturday’s flow increased dramatically. The Museum staff is loving all the visitors and look forward to showing off the re-imagined Hansen Museum to many more.
The Bison exhibition explores this great North American species whose story stretches from Plains Indian hunters to entrepreneurial industrialists to dedicated conservationists to today’s producers and enthusiasts. Come discover how saving the bison from near extinction required a core of concerned individuals that became an international movement of people with conservation ideals, Native Americans, and Great Plains ranchers. Bison the exhibit is arranged to tell the story of this ancient, massive, wild mammal in a chronological and tangible manner that will educate and entertain visitors of all ages.
The Museum is located at 110 W. Main Street, Logan, Kansas. Museum hours are Monday through Friday 9-12 & 1-4; Saturday 9-12 & 1-5; Sunday & holidays 1-5. We are handicapped accessible and thanks to the generosity of the Dane G. Hansen Foundation, there is never an admission fee. For more information, please call 785-689-4846. Make plans to come explore the Bison exhibition – it is a fantastic dive into this history and future of this American icon. We hope to see you at the Museum!
Nora Slaughter and Sandra Veh of Hill City enjoyed visiting the Hansen Museum last Thursday. In the background Jessie Wyrill and her son Foster (Kirwin) are tacking the bison puzzle.
Three of Logan’s 5th & 6th grade young ladies look for answers to the scavenger hunt during their Museum tour last Tuesday.
Taking advantage of last Tuesday’s beautiful weather, a group of Logan’s youngsters enjoy the covered wagon installed during the Hansen Museum renovation project. Buster States, Jasper States, Henry States, Gunnar Ashmore, Jonathan Voss, Cullen Ware, Brecken Shellito, Jensen Hogan, Ava States, and Maddison Reese.
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