The First City Museum is proud to have acquired many interesting artifacts.
You will see educational displays for WWI, WWII, Korean War, Vietnam War and Iraq War.
Take a sneak preview of the photos below. We have literally thousands of items too numerous to show you here.
A short listing of our collection is at the bottom of this page.
Watch our collections grow! Come in and tour one of Leavenworth's finest Museums!
Horse-drawn carriages
Several horse-drawn carriages and sleighs used by Leavenworth citizens.
Dugout Canoe
Circa 1750-1810, preserved and encased in glass enclosure.
1965 Mack Pumper Fire Truck
Restored and maintained by a local retired firefighter. Always entered in parades and flies military flags.
Silver Slot Machine and Warrant for its confiscation
The 10 cent slot machine was made in the mid 1950's.
1960's Commander's Cupola from an Abrams Battle Tank
1,010 manufactored by Kramer Machine & Engineering Products Co.
Broom Making Machine
Operated by a local family in the 1920's.
1830's Kansas Central Railroad narrow gauge 24-foot Boxcar
Currently in the restoration stage. Can be viewed outside the museum.
Buffalo Bill Exhibit and Cody Safe
The safe that reportedly held the gold dust of Wild Bill's father, Isaac Cody.
Abernathy Furniture
Twin Beds, Vanity with mirror and 36-drawer hardware storage cabinet.
1930 Advertisment Canvas; 22 advertisers
Hung in one room public schools
Antique appliances
Early GE refrigerator, old time kitchen and washing machines
The J & J Miniature Circus (6 ft by 8 ft)
by the Nortons. Has been displayed in six states.
Great Western Stoves
The Great Western Stove Co. was located in Leavenworth in the early 1800's. One now valued at $4,250.
Thirteen hundred square feet displaying Leavenworth County penal institutions' artifacts including -
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Scale model of the U.S. Federal Penitentiary
Constructed by inmates of the U.S. Federal Penitentiary in 1960's
Scale model of the Lansing Correctional Facility
Constructed by inmates of the then Kansas State Prison in the 1960's
8 ft by 12 ft Jail cell removed from former county jail and installed within museum.
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1,800 wood worker's tools
from the John Sachse Estate
Largest Western Union Telegraph Company collection in the world (exceeds even the Smithsonian).
Includes Morse Code, Teleprinters, Candy Grams, Dolly Grams, and more.
Extensive (G)overnment (I)ssue of WWI's Doughboy PVT Elwood Leach, a former Leavenworth resident.
Includes bugle and burial flag.
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