Shawnee Indian Mission - Plan your visit
Shawnee Mission, like many other missions, was established as a manual training school attended by boys and girls from Shawnee, Delaware, and other Indian nations from 1839 to 1862. Visit this 12-acre National Historic Landmark and learn the stories of those who lived there.
- Open year round
- 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. Wednesday - Saturday
- Closed some holidays, call to confirm site hours
- Free admission
- Find more information through the City of Fairway
- Group tours by appointment; contact jlaughlin@fairwaykansas.org
- $2.50 per student; teachers and adult chaperones free
- Find more information through the City of Fairway
- 913-262-0867
- Site administrator
History of Shawnee Indian Mission
- Became a state site in 1927
- In Kansapedia
- In Kansas Memory
- National Register nomination, listed in 1966
- National Historic Landmark, added in 1968
Local travel links
Kansas City Convention & Visitors Association
Freedom's Frontier National Heritage Area
Save America's Treasures Grant - West Building Project
Our partners, Shawnee Indian Mission Foundation, are assisting with fundraising for the dollar-to-dollar match for this federal grant. The $412,500 project will enable the west building, the oldest of the three historic buildings at Shawnee Indian Mission State Historic Site and the second oldest extant building in Kansas, to be open to the public for interpretation, education, and events.
The project will remove historically inappropriate features and materials; repair extant but damaged historic materials; and restore missing historic materials and features based upon historic photographs, documentation, and physical evidence following the Secretary of Interior's Standards for the Treatment of Historic Properties under the preservation treatment guidelines. Outdated mechanical, electrical, lighting, and plumbing systems will be replaced with less obtrusive systems, and the first floor will be made ADA accessible to the public. While the east and north buildings have been rehabilitated and re-interpreted over the years, the west building has yet to be completely restored or open to the public. The project is expected to be completed in three years. Find out how you can become involved in this project.
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