Events for October 2025
Special Events
October 9
Fairway - Night at the Museum - Shawnee Indian Mission -- 5 - 8:30 p.m.
October 11
Fairway - Annual Fall Festival - Shawnee Indian Mission -- 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
October 12
Kaw Mission Councils - Council Grove -- 2 - 3 p.m.
October 18
Studley - Cottonwood Ranch State Historic Site- Closing for the Season -- 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Fairway - Beyond the Classroom - Shawnee Indian Mission -- 10 - 11 a.m.
Hanover - Hollenberg Pony Express Station State Historic Site - Closing for the Season -- 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
October 19
Ft. Riley - First Territorial Capitol State Historic Site - Closing for the Season -- 1 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Emporia - Red Rocks State Historic Site - Closing for the Season -- 1 - 5 p.m.
Kansas City - Grinter Place State Historic Site - Closing for the Season -- 1 - 5 p.m.
Pleasanton - Mine Creek Battlefield State Historic Site - Closing for the Season -- 1 - 5 p.m.
Republic - Pawnee Indian Museum - Closing for the Season -- 1 - 5 p.m.
October 25
Fairway - Western Academy Series - Shawnee Indian Mission -- 10 - 11 a.m.
Osawatomie - Talking Tombstones - John Brown Museum State Historic Site -- 7 - 9 p.m.
Ongoing Events and Exhibits
May 14 to November 26, 2025
Topeka - See Kansas Special Exhibit - Kansas Historical Society
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See Kansas is a special exhibit from the Kansas Museum of History in partnership with Parks & Green Spaces.
April 29 to November 18, 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.
