JohnsonCountyMuseum

Award-winning long term and changing exhibitions as well as education programs. The Museum is a great place to learn and have fun. KidScape is a favorite!

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Thanks to @KCStudioMag for reviewing the "Away from Home" special exhibit. There is just over one week left to see this powerful traveling exhibition. Closes Sat., March 18. Plan your visit: https://t.co/XF5QAS5D8Z
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"Away From Home: American Indian Boarding School Stories," on view at @JoCoMuseum, confronts a thorn of lesser-known U.S. history without flinching. #NativeAmericanHistory #USHistory
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Our newest guest blog post on https://t.co/AcLfuAqojz compiles four things readers might not know about the Shawnee Indian Mission State Historic Site.
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Our next "Away From Home" program is March 2 at 6pm.

Join Dr. Kim Warren, Professor of History at KU, for a special presentation on “Strategies of Resistance and Negotiation: Native American and African American Students Fight for Themselves.”
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Oliver was involved in the community, served on the Missouri Restaurant Association board of directors (Kansas did not have one), and sponsored a local 3&2 baseball team. Oliver lives in Overland Park today. 4/4

#BlackHistoryMonth #JoCoHistory #OverlandParkHistory

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In honor of Black History Month, we'll be sharing stories that reveal just some of the roles Black individuals have played in shaping Johnson County.

Marvin “Mickey” Oliver owned and operated the first Black-owned business in Overland Park. 🧵 1/4

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Over the next 12 years, Oliver provided jobs not only to OP teens, but also pioneered hiring individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities. His efforts on behalf of underrepresented and underemployed groups showed his compassion for people. 3/4

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Don't miss this program about Indian boarding schools in Kansas, happening this Thursday (2/23) at the Johnson County Museum - register here: https://t.co/f499Ig5EqV

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Join Dr. Eric Anderson, Professor at Haskell Indian Nations University, for "A Brief History of Boarding Schools, 1870s-1920s." 2/23/23 | 6pm | $8 https://t.co/CUVH8tFQQ1

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Museum Members are invited to tour Haskell Cultural Center & Museum in Lawrence, KS on March 10th. Pre-registration and a museum membership are required. https://t.co/VmtTOByv77

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We've seen a great response so far to the special exhibit "Away from Home: American Indian Boarding School Stories." This nationally traveling exhibit from @KCMAAA and @Exhibits_USA is only with us until March 18th, so be sure to plan your visit soon.

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On March 3rd, Museum Members are invited to join our curators for a private tour of the Shawnee Indian Mission State Historic Site in Fairway, Kansas. Pre-registration and a museum membership are required. https://t.co/7Z6j3aVvv5

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After her retirement, she was honored by the NAACP and the American Association of Women, among others, for her role in the Civil Rights movement and her dedication to education for all children. 5/5

#BlackHistoryMonth #JoCoHistory #KansasCityHistory

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In honor of Black History Month, we're sharing stories that reveal just some of the roles Black individuals have played in shaping Johnson County.

Corinthian Nutter dedicated her life to educating children. 🧵1/5

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Nutter next taught at Olathe’s Lincoln School, where she also served as principal. She later taught at Olathe’s Westview Elem., where she was the only Black teacher among a school population that remained all-white until 1970, just two years before she retired as principal. 4/5

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Join Dr. Eric Anderson, Professor at Haskell Indian Nations University, for "A Brief History of Boarding Schools, 1870s-1920s." 2/23/23 | 6pm | $8 https://t.co/CUVH8tFQQ1

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Page said he remembered John Brown’s execution in Virginia, as well as Brown’s words of encouragement for enslaved people: freedom existed north of the Ohio River, and there was still more freedom in Kansas. With this in mind, he lived in Olathe until his death in 1939. (4/4)

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In honor of Black History Month, we'll be sharing stories that reveal just some of the roles Black individuals have played in shaping Johnson County.

David Page (pictured here with his Civil War medals) was an early settler in Olathe, arriving in 1867. 🧵(1/4)

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Page was born into slavery in Virginia in 1841, but later escaped from his master in Natchez, MI. He fled to Ohio, and in December 1863 enlisted in the 5th U.S. Infantry, an all-Black Union regiment. He was honorably discharged at the end of the war and returned to Ohio. (3/4)