Events for April 2025
Special Events
April 9
Virtual - Kansas Unmarked Burial Sites Preservation Act Board Meeting -- 1 - 4 p.m.
Kansas Museum of History - Museum After Hours -- 6:30 - 7:30 p.m.
April 12
Fairway - Western Academy Series - Shawnee Indian Mission -- 10 - 11:30 a.m.
April 13
Council Grove - Kaw Mission Councils -- 2 - 3 p.m.
April 15
Foundation Awards & Grants Application Deadline -- 12 a.m. - 11:59 p.m.
April 16
Emporia - Red Rocks - Opening for the Season -- 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Ft. Riley - First Territorial Capitol - Opening for the Season -- 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Hanover - Hollenberg Pony Express Station - Opening for the Season -- 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Kansas City - Grinter Place - Opening for the Season -- 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Pleasanton - Mine Creek Battlefield State Historic Site - Opening for the Season -- 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Republic - Pawnee Indian Mission - Opening for the Season -- 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
April 17
Studley - Cottonwood Ranch - Opening for the Season -- 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
April 20
Closed Easter Sunday - State Historic Sites -- 1 - 5 p.m.
April 25
Ashland - Ask an Archeologist: Identifying and Preserving Artifacts -- 11 a.m. - 1 p.m.
Fowler - Ask an Archeologist: Identifying and Preserving Artifacts -- 4 - 6 p.m.
April 26
Pleasanton - Mine Creek Battlefield State Historic Site - Park Day -- 9 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Emporia - Red Rocks 20th Anniversary -- 1 - 4 p.m.
Hays - Ask an Archeologist: Identifying and Preserving Artifacts -- 1 - 5 p.m.
Ongoing Events and Exhibits
April 29 to August 30, 2025
Topeka - Special Exhibit - Fish on the Rails
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Stop by the research room to view Fish on the Rails, a new special exhibit which tells the story of Angler No. 1, a rail car that carried thousands of fish from a Pratt hatchery to ponds and lakes around the state.
