Shawnee Indian Mission State Historic Site

Shawnee Indian Mission State Historic Site 3403 W. 53rd Street, Fairway, KS 66205-2654
913-262-0867
[email protected] In the 19th century as Americans wanted more land, settlement moved west.

For countless American Indians, the American thirst for land meant a challenge to a traditional way of life. Shawnee Mission, like many others, 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 like Sallie Bluejacket who lived there.

Memorial Day has been celebrated nationally since the late 1860s, following the Civil War and became a Federal Holiday i...
05/25/2026

Memorial Day has been celebrated nationally since the late 1860s, following the Civil War and became a Federal Holiday in 1971. Did you know that during the Civil War, between 1863-1864, the Mission was the home and encampment for Union Soldiers and Generals? In addition, the North Building became a war field hospital for both Union and Confederate Troops. The history of the Mission is fascinating, and so important to the region. Visit us this summer to learn more and get a stamp in the Kansas City Passport of historic and nature sites. Happy Memorial Day!

As the school year is winding down, we are celebrating a record year of fieldtrips on site! For the 2025-2026 school ye...
05/20/2026

As the school year is winding down, we are celebrating a record year of fieldtrips on site! For the 2025-2026 school year, we had students from Kansas and Missouri, ranging in age from 2nd grade to college. We are thankful that 36 different school groups, including public, private and homeschoolers, learned directly on the oldest historic site in Kansas from Indigenous members, a wagon master, trained docents and museum professionals.

Reminder that tomorrow we will have our last speaker of the spring! Join us at 10am.
05/08/2026

Reminder that tomorrow we will have our last speaker of the spring! Join us at 10am.

This Saturday is our last Western Academy speaker of the spring! Join us at 10am to learn from Site Administrator Mark Brooks, about the Kaw Mission, the connection between this Mission and the Mission in Council Grove, and information about the Kanza Tribe.

This Saturday is our last Western Academy speaker of the spring! Join us at 10am to learn from Site Administrator Mark ...
05/06/2026

This Saturday is our last Western Academy speaker of the spring! Join us at 10am to learn from Site Administrator Mark Brooks, about the Kaw Mission, the connection between this Mission and the Mission in Council Grove, and information about the Kanza Tribe.

04/28/2026

Programming note: due to schedule conflicts, our Beyond the Classroom this Saturday at 10am will be rescheduled for the fall!

04/26/2026

Address

3403 W 53rd Street
Fairway, KS
66205

Opening Hours

Wednesday 10am - 5pm
Thursday 10am - 5pm
Friday 10am - 5pm
Saturday 10am - 5pm

Telephone

+19132620867

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