Shawnee Indian Mission State Historic Site

I am a “clairvoyant” and as I was driving, this place was telling me it’s very haunted and there’s lots of spirits there. I stopped because of that and I took pictures and as I looked around, I did not know what that was so I had to figure it out, so I walked up to one of the display things areas, and as I did that I turn around, and I looked, and I saw another building which drew me to let me know it was a part of the same collection, and then there was another building I saw, and then as I was leaving and driving by the signs, I saw them I had not saw the signs before because the entrance that I was coming from I was coming from the west heading east did not have visible signs that stood out before I look for them! Before leaving this area, I did Google the location and it came up with this Shawnee Indian mission state historical information.

Although there were three buildings on the site, only one of them was open since it houses the museum about Shawnee Mission and how it relates to Bleeding Kansas. Otherwise, it was interesting to view exhibits about Native Americans in Kansas and westward expansion in the 19th century.

This place is very open and honest about its history. I really enjoy getting to go in and talking to them and learning so much about the unique and complex history of this place. Also the grounds are just beautiful.

I learned a lot of history about this location. The volunteer was wonderful and knowledgeable.

Informative and sensitive museum about the assimilation boarding school where Native American children were disciplined into accepting colonizer culture. Lots of great informational boards and many artifacts. I wished there were more explanations about how each room was used. Definitely a good museum to learn more about both local history and the tragedy of assimilation schools.