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| name = Old Wichita City Hall
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| image = Sedgwick co historical museum.jpg
| caption = View of the Museummuseum's building
| location = 504204 NorthSouth Main StStreet,<br/> [[Wichita, Kansas]] 67202<br/> United States
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| built = 1889–1892
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| architect = Proudfoot & Bird
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| added = May 14, 1971▼
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The '''Wichita-Sedgwick County Historical Museum''' is a non-profit [[501(c)(3)]] organization dedicated to preserving and presenting the local history of [[Wichita, Kansas|Wichita]] and [[Sedgwick County, Kansas|Sedgwick County]], [[Kansas]], United States. TheIt [[museum]] was established in 1939 as the '''Wichita Public Museum'''. Today the museum resides in the original City Hall building designed by William T. Proudfoot and George W. Bird in 1890,is located at 204 South Main, (southeast of the corner of Main and William streets), acrossand theeast street fromof the former [[Wichita Public Library]].
 
==History==
Exhibits are housed on four floors and are open to the public six days a week for a nominal admission fee. The museum is supported in part through city and county funding and through the support of its sizable membership base. The museum has been accredited by the [[American Alliance of Museums]] since 1972.▼
{{See also|History of Wichita, Kansas}}
▲The [[museum]] was established in 1939 as the '''Wichita Public Museum'''. Today the museum resides in the original City Hall building designed by William T. Proudfoot and George W. Bird in 1890. Exhibits are housed on four floors and are open to the public six days a week for a nominal admission fee. The museum is supported in part through city and county funding and through the support of its sizable membership base. The museum has been accredited by the [[American Alliance of Museums]] since 1972.
 
The oldmuseum Wichitahas Citybeen Hallaccredited by the [[American Alliance of Museums]] since 1972. It has been listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] since 1971.<ref>[http://www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/ks/Sedgwick/state2.html KANSAS (KS), Sedgwick County], nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com. Accessed 2008-12-24.</ref>
 
==See also==
Nearby* museums[[History inof Wichita, are:Kansas]]
* [[National Register of Historic Places listings in Sedgwick County, Kansas]]
* [[Botanica, The Wichita Gardens]]
* [[Exploration Place]]
* [[Great Plains Transportation Museum]]
* [[Kansas Sports Hall of Fame]]
* [[Mid-America All-Indian Center]]
* [[Museum of World Treasures]]
* [[Old Cowtown Museum]]
 
==References==
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==Further reading==
* ''Wichita : Illustrated History 1868 to 1880''; Eunice Chapter; 52 pages; 1914. ([https://archive.org/download/illustratedhisto00daug/illustratedhisto00daug.pdf PDF])
* ''History of Wichita and Sedgwick County Kansas : Past and present''; O.H. Bentley; 454 + 479 pages; 1910. ([https://archive.org/download/historyofwichita01bent/historyofwichita01bent.pdf Vol 1]) ([https://archive.org/download/historyofwichita02bent/historyofwichita02bent.pdf Vol 2])
* ''Standard Atlas of Sedgwick County, Kansas''; Geo. A. Ogle; 78 pages; 1905. ([http://www.kansasmemory.org/item/209421/ Online])
* ''Historical Atlas of Sedgwick County, Kansas''; John Edwards; 50 pages; 1882. ([http://www.kansasmemory.org/item/224001/ Online])
 
==External links==
* [{{Official website|http://www.wichitahistory.org |Wichita-Sedgwick County Historical Museum] website}}
 
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