Cowtown’s inviting new front door

Old Cowtown Museum has a brand new gateway to the past: The $1.9 million visitor’s center, a handsome Western lodge-styled building, opens today.
The center — the culmination of more than a decade of hard work by Cowtown supporters — is the first major addition to the museum since the DeVore Farm opened in 1998. This building provides a much more appealing entrance and good first impression than the old back parking lot. And with its new gift shop, restrooms, kitchen facilities and children’s amphitheater, the center also provides Wichita with a striking new meeting facility.
This is a welcome enhancement to Cowtown that, along with ongoing efforts to upgrade programming, should keep visitors coming back.
Posted by Randy Scholfield

One Comment

  1. RD
    Posted December 1, 2005 at 8:20 pm | Permalink

    I hate to see a goose egg after Randy’s message, so I’ll just say that it’s been cool to watch the growth of Cowtown over the past 40-45 years. When I was a Girl Scout back in the early 60’s, I had the opportunity to work as a guide at Cowtown for about a week. I learned a lot and still enjoy the memories. Years later, on to the next generation, I joined with my oldest daughter’s troop and participated in Christmas Through the Windows of Cowtown. My next oldest daughter attended “camp” there a few summers later, dressing in period costumes (no zippers! long sleeves in July!) and cooking over an open pit. They’ve come a long way, and I hope to visit our fine living museum with my grandkids when they’re old enough to understand and appreciate it.