On Friday, August 23, 2024, Dr. Mary Kohn, director of the Chapman Center for Rural Studies, Kim Wescott, and Hannah Palsa traveled to the Wamego Historical Society and Museum. The purpose of the visit was to introduce ourselves and the Chapman Center more broadly to newly hired curator, Michele Johnson. We explained that the Chapman Center helps small museums and institutions throughout the state of Kansas by assisting on digitization projects, preserving lost town history, and creating digital history projects to showcase on the Chapman Center’s website. While there, we received a tour lovely from Michele Johnson and one of the volunteer docents named Jessie. The Wamego Historical Society and Museum is situated in the middle of Wamego City Park which offers a beautiful view and breathtaking grounds. In 1973, the museum opened in the old Union Pacific Railroad stone building which was constructed in 1866. In the mid-1990s, the Historical Society created a replica of the first city hall of Wamego which currently houses the Wamego Historical Society and Museum.
Source: The Rural Telegraph
