Showcasing our Amazing Artifacts III A Fading Tapestry Recalls Elegant Lady An enigmatic tapestry on the museum’s north wall often attracts comments from visitors, but until lately, not much has been known about it. Don Marsh, a member of the Clay County Historical Society and frequent docent, did some research, and more came from Chery …
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Showcasing our Amazing Artifacts II
Showcasing more Amazing Artifacts… 1893 “Chatterbox” was a unique textbook This issue is special for me, Ken Weyand, a Clay County Museum board member and writer of these “artifact” pieces. This time I’m featuring an artifact from my family. Readers may recognize it from one of my “Vintage Discoveries” columns featured earlier in this …
Showcasing our Amazing Artifacts I
Showcasing our Amazing Artifacts – We Can Do It Wartime posters inspired our “Homefront“ During World War II, Americans in Clay County and elsewhere did many things to support the “war effort,” including scrap drives, rationing, air raid drills, and much more. In addition to the family members who served, manufacturing companies dedicated themselves to …
Paranormal Activity?
KSHB-41 NEWS did a piece on “Spirits at the Museum” in 2016 What, if anything, do you see?
Museum Second Floor Video – November 2024
This Video was created by Rhyan Hemphill, the Museum’s high school intern from Liberty North High School as her Fall semester project. Voice-Over by Jeff Knold – Scripted, Filmed and Edited by Rhyan Hemphill
The Battle of Randolph
The Battle of Randolph “At the time Fort Sumter was fired upon, Kansas City, Missouri had a population variously estimated at from 4,000 to 8,000. There was at the time a small settlement of a dozen houses immediately across the Missouri River on the low ground called Harlem, and another village of a half dozen …
Bob Barker “The Price is Right” was 99-years YOUNG
From our friend, Chris Harris‘ “I remember when… Liberty” – Facebook Page Robert William “Bob” Barker – Celebrated his 99th birthday this past Monday, Dec 12, 2022. It is a Sad Addendum to this Story that Bob passed away August 26, 2023, just-about 4 months shy of his becoming a Centenarian. You can Read …
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Heritage Middle School Visit – Nov 22, 2022
The Museum hosted 70+ students from Heritage Middle School on Tuesday, Nov 22, 2022. Museum Board Members and Docents turned out to lead the tours. These Bright students asked many good questions and were well behaved. We arrange tours for a wide variety of organizations and groups. We will be Happy to Book your own …
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DAR Meeting Discusses “Old Area Homes”
We marvel at the “old homes” of the area … as they also did some 80+ years ago. This article from the Liberty Tribune in October 1937 or 1938 “Century-Old Houses Discussed at D.A.R.“ The beautiful country home of Mr. and Mrs. Donald Pharis, itself a part of the early days of Clay County, …
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Grandmother, grandson find united cause at museum
LIBERTY — National and international magazines have extolled the virtues of grandparents and grandchildren volunteering together. In Forbes magazine, Jenny Friedman, executive director of the national nonprofit “Doing Good Together”, which promotes family volunteering and service, said, “Volunteering makes you healthier mentally and physically. It’s a way to pass on the values that matter to …
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