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Let your mind take you back 100 plus years, when Abilene was a cow-town at the end of the Chisholm Trail and life in early day Kansas mainly revolved around farming. Visit the recreation of a pioneer community with actual buildings moved in from various communities in the county.
You will also find the 1901 CW Parker Carousel which is a 'must ride' for all visitors. |
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412 South Campbell, Abilene, Kansas 67410 -- directly east of the Eisenhower Center 785-263-2681 e-mail heritagecenterdk@sbcglobal.net Open daily all year. Winter Hours: Monday - Friday 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM Saturday 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM --- Sunday 1:00 AM - 5:00 PM Extended hours from Memorial Day thru Labor Day - Open until 5:OO PM Monday - Friday and until 8:00 PM Saturdays Admission fee: $4.00 for those 16 years and older. Carousel extra. Seniors (62 and over) $3.00. Carousel extra. Carousel only $2.00 each Children (age 2-15) $2.00 each and includes Carousel. Inquire for group rates of 8 adults or more and school group rates. Site Hosted by ACCESS ONE Online Service, Abilene. Site designed by Mary Lambert |
Located in
Abilene, Kansas
Step through the back door of the Historical Museum building and
experience A Pioneer
Community on the Plains
of Kansas. 
Visit the Volkman Log Cabin, a real log cabin which was build by the Volkman family in
Dickinson County in 1858 and moved to the Heritage Center in 1985. The
cabin, furnished as a typical log
cabin, is
open to view. It is the center of the 
Also on the grounds you will find the blacksmith shop, the
small community of Acme's
telephone office, the telephone line truck building complete with the truck, a saw mill, lots of farm
machinery, a barn from the Pritchard farm, and the old Burklund store
complete with 
items that would have been sold in the 1800's in Dickinson County.
The Heritage Center of Dickinson
County