Harvey County Historical Museum

Harvey County Historical Museum Located in the historic Carnegie Library building, the museum offers exhibits, and a research library. Free Admission. Free admission.

06/10/2026

Sorry guys!
If you’ve been trying to email us, we haven’t been ghosting you! 👻👻

We’re dealing with technical difficulties 💻💾

Hopefully it’ll be taken care of soon

Whew! Things have been a bit crazy lately! 💍💍Did you know that our Office Manager, Ga***rd tied the knot with the lovely...
05/13/2026

Whew! Things have been a bit crazy lately!

💍💍Did you know that our Office Manager, Ga***rd tied the knot with the lovely Sharon?

🥢We had an awesome turnout at our dowsing class by Brian!

📸 and don’t forget, Third Thursday next week for some more picture identification fun!

The Museum will close early today in observance of Newton’s own Rosie the Riveter.Staff from the Harvey County Historica...
05/01/2026

The Museum will close early today in observance of Newton’s own Rosie the Riveter.

Staff from the Harvey County Historical Museum will be celebrating the life of Connie Palacioz.

Connie was 101 years old and became a household name with her work on Doc, the B-29 in Wichita, Ks.
At the young age of 17, she became one of the many young women who joined the workforce during WWII. After the war, she was laid off from Boeing, because of local veterans coming home. While being a mother, she worked as a hairdresser, something that kept her busy for nearly 50 years.
In 2000, Connie was able to get back to her early calling. Doc was discovered in the Mojave desert, in California, where he laid for 42 years before he was rescued and trucked to Wichita. Her passion for educating later generations about Doc and the people who worked to build the B-29s in Wichita drove her to volunteer alongside the airplane for decades.

We will be closed today for Good Friday. We hope you all have a wonderful Easter!
04/03/2026

We will be closed today for Good Friday.
We hope you all have a wonderful Easter!

It’s time for another round of photographs from The Newton Kansan that need names to go with faces! Leave us a comment o...
04/02/2026

It’s time for another round of photographs from The Newton Kansan that need names to go with faces! Leave us a comment or stop by the museum to see these and many more! They will also be available to view from 5-8pm April 16 at Carriage Factory Art Gallery’s Third Thursday event.

03/20/2026

Another set of AMAZING questions!!
Keep them coming!

Don’t forget, Sunday at 2, Angela will be here to teach us about Nicodemus.

It’s FREE!

Happy Friday!

Hey!! It’s the Third Thursday!! You know what that means!! Join us at the Carriage Factory Art Gallery from 5-8pm tonigh...
03/19/2026

Hey!! It’s the Third Thursday!! You know what that means!!

Join us at the Carriage Factory Art Gallery from 5-8pm tonight to help us identify more Harvey County newsmakers!

See you there!

What does Angela Bates and our current display over Exodusters have in common? Come see on March 22nd!!Presentation begi...
03/16/2026

What does Angela Bates and our current display over Exodusters have in common? Come see on March 22nd!!

Presentation begins at 2 pm.

See you then!!

‼️‼️WANTED ‼️‼️Beautiful, antique wooden frames!!⚠️Do you have extra antique wooden frames 🖼️ just laying around that y...
03/13/2026

‼️‼️WANTED ‼️‼️

Beautiful, antique wooden frames!!

⚠️Do you have extra antique wooden frames 🖼️ just laying around that you don’t know what to do with?

🚮 Thinking about tossing them out or giving them to goodwill??

✋ STOP right there!! Your friendly neighborhood Museum would LOVE to have them!!

👀 we’re looking for these type of frames for our priceless photographs!

🚶🚶‍♀️🚶‍♂️. Walk in in and donate what you have. Your museum friends would love it 😉

We have another set of pictures from The Newton Kansan collection that will be displayed at the Third Thursday event fro...
02/12/2026

We have another set of pictures from The Newton Kansan collection that will be displayed at the Third Thursday event from 5-8pm February 19 at Carriage Factory Art Gallery. Stop by and help us identify the people from our past!

Address

203 N Main Street
Newton, KS
67114

Opening Hours

Tuesday 10am - 4pm
Wednesday 10am - 4pm
Thursday 10am - 4pm
Friday 10am - 4pm

Telephone

(316) 283-2221

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