EXPERIENCE HISTORY

Through Incredible Events

Spring Tombstone Talks

April 14th, 2024

This years Spring Talk we are working with Herington Historical Society. We will be going through Sunset Hill Cemetery. 

 Tour times for the Spring Talk is 2:00 pm, 2:30pm 3:00pm and 3:30 pm 

Each tour lasts approximately one hour

Tickets are $5 per person

 
Memories of the Prairie

 June 15,  22, and 24,  July 6 and 13, 2024

Experience first-hand stories, educational programs and reenactors bringing history to life at the Historical Society and Museum on Saturdays during the summer. Come learn about the history of Dickinson County and Kansas from those that have lived it. The series culminates with an old-

Ice Cream Social

July 20, 2024

 This annual event is a time to enjoy some home made ice cream and good fellowship. With a chance to take home a pie, cake, cookies or other bake good up for auction. Auction benefits the historical society.     

45th Heritage Days Festival

October 5, 2024

The annual Heritage Day Festival  features living history with blacksmith and antique agriculture demonstrations, steam engine carousel rides, an antique tractor show, a classic car show, model trains, vendor fair and much more. 

Tombstone Talks

October 26, 2024

On a dark night, experience a guided walking tour through a cemetery to hear re-enactors tell the stories of some of the more colorful characters of Dickinson County as we visit the Prairie Dell Cemetery, Talmage Kansas. 

Old Fashioned Christmas

December 7 and 8, 2024

Come enjoy an old fashioned Christmas through a live nativity in the barn, rides on the 1901 wooden carousel, a pioneer Christmas in the authentic log cabin, live Christmas music, a craft for kids in the one-room schoolhouse, and German foods in the historic Burkland Grocery Store. 

If you have any question about events please call us today!!